U.S. Soccer has appointed Ian Carry as the head coach of the U.S. Men’s Beach Soccer National Team in 2024. Carry, who previously served as the Beach MNT’s goalkeeping coach, brings over 20 years of high-level coaching and technical experience to the role.

Named interim head coach of the Beach MNT for the 2024 El Salvador Cup, Carry currently works as the Goalkeeping Program Director with Charlotte Soccer Academy. He previously served in various roles for the Football Association of Ireland, including work as a goalkeeping coach with both men’s and women’s youth national teams as well as Ireland’s Deaf National Team. Prior to his work with the FAI, he also worked with the Scottish Football Association as a coaching educator and goalkeeping coach with the U-19 Women’s National Team.

A native of Ireland, Carry has worked in the United States since 2011, serving as an assistant coach for Central Michigan University Women’s Team from 2011-2013, and coached for the University of Kentucky Women’s Team for eight years, including as head coach from 2016-2021. Prior to coming to the United States, Carry also worked in various roles at the club level, including tenures as a goalkeeping coach with Celtic FC, Carlisle United, Dundee United, FC Kilmarnock and St. Mirren.

Holder of the UEFA “B” License and UEFA Goalkeeping License, Carry is a 2001 graduate of Bell College of Technology in Hamilton, Scotland. Prior to his coaching career, Carry had playing stints with Longford Town FC and Home Farm FC in Ireland, as well as Scottish club Queens Park FC. He continued his playing career on the futsal court, turning out for Sporting Fingal and Shamrock Rovers of Ireland’s Emerald League, as well as representing the Republic of Ireland internationally.

Having competed under the U.S. Soccer Federation since 2005, the U.S. Men’s Beach Soccer National Team is one of nine teams that make up U.S. Soccer’s Extended National Teams program. The Beach MNT have qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup on seven occasions (2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2019, 2021, 2023) and are three-time winners of the Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship (2006, 2013, 2023).