Legendary W&M Women's Soccer coach John Daly as earned his call to the William & Mary Athletics Hall of Fame.  Daly's remarkable 31-year run with the Tribe Women's Soccer program featured 22 NCAA Tournament appearances and over 400 wins.

Complete bios for each inductee can be found by clicking the links below.
Cliff Gauthier, Head Coach, Men's Gymnastics (1974 – 2016)
Jonathan Grimes'11, Football
Mary Pat Kurtz '86, Field Hockey/Lacrosse
Christo Landry '08, Men's XC / T&F
Jimmye Laycock '70, Head Coach, Football (1980 – 2018)
Katie Radloff '10, Swimming
Dr. Alex Sleeker '97, Men's Golf
Katarina Zoricic '09, Women's Tennis
2009 Men's Cross Country Team

Daly will be inducted alongside fellow Tribe coaching icons, Jimmye Laycock and Cliff Gauthier in a ceremony that will be held in the spring of 2025.  Details of that event will be forthcoming.

A U.S. citizen since April of 2000, the London-born son of Ireland guided the Tribe to 22 NCAA tournament appearances during his head coaching career. He also helped guide W&M to an NCAA-record 36 consecutive winning seasons (serving as assistant coach for the first five years of the streak). Daly coached the side in 646 matches, amassing a record of 413-176-57 (.683) overall and a mark of 156-45-18 (.753) in the Colonial Athletic Association.

Among his peers, Daly ranks as one of the top 20 coaches in NCAA history. When the Tribe defeated UNC Greensboro on Sept. 11, 2016 he became just the sixth Division I coach and 13th NCAA women's soccer coach to win 400 career matches (at that point in time).  

At his retirement, W&M joined UConn and James Madison as the only other athletics departments that could count a 400-win coach in both their women's and men's programs. Former men's coach Al Albert won 401 matches in his 33-year career with the Green and Gold and is a W&M Athletic Hall of Famer.

Long the winningest coach in school history, Daly surpassed his predecessor John Charles' previous mark of 64 victories during the 1992 season – and guided one of the NCAA's most consistent programs over the ensuring 25 seasons. Daly hit another milestone during the 2008 season when he coached his 450th career match against Columbia, becoming only the sixth coach in Division I history to reach the milestone at one school.

The magnitude of Daly's accomplishments, which include capturing 10 CAA titles, seven Regional Coach of the Year awards, and five CAA Coach of the Year plaques, has not been lost on the greater William and Mary community. In 2004, the Tribe named its new all-grass stadium in joint honor of Daly and Al Albert, which Daly referred to as "the ultimate accolade" in a storied coaching career.
National prominence has been a hallmark of Daly's teams and players throughout his tenure. He led the Tribe to the NCAA tournament in 1987, his first year at the helm, and scored a 1-0 victory over arch rival Virginia in the first round to reach the quarterfinals. Twenty-one more trips to the national playoffs followed, with the Tribe amassing a record of 11-19-3 and reaching the second round in seven of its 14 NCAA appearances under Daly. The national rankings have seen William & Mary among the top25 for all or part of 28 of his 31 total seasons, including a program-high peak of No. 3 during both 1989 and 1994 campaigns.

Under Daly's tutelage, 15 W&M players garnered a total of 32 All-America honors, including two National Players of the Year in Megan McCarthy (1987) and four-time All-American Natalie Neaton (1995).
Along with the success on the pitch, Daly's players also distinguished themselves in the classroom, as 11 Tribe players earned Academic All-America recognition under Daly's watch.

For his career, Daly has developed 12 CAA Players of the Year, five CAA Defenders of the Year, three CAA Scholar Athletes and Rookies of the Year and had a player named as the MVP of the League's Championship Tournament eight times.  Overall, he has had 120 of his athletes named to the league's all-conference teams, with 67 having earned first team accolades.

In 2017, Daly was honored by the National Soccer Coaches of America (NSCAA) with the Letter of Commendation, which he received at the 70th annual convention in January of 2017. The award is in recognition of a career in soccer filled with service to the game, the NSCAA, the coaching profession, and the development of players.

In 2011, Daly also received the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Women's Award at its national convention, following in the footsteps of some of the most famous names in women's coaching including Anson Dorrance (UNC, US Women's National Team), Tony DiCicco (US Women's National Team), April Heinrichs (US Women's National Team), Michelle Akers (US Women's National Team).

He currently is serving as a volunteer assistant with the program, a role he has been in since the 2021 season.