McDaniel Coaching Staff
Michael Scott
Head Coach
Scott begins his second season as the head women's soccer coach at McDaniel in 2025.
In his first season, Scott led the team to the second round of the 2024 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship and the semifinals of the Centennial Conference Women's Soccer Championship after the team finished second in the regular season. McDaniel boasted six all-conference selections while Scott and his staff was named Centennial Conference Coaching Staff of the Year.
Scott earned his first career win with a 4-0 victory over Goucher at home on Aug. 30, 2024 and the Green Terror were ranked as high as No. 13 in the United Soccer Coaches Division III Top 25 Poll on Sept. 10, 2024 and were also ranked first in the Region V rankings, the first time in program history that the team had been ranked at No. 1.
Scott was promoted to head coach on March 28, 2024 after seven seasons as an assistant coach, during which he helped the team win over 70 percent of its games, posting a record of 81-29-14. He was a part of five postseason appearances in six seasons, including three NCAA tournament appearances. The Green Terror won their first-ever Centennial Conference championship in 2021 and back-to-back ECAC titles in 2018 and 2019. The team also posted a school record 18 wins in 2021.
As an assistant, Scott was a part of two Centennial Conference Coaching Staff of the Year honors in 2021 and 2023 as well as the Region V staff of the year this past fall as McDaniel advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship and was ranked at No. 25 in the final United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll. The Green Terror also posted three wins against nationally ranked teams in No. 1 Messiah, No. 8 Johns Hopkins, and No. 17 Swarthmore.
A native of Fife, Scotland, Scott has coached with the Baltimore Celtic Soccer Club since 2020.
Scott was a four-year starter for the UMBC men's soccer team, helping the Retrievers win three-straight America East championships and leading them to an appearance in the semifinals of the 2014 College Cup. He served as team captain and earned All-America East Second Team honors as a senior. He currently ranks third in program history in games played with 80. He graduated cum laude from UMBC in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in accounting and finance.
Following graduation, Scott played for Christos FC in Baltimore and won a national championship in the United States Adult Soccer Association in 2016.
Scott received his Master of Science degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science from McDaniel in 2019 and is currently finishing his Master of Education in Physical Education and Coaching from McDaniel.
Scott currently holds his U.S. Soccer D, F, grassroots, 7v7 and 11v11 licenses and also holds his Level 1 and 2 coaching badges from the Scottish FA.
Brian Boussy
Goakleeper Coach
Boussy joins the Green Terror staff with more than 15 years of experience coaching goalkeepers. A four-year standout keeper at Boston College, he has local roots. The Eagle from 1989-92 still ranks second all-time in saves (323), third in minutes played(5,453), fourth in wins (27) and eighth in shutouts (11).
Boussy recorded 48 career shutouts as the varsity goalkeeper at Oakland Mills high school, winning three state championships in the process. He earned all-metro and all-state accolades and was named the Baltimore Sun and Washington Post Player of the Year.
In his role with the Green Terror Women's Soccer program, Boussy guided and trained Sarah McDonald from 2014-17 in which she earned the program's first All-American nod as goal keeper. Boussy continued his success with 4-year Starter Katherine Carstensen who earned 1st Team All-Region honors in her final two years on the Hill.
Boussy holds his U.S. Soccer “C” License and NSCAA National Goalkeeping Diploma.
Sandy Lagana Bly
Camp Director
Lagana Bly was promoted to Associate Athletic Director in on March 22, 2024 after an 11-year tenure as McDaniel’s head women’s soccer coach. She will serves as the department's Senior Woman Administrator and will oversee NCAA compliance, in addition to other responsibilities.
The winningest coach in the history of the women’s soccer program, Lagana Bly guided the Green Terror to 144 wins and a .693 winning percentage. She led the team to nine postseason appearances in 11 seasons, including five NCAA tournament appearances and four in the ECAC. The Green Terror won a program-record 18 games en route to the 2021 Centennial Conference championship after winning back-to-back ECAC titles in 2018 and 2019.
Lagana Bly headlined five Centennial Conference Coaching Staff of the Year honors, coached five All-Americans, two Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Year and one Centennial Conference Player of the Year.
In her final season as head coach in 2023, Lagana Bly led the Green Terror to the second round of the NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship. The team boasted a Third Team All-American, three all-region selections and five all-conference honorees, including the Defensive Player of the Year. She and her staff were honored as the Centennial Conference Coaching Staff of the Year and United Soccer Coaches Region V Staff of the Year.
In 2016, Lagana Bly guided McDaniel to the best record in program history with a mark of 18-3-1. The team earned the top seed in the Centennial Conference Women's Soccer Championship and earned its second consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament where the squad advanced the regional semifinals. The Green Terror finished that season ranked at No. 15 in the United Soccer Coaches Top-25 and third in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region.
Prior to McDaniel, Lagana Bly spent five seasons as the head coach at Ferrum from 2007-11 and one at Mary Baldwin in 2006. She has a career record of 183-121-32 in 17 seasons as a college soccer coach.
Lagana Bly is a native Sykesville, Md. who graduated from South Carroll High School in 2000. She played women's soccer and women's lacrosse at Bridgewater College, earning all-conference honors in both. She graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies before later earning her Master of Science in kinesiology and recreation studies with concentrations in athletic administration and coaching from James Madison in 2006.
Lagana Bly is married to David Bly who currently serves as an assistant track and field coach at McDaniel. The couple has a son, Brooks.