Lyon College Soccer Camps

Women's Coaches

Marc Neddo | Women's Head Coach

Marc Neddo enters his seventh season as the head women’s soccer coach at Lyon in 2022.  He enjoys being a teacher of the game: teach the principles and the techniques so that the players can make the better decisions on the field.  Coach Neddo describes his ideal players as “positive players who are willing to try things, who aren’t afraid of failing, who are competitive and enjoy life”.

Neddo, a native of France, came to Lyon after spending nine years as the technical director and head coach of the Football Club Bourg d’Oisans in France. There, he developed youth players ranging from 10-17 years old and coached teams that had several top three finishes, and two semi-final appearances in the French Cup.
Prior to France, Neddo also served eight years as the head women’s soccer coach at Bryan College in Dayton, Tennessee where he built the program from scratch and turned it into a playoff team. Bryan College were region champions and a recurrent national tournament qualifier under his tenure. He was also named Mid-East Region coach of the Year in 1998, 2002 and 2003. In 2000, Neddo was an assistant coach for a U.S. select team at two international tournaments in France and Switzerland that included Real Madrid, Boca Juniors and PSG soccer clubs.

Neddo earned a master’s degree, graduating with honors in Sports Science with a Sport Management emphasis from the United States Sports Academy in Alabama in 2000, and graduated with honors earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Bryan in 1992.
Neddo was a National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-American college player and then had a stint with semi-pro soccer clubs (Charlotte Eagles F.C. and Atlanta Express) before beginning the development of his coaching career.

He is blessed to have a wonderful wife Alisha, and three smiling and alert children named Isabelle, Robert and Antony.  They love the outdoors, smaller towns, and college students.