Kevin Dougherty returns for his sixth season as an assistant with the Arcadia women's soccer program in 2025.
In his first season, the Knights made their fourth-consecutive NCAA Divison III Tournament appearance after receiving an at-large bid following a 15-win season in 2019. The Knights ranked as high as 13th in the United Soccer Coaches Top-25 and advanced to the MAC Commonwealth Championship for the fifth-straight season. The Knights had five all-conference selections at season's end, headlined by first-team picks Brianna Crowley, Brianna Williams, and Karlie Flowers - while Crowley was also named the MAC Commonwealth Defensive Player of the Year. Arcadia also had a program-record four players named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Mid Atlantic Region team with Crowley and Williams earning first-team honors while Flowers and Erin Vander Plaat received third-team recognition. Crowley and Willaims also were named Second-team All-Americans by United Soccer Coaches, marking the third and fourth such selections in program history.
Dougherty brings years of experience to the Knights staff, previously serving as the head coach of the women's soccer team at Delaware Valley University for 23 seasons, where he is the program's all-time leader with 152 victories. He has led the Aggies to five Freedom Conference tournament berths, one Freedom runner-up finish and one Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) quarterfinal playoff berth during his tenure.
Doherty's program produced 44 all-conference and five conference Player of the Year selections. Doherty's players excelled in the classroom as well as the Aggies had 102 honorees on the Freedom Conference/MAC Freedom Academic Honor Roll during his tenure. Three players also combined to earn four Academic All-American honors.
Doherty and his squad had their most successful year in 2008 as the Aggies, who were picked to finish sixth in the conference, set a school-record with their 14-4-1 mark. They were ranked regionally during the season for the first time in program history and also hosted a playoff game for the first time.Doherty was recognized for the achievements by picking up his first Freedom Conference Coach of the Year award. He was then named the Southeast Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association Women’s Soccer College Coach of the Year.
Prior to his role with the women's team, Doherty was an assistant coach for the Aggie men's squad from 1990 to 1995. He picked up the title of assistant head coach in 1993.
Doherty's name can be found in the Delaware Valley men's soccer record books as he scored three goals and assisted on four others for 10 points in a 1985 game versus Beaver College. The assist and point totals are still team records while the goal output is tied for the school mark.
