Meet Your Coach
Coach Dan Cotter has been coaching competitively for more than 25 years. His experience as a Staff and Head Coach includes nearly a decade with the NEFC 2006 Girls Elite team and highly successful Futsal clubs ranging from U6 to U19. He holds a U.S. Soccer National Youth License, a D license, a Northeast Futsal Diploma, a USFF Futsal Level 1 Diploma, and Massachusetts Youth Soccer E and F Licenses. He has completed extensive course work, including NEP Cognitive Player Development, Speed of Play, Scales Revs, Play out of Defensive Third, and Scoot and Shoot.
As a player himself, Coach Cotter competed in Divisions 1-3 on internationally based Boston and New England Teams, winning New England Men’s Champions in 1998.
As a coach, his teams have competed at the highest level of play. Their achievements include:
NEFC BC Girls 2006 Finalist NECSL Top Flight, 2023
NEFC BC Girls 2006 Needham Tournament Champions, 2023
Desolators Girls 2006 Mass Futsal Finalists, 2023
Desolators Girls 2006 Mass Futsal Champions, 2022
Raptors Girls 2006 Mass Futsal Finalist, 2022
NEFC BC Girls 2006 Reds Showcase Tournament Champions, 2022
NEFC BC Girls Spring and Fall NEP Champions League Champions, 2021
NEFC BC Girls 2006 Elite Undefeated 5W-2T Champions League, 2020
NEFC Girls 2006 Elite Mass Futsal Association Champions, 2020
NEFC Girls 2006 Elite Undefeated Cape Cod Tourney, 2019
NEFC Girls 2006 Elite Champions NEFC Spring Showcase, 2019
NEFC Girls 2006 Elite Champions Seacoast United Futsal Tourney, 2019
NEFC BBA Girls 2006 Elite Finalist GPS Fall Tourney, 2017
Beyond the futsal court and soccer field, Coach Cotter holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Lowell, along with undergraduate degrees in Electronics and Electromechanical Engineering. He is currently Director of Advanced Product Development and a scientist working in medical research and development at IntegraLife Sciences. He holds more than 19 U.S. patents and has authored 35 scientific publications.
Coach Cotter has four children and lives in Sharon, MA. When he isn’t coaching, he enjoys songwriting, singing and playing guitar, and bicycling.