Le Moyne College Men's Soccer

Callum Donnelly '17, M '21 is in his third season as the head coach of the Le Moyne College men's soccer program in 2025. Donnelly assumed the role on a permanent basis on December 12, 2023 after leading the Dolphins to a 2-8-7 record as interim head coach during the 2023 season. Donnelly guided the Dolphins to a 2-3-3 mark in their debut season in the Northeast Conference and a berth in the NEC Tournament. The Dolphins extended the program’s conference postseason appearance streak to 22 years by earning the sixth seed. The Dolphins, who played without eight expected contributors for long stretches of the season, finished the season as one of just four programs in the NEC to suffer only one or zero losses at home by going 1-1-3 at Ted Grant Field. Donnelly guided the Dolphins to a 7-6-4 record, including 4-3-1 in NEC play during the 2024 season, earning the fourth seed in the NEC Tournament and extending the program's conference postseason appearance streak to 23 years. Le Moyne went 4-2-3 at home during the regular season, and captured the program's first win over a nationally ranked opponent during its Division I era with a 1-0 victory at #7 Syracuse on September 2. The Dolphins compiled six shutout wins during the 2025 campaign, including four during conference play.   A native of Edinburgh, Scotland, Donnelly served as a member of the program's coaching staff for four years (three seasons) prior to being named the interim head coach. The Dolphins produced a record of 28-19-7 during his time on the staff, including a mark of 17-13-5 in Northeast-10 Conference play. The teams qualified for the NE10 Championship all three seasons to extend the program's streak to 21 consecutive appearances, the second-longest active streak in the conference at the time.   Donnelly spent the final two years of his collegiate career as a Dolphin after transferring from Webber International University. A starter in 30 of 34 games played as a Dolphin, he tallied 12 points on four goals and four assists as a midfielder. He posted three assists as a junior as the Dolphins went 12-6-1, including 8-4-1 in NE10 action, and earned their first NCAA Championships berth in six years and seventh overall. He then recorded four goals and an assist as a senior, when the Dolphins went 14-5-2 and advanced to the NE10 title game for the fifth time in the program's history and earned a berth in the NCAA Championships for the second straight year. His four goals in 2016 were tied for the second-most on the team, while he was third in total points.   He holds a USSF "D" License and is pursuing his UEFA "C" License.   Donnelly earned his Bachelor's degree in Finance from Le Moyne in 2017. After returning to the College as a graduate assistant coach in advance of the 2019 season, he completed his MBA in Analytics in December 2021.  

Casey Murphy, a former Dolphin player, was brought on as an assistant coach prior to Le Moyne’s first season at the Division I level in 2023. Murphy joined the Le Moyne staff after serving as the head coach of the Cazenovia College men's soccer team from 2020-2022. In his first season as head coach in 2021, Casey led the Wildcats to a 9-7-1 record, including a 6-3 resume in the North Atlantic Conference. Prior to his time at Cazenovia, Casey spent four seasons as an assistant coach with the Onondaga Community College men's soccer team. In his four seasons with the Lazers, OCC compiled a 50-20-1 record and won two conference championships. "I've known Casey for a good few years now. He was the head coach at Cazenovia which unfortunately shut down. So, I'm absolutely delighted to have him on board as my assistant," said Le Moyne men’s soccer head coach Callum Donnelly ’17, M ‘21 at the time of Murphy's hiring. Murphy has also served as an assistant coach for the Utica City FC, where he was responsible for updating the organization's use of technology to help improve individual and team tendencies. He was also involved in the review and breakdown of game film. Murphy started his coaching career as a club soccer head coach in Syracuse, New York. Murphy has familiarity with the Le Moyne men's soccer program, as he was a standout player for the Dolphins from 2011-2012. During his rookie campaign with the 'Phins in 2011, Murphy appeared in 16 games with 15 starts and tallied three goals and two assists as the Dolphins put together an 11-8-1 record and advanced to the NE10 Championship semifinals. Due to his play, Murphy earned a spot on the NE10 All-Rookie Team. Murphy led Le Moyne in points and was fourth in the NE10 in goals scored with 10 during his sophomore season in 2012. He led all NE10 players in goals scored during conference play (10). He also contributed two assists and logged a total of 1,429 minutes in 16 starts. Following the season, Murphy was named to the Northeast-10 All-Conference Second Team, and was subsequently selected to the NSCAA All-East Region Third Team. Murphy is a native of Baldwinsville, N.Y. and graduated from C.W. Baker High School.