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Head Coach Clay Glasgow

Clay Glasgow was named head women’s soccer coach at SMSU on Feb. 25, 2022.

Glasgow comes to SMSU after spending the past eight seasons as head women’s soccer coach at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, S.D.

“Clay’s passion, leadership skills, and knowledge of the game shined during the interview process,” Saugstad said. “With his head coaching experience, Clay will be able to hit the ground running while working with our current student-athletes as well as recruiting new student-athletes to our soccer program. We are excited to have Coach Glasgow joining Mustang Athletics and the Marshall community. I also want to thank head softball coach Bailey Bouman for chairing the search committee and to Associate AD/Senior Woman Administrator Allison Monson for helping oversee the soccer program during this transition period.”

Glasgow becomes the sixth head coach in the 25-year history of the SMSU program. He takes over for Erin Kasmarik-Mallett, who served as head coach for seven years.

“I’m very excited about this new opportunity to lead the women’s soccer program at Southwest Minnesota State University,” Glasgow said. “I sincerely would like to thank Director of Athletics Bruce Saugstad and Associate AD/Senior Woman Administrator Allison Monson and the search committee for their time during the entire interview process. It’s a great honor and privilege to be a part of the Mustang community which has a rich culture of success on and off the field. The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference is a very competitive conference. I am looking forward to working with the student-athletes and being able to develop a program that will be at the top of the NSIC.”

During his last two seasons at DWU, the Tigers amassed back-to-back winning seasons and qualified for the Great Plains Athletic Conference Tournament both seasons. He coached a remarkable number of outstanding athletes including 11 NAIA All-American Scholar-Athletes and 19 All-GPAC selections, with a notable five All-GPAC first team honorees during his tenure. During his first season at DWU in 2014, the team was picked to finish last in the preseason polls, yet the program won 10 games and advanced to the GPAC Tournament semifinals.

In the classroom, Glasgow’s program achieved five-straight National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Team Academic Awards from 2014-18.

“Dakota Wesleyan University is a special place to work,” Glasgow said. “I would like to take this moment and sincerely thank former athletic director Curt Hurt and current athletic director Jon Hart for the opportunity to lead Dakota Wesleyan women’s soccer over the past eight years. Without the guidance and support from staff members, I would have never received the exposure needed to be successful. The team, those young, empowered women will forever hold a special place in my heart. Thank you for all the wonderful memories that I will have for the rest of my life.”

Prior to DWU, Glasgow served as an assistant women’s soccer coach at Augustana University from 2007-13 helping assist in all facets for the program.

While serving as an assistant at Augustana, Glasgow was also the head girls’ soccer coach at Sioux Falls Roosevelt High School for seven seasons with tremendous success. He led the program to a pair of South Dakota Class AA state championships in 2012 and 2013, while amassing a record of 66-22-9.

Glasgow began his coaching career at Life University in Atlanta, where he worked as a camp coach in 2001-02 while playing soccer at Brewton Parker College. He then transferred to Mount Marty College in Yankton, S.D., where he earned all-conference honors for the Lancers.

Following his playing career, Glasgow was an assistant coach for one season at Southwest Community College (Ore.).

Glasgow moved to Sioux Falls to play professionally for two seasons with the Sioux Falls Spitfire in the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League. He also worked as a youth coordinator with the Spitfire and has been a long-time head coach with the Dakota Alliance Soccer Club in Sioux Falls.

Glasgow, a graduate of Mount Marty College with a degree in sports and fitness & nutrition, currently holds a U.S. Soccer Federation ‘B’ coaching license.

Clay is married to wife, Andrea.