The longest-tenured coach at Jones College, Dolores Deasley begins her 19th season leading the women's soccer program in 2026.
The Bobcats have been one of the best programs in the nation over the past decade. Jones has continuously ranked in the Top 10 and competed for conference, region and national titles all while boasting one of the top team grade point averages in the country and giving back to the community.
Deasley has compiled a fantastic 234-60-13 record and has led Jones to five NJCAA Division II Tournament Appearances, seven MACCC Championships and six NJCAA Region 23 Championships.
Jones is coming off a 14-6-2 finish last season, No. 7 final ranking and national semifinal appearance after knocking off undefeated No. 1 Johnson County, 4-3, in overtime, before falling to eventual national champion Northwest, 3-2, in overtime.
Jones won the program's and MACCC's first NJCAA Division II National Championship during the 2023 season, tying a school record with a 17-1-1 final record and defeating four straight Top 10 opponents to claim the title. The team also finished No. 1 in the final NJCAA and United Soccer Coaches polls for the first time ever.
Jones was recognized as a United Soccer Coaches Team Ethics and Silver Sportsmanship Award winner and Tom Shepherd Sportsmanship Award winner from the MACCC.
Deasley has coached dozens of all-conference and all-region performers and 15 NJCAA and United Soccer Coaches All-Americans, including two-time selections Sherline King, Kendyl Terrell, Jordan Smith, Aimee Durn and Kelly Stubbington.
Sixty-nine players have continued their careers at the four-year level, including a program-best nine off the 2019 roster.
Jones advanced to the national semifinals during the 2022 season, knocking off No. 11 CCBC Essex and No. 1 Heartland to win its group. They would close the year 13-3-2 overall by outscoring their opposition 58-9 with 11 shutout wins, and off the pitch, posted an outstanding 3.77 team GPA to be named 2022-23 MACCC All-Academic Team of the Year.
In the 2021 fall season, she led the Bobcats to a 14-2-1 mark, No. 2 final ranking and the MACCC/Region 23 championship. It was their sixth region title in nine years. The Bobcats outscored their opponents 64-8 and had 11 shutouts.
Deasley, along with assistant coach Tori Brook and volunteer assistant Adrian Cabado, were named the United Soccer Coaches Junior College Division II Women's Soccer National Staff of the Year. She also earned NJCAA Region 23 Coach of the Year honors for the sixth time.
She guided the Bobcats to their first-ever NJCAA Division II National Tournament appearance in the 2021 spring season in Evans, Georgia, and two wins shy of a national title. Jones knocked off back-to-back Top 10 teams in Lake County and CCBC Essex to reach the national championship semifinals before falling to eventual national champion, Phoenix College.
Jones finished a condensed CoVID-19 season 14-3 with a dozen wins coming by shutout. The Bobcats, ranked No. 7 in the final NJCAA poll.
Off the pitch, Deasley, a native of Drumkeen, Ireland, has taken the Bobcat soccer team on spring break trips to her home country in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2023 and 2026. The team and players travel, go sightseeing, take tours, learn more about the game and play Gaelic football.
The Bobcats finished 7-7 in Deasley's first season in 2008 after spending 2007 as an assistant.
Deasley received her undergraduate degree from Hofstra University in 2004 and her master’s in sports management from Southern Mississippi, where she was an assistant coach for the Lady Eagles’ soccer team.
During her senior year at Hofstra, Deasley was named Female Student-Athlete of the Year, the Colonial Athletic Association’s Defensive Player of the Year, First team All-CAA, Third Team All-American and First Team All-Region by the National Soccer Association of American and Soccer Buzz magazine.
A former member of the Irish National Team, Deasley also played for the New York Magic, the Long Island Lady Riders and was a Women’s Premier Soccer League national champion with the Long Island Fury.
Deasley is the daughter of William and Bridget Deasley and has five brothers and four sisters.
