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Dolores Deasley
The longest-tenured coach at Jones, Dolores Deasley begins her 18th season leading the women's soccer program in 2025.
The Bobcats have been one of the best programs in the nation over the past decade. Jones has continuously ranked in the Top 10 and competed for conference and national titles all while boasting one of the top team grade point averages in the country and giving back to the community.
Deasley has compiled a fantastic 220-54-11 record and has led Jones to four NJCAA Division II Tournament Appearances, seven MACCC Championships and six NJCAA Region 23 Championships.
Jones won the program's and MACCC's first NJCAA Division II National Championship during the 2023 season, tying a school record with a 17-1-1 final record and defeating four straight Top 10 opponents to claim the title. The team also finished No. 1 in the final NJCAA and United Soccer Coaches polls for the first time ever.
Jones was recognized as a United Soccer Coaches Team Ethics and Silver Sportsmanship Award winner and Tom Shepherd Sportsmanship Award winner from the MACCC.
Deasley has coached dozens of all-conference and all-region performers and 14 NJCAA and United Soccer Coaches All-Americans, including two-time selections Kendyl Terrell, Jordan Smith, Aimee Durn and Kelly Stubbington.
Sixty-five players have continued their careers at the four-year level, including a program-best nine off the 2019 roster and six off the 2024 squad.
Jones advanced to the national semifinals during the 2022 season, knocking off No. 11 CCBC Essex and No. 1 Heartland to win its group. They would close the year 13-3-2 overall by outscoring their opposition 58-9 with 11 shutout wins, and off the pitch, posted an outstanding 3.77 team GPA to be named 2022-23 MACCC All-Academic Team of the Year.
In the 2021 fall season, she led the Bobcats to a 14-2-1 mark, No. 2 final ranking and the MACCC/Region 23 championship. It was their sixth region title in nine years. The Bobcats outscored their opponents 64-8 and had 11 shutouts.
Deasley, along with assistant coach Tori Brook and volunteer assistant Adrian Cabado, were named the United Soccer Coaches Junior College Division II Women's Soccer National Staff of the Year. She also earned NJCAA Region 23 Coach of the Year honors for the sixth time.
She guided the Bobcats to their first-ever NJCAA Division II National Tournament appearance in the 2021 spring season in Evans, Georgia, and two wins shy of a national title. Jones knocked off back-to-back Top 10 teams in Lake County and CCBC Essex to reach the national championship semifinals before falling to eventual national champion, Phoenix College.
Jones finished a condensed CoVID-19 season 14-3 with a dozen wins coming by shutout. The Bobcats, ranked No. 7 in the final NJCAA poll.
Off the pitch, Deasley, a native of Drumkeen, Ireland, has taken the Bobcat soccer team on spring break trips to her home country in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2023. The team and players travel, go sightseeing, take tours, learn more about the game and play Gaelic football.
Ranked 14th in the NJCAA to start the 2019 season, JC ended the year 11-7-1 overall, as south division co-champions and advanced to the MACCC Semifinals. Seven of the Bobcats' 11 wins came via shutout.
Jones posted a 14-3 record in 2018, winning the conference title on its home turf, 6-1, over Gulf Coast. They then whipped LSU Eunice 8-1 for the region title before falling in the NJCAA South District playoffs at No. 1 Tyler (Texas) 3-1. The Bobcats were ranked No. 10 in the final NJCAA Division I poll.
Jones was 9-3-2 and captured the conference/region crown in 2017. The Bobcats upset previously unbeaten and No. 16 rated Holmes, 3-2, in the title match. That earned them a berth in the NJCAA District H playoffs where they hosted and lost to No. 4 Eastern Florida, 4-0. JCJC ended the year 20th in the nation.
In 2016, the Bobcats notched a 15-2 record and won its third MACCC/Region 23 championship. Jones defeated Pearl River 6-1 in the semifinals and Holmes 6-1 in the tournament championship game. Jones traveled to Melbourne, Florida, to face Eastern Florida State College in the NJCAA District H playoffs where they fell 5-3. Jones ended the season rated No. 8 in the final NJCAA Division I regular season poll.
JCJC posted a 13-4 record, advanced to the MACCC/Region 23 championship game and was ranked as high as 18th during the 2015 season.
In 2014, Deasley led JCJC to a 16-0-1 record and an MACCC South Division crown. JCJC finished the season rated No. 19 in the NJCAA Division I poll and they were ranked as high as No. 7 at one point. The Bobcats fell in the MACCC/Region 23 Tournament semifinals to Pearl River, 4-2, on penalty kicks.
Deasley led JCJC to an MACCC/Region 23 championship and an NJCAA Tournament appearance in 2013. The Lady Bobcats ended the year with a 17-2 record, which was a school record for victories in a season.
The Bobcats captured the MACCC/Region 23 Tournament with a 6-0 victory over Pearl River and then hosted the NJCAA District H playoff game vs. Eastern Florida State College. It was the first time ever for an NJCAA soccer playoff game to be held at JCJC. EFSC defeated JCJC, 2-0. The Lady Bobcats were ranked No. 12 in the final NJCAA Division I poll and were ranked as high as No. 10 in the nation during the regular season.
Deasley led JCJC to 13-1-1 record and an MACCC South Division championship in 2012. Jones had a 12-game winning streak and was ranked as high as No. 13 in the NJCAA poll at one point. JCJC was 10-5 in 2011.
Deasley guided the Bobcats to a 15-3-1 record in 2010, south division championship and first-ever MACCC and Region 23 championship. JCJC defeated Itawamba, Hinds and Meridian by identical 1-0 scores. JCJC advanced to the finals of the NJCAA District E Tournament where they fell to top-ranked Tyler Junior College.
The Bobcats finished 7-7 in Deasley's first season in 2008. JC just missed out on the playoffs in her second season when they fell to Mississippi Gulf Coast in a penalty shootout in the season-finale. They ended the year 11-4.
Deasley was an assistant with the women's program in 2007.
Deasley received her undergraduate degree from Hofstra University in 2004 and her master’s in sports management from Southern Mississippi, where she was an assistant coach for the Lady Eagles’ soccer team.
During her senior year at Hofstra, Deasley was named Female Student-Athlete of the Year, the Colonial Athletic Association’s Defensive Player of the Year, First team All-CAA, Third Team All-American and First Team All-Region by the National Soccer Association of American and Soccer Buzz magazine.
A former member of the Irish National Team, Deasley also played for the New York Magic, the Long Island Lady Riders and was a Women’s Premier Soccer League national champion with the Long Island Fury.
Deasley is the daughter of William and Bridget Deasley and has five brothers and four sisters.
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