Bryan Scales

Director of Youth Development
Head Coach, Under-16s

Bryan Scales is currently in his third season with the New England Revolution, and enters the 2012 season in his second year as Director of Youth Development after being promoted in November 2010. In addition to directing the team’s youth development program, Scales also serves as the head coach of the Under-16 squad, which has advanced to the playoffs of the prestigious U.S. Soccer Development Academy each of the last two seasons. 

Scales oversees the entire youth development program, including day-to-day management of both the Revolution's Under-16 and Under-18 teams, which are now in their fourth season playing in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. He also works directly with the Revolution's technical staff to create and implement the youth teams' coaching curriculum and training systems.

At the conclusion of the 2010-11 season – Scales’ first as the program’s director – U.S. Soccer rated the Revolution’s youth development program among the top eight programs in the country as the club received a 3.5-star (out of five stars) rating in its end-of-year evaluation. Of the 78 clubs in the Development Academy, the Revolution was among only seven programs to receive a 3.5 mark – with only one club having scored higher at 4.0.

In 2010, Scales earned Eastern Conference coach of the year honors from U.S. Soccer after leading the U16 squad to the Northeast Division title and its first-ever appearance in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy playoffs.

Scales originally joined the Revolution’s youth program in a part-time capacity as the head coach with the Under-16 program, but was promoted to Director of Youth Development in November 2010. 

He came to the Revolution from UMass-Lowell, where he was the school’s head men’s soccer coach. He stepped down in October 2010 to accept the Revolution’s Director of Youth Development position.

A product of Medway, Mass., Scales arrived at UMass-Lowell from Cornell, where he spent 15 years: four years as an assistant coach (1994-98), followed by a successful 11-year run as head coach (1998-2008). In 2001, Scales was a finalist for national coach of the year honors after leading the Big Red to a No. 22 ranking in the polls and winning the New York region's coach of the year.

Before moving to Cornell, Scales spent two years as an assistant at Harvard (1992-94) and one season as an assistant at Plattsburgh State (1991-92) after a stellar playing career at Hartwick College.

Scales has also been an assistant coach with the U.S. Boys (Under-15) National Team.

Scales holds Premier, Advanced National and National Diplomas from the NSCAA.

A 1991 graduate of Hartwick, Scales was a two-year starter in the midfield and defense and helped the Hawks to the 1987 and 1989 NCAA tournaments. A four-year letter winner, Scales received his bachelor's degree in political science.

Scales and his wife, Mindy, have three children: Aiden (11), Ciara (9) and Jack (7) and live in Nashua, N.H.