Terry A. McDonough
Terry A. McDonough

Bio

The 2023 season was a historic season for Terry A. McDonough and the Bentley University softball program. McDonough led the Falcons to the NCAA East Region 1 finals and in the process, broke the school record for wins for a second straight season with 30. She was named the 2023 NE10 Coach of the Year, saw five of her student-athletes named to the NE10 All-Conference teams and three make the first team, Jordan Krause, Payton Doiron and Sabrina Grizzaffi. Sam Petow was voted the NE10 Defensive Player of the Year and Krause and Doiron were named second team All-East Region.

2023 was McDonough's 8th season as the head coach at Bentley. The 2022 season saw her and the Falcons set the previous school record for wins with 24. 

She came to Bentley in 2015 as an assistant coach, was the interim head coach during the 2016 campaign and was named the head coach during the summer of 2016.

A 1988 graduate of Southern New Hampshire University and a member of its Athletic Hall of Fame, McDonough was a member of the SNHU staff from 1999-2014 with her duties including assistant director of athletics, senior women’s administrator, head women’s soccer coach and softball coach.

McDonough totaled 119 wins during her 15 seasons as the Penmen soccer coach, registering a record of 119-124-35 with two NCAA regional appearances (2003, 2012) and a Northeast-10 championship in 2012. She also coached softball for six years, posting a 76-140 mark with a 19-17 record in 2004 her best. Five of her softball teams improved on the previous year’s win total.

Before returning to her alma mater, McDonough spent two years at Keene State College as the assistant director of athletics and assistant women’s soccer coach.

McDonough, who is an NASM National Certified Personal Trainer and a former assistant coach for the Massachusetts Drifters Gold Team, began her collegiate coaching career at Daniel Webster College in 1994 as the SWA and women’s soccer coach. She also coached the Eagles’ softball team and was promoted to Director of Athletics before making the shift to Keene.

Before embarking on her college career as a two-sport standout at SNHU, McDonough earned All-Scholastic honors from the Boston Globe, Boston Herald and Brockton Enterprise in both girls’ soccer and softball at East Bridgewater High School. 

Softball Career Coaching Record

Year  College Record
1996 Daniel Webster 13-8
2000   Southern N.H. 6-22
2001    Southern N.H. 9-31
2002 Southern N.H. 13-26
2003    Southern N.H. 17-18
2004 Southern N.H. 19-17
2005   Southern N.H. 12-26
2016 Bentley 14-21
2017 Bentley 12-24
2018 Bentley 15-27
2019 Bentley 18-24
2020 Bentley 7-7
2021 Bentley 9-16
2022 Bentley 24-19
2023 Bentley 30-16-1
Totals    14 years 218-302-1
   
Soccer Career Coaching Record
 
Year           College                    Record     
1995         Daniel Webster 0-12
1996   Daniel Webster 4-10
1999 Southern N.H. 8-10
2000 Southern N.H. 6-11
2001    Southern N.H. 7-10
2002 Southern N.H. 6-10-1
2003   Southern N.H. 11-5-4
2004 Southern N.H. 6-9-3
2005 Southern N.H. 9-8-2
2006 Southern N.H. 6-4-7
2007 Southern N.H. 8-10-1
2008 Southern N.H. 8-6-4
2009 Southern N.H.  4-13-3
2010 Southern N.H. 10-7-1
2011 Southern N.H. 10-8-2
2012 Southern N.H. 13-5-4
2013 Southern N.H. 7-8-3
Totals    17 years 123-146-35