Brendan Connolly is in his fourth season as an assistant coach for the Jones County Junior College soccer teams.
Connolly, who is from Belfast, Ireland, joined the JCJC coaching staff in August of 2011. He will be working mostly with the goalkeepers.
Connolly played soccer in Ireland for Newington, Glentoran and Cliftonville. He came to the United States in August of 2007 on a soccer scholarship to William Carey University.
He was a part of the WCU men’s soccer program from 2007-10. The Crusaders won the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) in 2007 and participated in the NAIA men’s soccer national championships in 2009 and 2010. The Crusaders were also ranked in the Top 25 during his time at WCU.
Connolly was named Academic All-American in 2010. He graduated with a BS degree in Health, Physical Education and Recreation from WCU in August of 2011 and is currently working on his master’s in Sports Management at the University of Southern Mississippi. He holds a graduate assistant position in the Human Performance and Recreation Department at Southern Miss.
His family consists of mother and father, Charlotte and Gerry; two sisters, Martina and Lisa; and a brother, Gerard.
