Timmy McCormack is in the midst of his second stint with Piedmont Athletics working with the Green and Gold for all but one season since he first arrived in Demorest in the fall of 2008.
Having played his own collegiate soccer career at nearby Huntingdon College, McCormack first came to Piedmont to serve as a Graduate Assistant for both soccer programs working with the men in 2008 before moving to the women’s side in 2009.
Following his graduate degree completion, then-AD John Dzik would keep McCormack on staff in an administrative capacity as the SID while also serving as an Assistant Coach with the women’s soccer program for the next two seasons.
After spending the 2012 season as the Head Men’s Soccer Coach at his alma mater, McCormack returned to Demorest in an administrative capacity and again worked with the women’s soccer program until taking over as the Head Coach in 2017.
“I’ve worn many hats in my time at Piedmont, gradually taking on more responsibility over my time with the Lions,” said McCormack of his journey when first taking over the women’s soccer program more than a decade ago. “But the consistent part of my time here is that it has always felt like I’ve been part of the family that exists in this community.”
Education, Licenses, Certifications, Professional Memberships
Huntingdon, 2008 (BA)
Piedmont, 2010 (MAT)
US Soccer Senior A License, 2022
United Soccer Coaches Premier Diploma, 2019
United Soccer Coaches Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma, 2019
Active member of United Soccer Coaches since 2006
Detailed Coaching Highlights at Piedmont (2008-Present)
- 7 NCAA Tournament Appearances (2011, '13, '15, '16, '18, '22)
- 11 Conference Championships, Tournament & Regular Season (2011, '13, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18, '20, '21, '22x2)
- 11 Conference Finals Appearances (2008, '09, '10, '11, '13, '15, '16, '18, '20, '21, '22)
- CCS Tournament Championship (2022)
- USA South West Division Tournament Championship (Spring 2021)
- USA South Tournament Championship (2018)
- CCS Regular Season Championship (2022)
- USA South West Division Regular Season Championship (Fall 2021)
- USA South Regular Season Championship (2017)
- Undefeated Regular Season, 16-0-4 (2017)
- USA South Coach of the Year (Fall 2021)
- United Soccer Coaches South Atlantic Region Staff of the Year (Spring 2021)
- 2 Conference Player of the Year Selections (Cassidy Reich '15, '17)
- 1 Conference Rookie of the Year (Cassidy Reich '15)
- 1 Conference Defensive Player of the Year (Kaity Hemperly '22)
- 2 Conference Goalkeeper of the Year Honorees (Maggie Leger '25 & Laila Allen '21)
- 6 Conference Tournament MVP's (Haylee Dornan '22, Allie Kuzel '18, Cassidy Reich '16, '15, Laura Goodwin '13, Macie Rooke '11)
Inside the Biography
- Since his first season with the Piedmont women's soccer team in 2009, the Lions have lost more than 2 games in a row only twice - first during the pandemic season of 2020-21, with the next such instance coming during a four-game stretch when Piedmont played 3 nationally ranked teams including the #1 team in the country and eventual national champion.
Assistant Coach at Piedmont (2009-2011, 2013-2016)
Four Conference Titles (2011, 2013, 2015, 2016)
80 shutouts over seven seasons
35 All-Conference performers
Seven NSCAA All-South Region performers
Beyond Piedmont
Collegiate Career at Huntingdon College (2003-2004, 2006)
Centerback for the Hawks
GSAC All-Freshman Team member (2003)
All-Tournament Team at the Kyle Rote Jr. Invitational (2006)
Student Assistant (2007)
~ What a Difference a Year Makes ~
After four years serving on staff at Piedmont from 2008-2011, McCormack would get the chance to lead his alma mater, Huntingdon College, to one of its winningest seasons in the previous decade.
The season was McCormack’s only year away from Piedmont since 2008 as the coach would return to Piedmont in 2013, but not before helping the 2012 Huntingdon Hawks knock off 5-time defending conference champs Maryville College.
The 2-1 overtime victory over the Scots snapped a 29-game losing streak to the perennial power and came during a season in which the Hawks improved its winning percentage and picked up key results against several regional mainstay men’s college soccer programs.
McCormack’s Hawks posted a draw with Rhodes College that season, an opponent that had defeated Huntingdon by a combined score of 15-2 in their previous four meetings.
~ An Early Start to a Long Coaching Career ~
Prior to joining Piedmont while still competing as a student-athlete at Huntingdon, McCormack spent three years as the head boys’ varsity and JV coach for the Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School, the same school from which he had graduated.
In his time as the head coach, he compiled a 44-22-2 overall record including 20 wins over state ranked teams on the way to their own state ranking, the first in program history.
McCormack mentored the Metro Player of the Year during his tenure at MCPS as well as two All-State players.
Additionally, McCormack took his 2008 team to the program’s first AHSAA state playoff berth in more than a decade courtesy of a then-program record 17 wins.
~ Paying Back the Club that Gave McCormack his Start ~
McCormack served two years as an assistant with the high school program at which he played before taking the reins as the head coach in the spring of 2005, a time when the coach also began a three-year coaching career with the same club he played for as well.
Then known as the Capital City Streaks, McCormack was hired by Director of Coaching Michael Ritch, a veteran of the MLS spending his pro days with the Columbus Crew after finishing out his own stellar youth soccer career in Montgomery.
Before departing for Demorest, McCormack served as the Interim Director of Coaching upon Ritch’s summer 2008 departure to become the Executive Director at Cajun Soccer Club, a Louisiana-based organization where McCormack later spent 10-plus summers serving on the camp staff.
~ Making Use of the Offseason ~
While coaching college teams for the last 20-plus years, McCormack has kept himself busy in the off season working camps and events at various colleges, clubs, and high schools during that same time. He started this stretch while still in college himself working with Marshall University Head Men’s Soccer Coach Bob Gray to serve as the Co-Director of the Marshall Soccer School.
Additionally, McCormack has served on summer camp staffs at both SEC and ACC member schools working camp at the University of Notre Dame from 2010-2019 before then working camp at Texas A&M University from 2021 to 2025.
Having spent more than the last two decades in the world of college soccer as both a player and coach over that time, McCormack also coached summers with conference and former conference foes serving a pair of summers on the staff at Asbury University while working close to 20 summers at Maryville College working their team camp.
~ Getting Defensive During the Playing Days ~
Though now serving on the staff at Piedmont, McCormack spent his college soccer years as a player at conference rival Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama.
A local product of the Montgomery club and high school systems, McCormack played three seasons with the ‘Bama-based Hawks soccer team before serving as a student assistant coach his final year following an injury that ended his collegiate career.
McCormack was named to the All-Freshman Team on the 2003 GSAC All-Conference listing for his performance on the field as a centerback and would go on to be named to the All-Tournament Team at the Kyle Rote Jr. Invitational in 2006.
Before reaching the collegiate ranks in Montgomery, McCormack had already established himself in the city during his youth days winning a trio of state championships with the Capital City Soccer Club making a pair of appearances in the US Youth Soccer Southeast Regional Championships.
Last updated 6/26
