In addition to being familiar with the Bearcats program, MacLeod also was no stranger to the club programs in the Cincinnati area as several coaching opportunities have doted his resume. MacLeod also found time during his collegiate days to play for a pair of USL Premier Division League teams, including the Cincinnati Kings and the Vermont Voltage. Additionally, in 2008, he was selected as an NSCAA Scholar All-Region member while also helping the program attain the first national No. The defender also helped lead his side to the 2006 NCAA Division II Final Four before advancing the national final in 2007. The 2009 graduate played four years for LMU and helped them to the 2017 regular-season title in the South Atlantic Conference while adding conference tournament titles in 2005 (Gulf South Conference) and 2007 (SAC) and two NCAA Southeast Region titles (2006 & 2007). These winners include Vanessa Gilles who was the 2017 AAC Defensive Player of the Year and a 2017 Scholar All-American recipient, and also Ashley Barron, who was the first Freshman in Cincinnati women’s soccer history to be named to the All-Conference First Team in 2019.Ī native of East Kilbride, Scotland, MacLeod first came to the States to attend Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.) where he was a standout on the pitch for the Railsplitters. While MacLeod was at Cincinnati, the Bearcats had five AAC All-Conference honorees, three AAC All-Rookie team, two All-Region and two Scholar All-Region honorees. In MacLeod’s first season on staff the Bearcats achieved their highest in-season ranking of 11, while finishing the season with a defense ranked in the Top 20 for lowest goals against average. During that period UC recorded their best two American Athletic Conference regular-season points totals as well as setting new standards for the program. In three years at UC, MacLeod worked with all areas of the program while also serving as the program’s director of player performance. Emma Sears was a second team all-league honoree while Talani Barnett and Alyssa Baumbick were third team members. Kayla Fischer also was a first team all-conference selection and Ohio State’s sportsmanship award winner. Peyton McNamara earned Co-Freshman of the Year and all-freshman team accolades. Individually, Izzy Rodriguez was named First Team All-Big Ten and the conference Defender of the Year.
Ohio State downed Stony Brook 5-1 in the NCAA First round to set a record for goals in NCAA play at Ohio State. The Buckeyes fell to Rutgers 1-0 prior to being selected for the 2021 Spring NCAA Tournament. The Buckeyes finished the regular season, all against Big Ten competition, with four-consecutive wins and an unbeaten streak of six games before a win over Maryland in the Big Ten Regional in Columbus. The 2020 season, his first in Columbus, was pushed the Spring of 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He is in his second season with the Buckeyes.
Gavin MacLeod joined Ohio State as an assistant coach in January of 2021 after departing the University of Cincinnati where he served as the associate head coach with the women’s soccer program.
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