Simon Duffy

Head Coach, High School Girls Age Groups, Fusion FC

Simon Duffy enters his first season as the head coach of King Women’s Soccer after being hired on May 3, 2011. The Navan, Ireland native brings with him a wealth of experience as a player and a coach plus an enthusiasm for the game that breathes fresh air into a program entering its first year participating in Conference Carolinas and it’s second in NCAA Division II.

Duffy came to King after a five-year coaching tenure at his alma mater, Lambuth University (Jackson, Tenn.). From 2006 to 2010, he was instrumental in taking the program through its transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II status and led the Lady Eagles to an overall record of 24-53-4 over that time against top conference and national competition. In conference play, his teams combined for an 6-9-0 mark.

His players enjoyed much success both on and off the field where multiple Lady Eagles were named to the Academic All-Conference, Academic All-American, All-Conference and All-NAIA Honorable Mention honors under his leadership.

Prior to his time at Lambuth, Duffy spent one season at Young Harris College (Young Harris, Ga.) where he was an assistant coach with the Mountain Lion men’s soccer team in 2005. Before joining Young Harris, he spend two years serving as the co-head coach of the boys and girls soccer programs at Martin Westview High School (Martin, Tenn.), where his coaching career began. While at MWHS, his teams won four district championships, two region championships and advanced to the Tennessee State Tournament for the first time in school history in 2004 with a return trip the following year. Duffy also served as part-time head coach for the Jackson Soccer Club from 2002-2011.

Duffy played collegiately at Lambuth from 1999-2003 where he was a two-time All-Mid-South Conference selection and was a part of a Mid-South Conference championship team his freshman year. He later went on to captain the Eagles before graduating. While a player, Duffy helped his team become ranked in NAIA polls, taking the Eagles as high as No. 16 nationally.

Before attending Lambuth, Duffy played nine seasons (1990-99) for Parkvilla Football Club in Navan, Ireland.

Duffy graduated from Lambuth in 2003 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology. He then attended the University of Tennessee at Martin where he earned his Master’s degree in Education in 2005.