Dan Dubois is entering his third season as the head coach of the women's soccer program after joining the LumberJills in 2020. Dubois brought with him nearly two decades of coaching experience to Ashland. The 2021 season saw the Jills rise from last place the UMAC to fifth and just miss out on a postseason appearance.
Dubois led the men's soccer program at Juniata College in Pennsylvania from 2007 to 2019. During his tenure with the Eagles, Dubois led the program through its finest season in program history in 2013, in which the squad finished 13-6-3 and reached the Landmark Conference Championship. The Eagles were rewarded with the programs first ever ECAC Tournament invitation. Dubois left the Eagles program as the all-time leader in wins. His 2013 team also still holds the program record for lowest goals against average in a season as well as shutouts. In his 13 seasons at the helm, Dan coached 110 Landmark Academic Honor Roll members, 15 All-Conference selections, and 13 consecutive Team Academic Award recipients.
Dubois played collegiately at Southern Vermont College from 1997-2000. He was a four-year starter for the Mountaineers and was named to the Greater North Atlantic All-Conference team twice. In 2001, the Mountaineers joined the coaching staff as an assistant coach for the men's program before being named head coach in 2002. Dan coached the Mountaineers for two years and led the program to a GNAC playoff appearance in 2002. In 2019 Dubois was named to the Southern Vermont College Athletics Hall of Fame.
Dubois joined the Eagles staff in 2004 after leaving Southern Vermont. He started as an assistant coach with both the men's and women's program until he took over the men's program as the head coach in 2007. In addition, he also assisted with the Men's and Women's Track and Field Program from 2008 until 2015. In 2009 the women's program was tabbed as Landmark Conference Coaching Staff of the Year.
From 2006 to 2013, Dan was heavily involved in club soccer with the Huntingdon Hawks, starting first as the girls U19 coach, before becoming the director of coaching in 2010, a position he held for 4 years.
Dan graduated from Southern Vermont with a degree in Liberal Arts has a Master’s in Recreation and Sport Sciences from Ohio University. In addition, he currently holds a United Soccer Coaches Advanced Regional Diploma as well as a D license from USSF. He currently resides in Ashland with his wife Rachel and their two children, Parker and Brynn.
