Bio

Dylan Cassidy enters his sixth season as the head women's soccer coach after spending two seasons as a graduate assistant.

In 2022, Coach Cassidy led the Griffins to its third straight SLIAC Regular Season Championship and claimed his third consecutive SLIAC Coach of the Year honor as well. The Griffins went 14-1-3 overall and for the third straight season went unbeaten in conference play going 14-0.

In the 2021 fall season, he led the Griffins to its second straight SLIAC Regular Season Championship and its first Tournament Championship since 1996. At the NCAA Tournament, the Griffins fell 1-0 at Loras. Fontbonne finished the year 15-3-2 overall and 12-0-2 in conference play.

Coach Cassidy won his second straight SLIAC Coach of the Year award becoming the first coach in program history to do so and just the fourth coach in SLIAC history to win back-to-back Coach of the Year honors.

In 2021, he guided the Griffins to an 11-1 overall record and a perfect 9-0 in conference play. It was the first time in program history Fontbonne went undefeated in SLIAC games. He became the second coach in program history to win SLIAC Coach of the Year and saw a program record 10 players earn All-Conference honors, including six making First Team. 

Prior to Fontbonne, he was the Assistant Coach for the men’s team at the University of Illinois Springfield for the 2017-2018 season.

In Cassidy’s first season as assistant coach, the Prairie Stars went 8-8-1 overall and 8-5-1 in Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) play which is the highest winning percentage and conference winning percentage since becoming a member of the NCAA Division II. The Prairie Stars made their first appearance in the GLVC tournament in 2017.
 
Cassidy, a graduate of McKendree University, competed in 28 games with the Bearcats recording 1 goal and 6 assists over two seasons as a defender.
 
Before McKendree, Cassidy played two seasons at East Central College where he contributed 12 goals and 7 assists and was named First Team All-Region and First Team All-Conference in 2014.
 
Cassidy played at the PDL level with the St. Louis Lions from 2014-2017 playing in over 40 games for the club.
 
Cassidy completed his bachelor’s degree with a major in Psychology and a minor in Sports Psychology from McKendree University. He earned a 3.8 GPA and was a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

Dylan is a native of Dublin, Ireland and currently lives in St. Louis.