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Brian Ainscough

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Brian Ainscough
Personal information
Date of birth October 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1989 New Jersey Eagles (1)
1990 Penn-Jersey Spirit
1992–1993 Drogheda United 6 (0)
Managerial career
1991 Villanova Wildcats (assistant)
1992–1994 Boston College Eagles (assistant)
1995–1999 Providence Friars
2000–2004 Bowdoin Polar Bears
2005–2015 Northeastern Huskies
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Ainscough is an Irish football club owner and former coach. He is the owner of Dundalk F.C.[1] and CEO of United Soccer League Two club Boston Bolts (USL). He was previously owner of Kerry F.C., where under his tenure, the club won just one game.

Formerly a coach, who last coached the men's soccer team at Northeastern University from 2005 to 2014, he compiled a 79–80–33 overall record, including a 27–16–12 mark in conference play. He has posted a lower win percentage than his predecessor Ed Manz, posting only four straight top 5 finishes in conference play despite his long tenure. His best success came in 2009, when the team went 10–8–1, including an 8–3–1 mark in conference play. He has led the team to back-to-back finals appearances in the CAA tournament, narrowly missing the NCAA tournament both years, failing to build upon Manz's two Conference Regular Season championships.

He was previously the head men's soccer coach at Providence College, where he coached the Friars for four years and guided them to a 9–9–1 record his final year. In 1998, his Friars made the Big East tournament for the first time in over a decade. He started his coaching career as an assistant at Villanova University in 1991. From 1992 to 1994, he coached under Ed Kelly at Boston College.

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