Kevin Layton
ECNL Girls Director U15-U19
About Kevin: Coach Layton joined the BSC program for 2019-2020 after over a decade of coaching youth and collegiate soccer in the region. He will oversee the Girls ECNL Program. Before joining Bethesda, Kevin served as the Head Coach of the MRM Coyotes, which won over 20 top-flight championships, including the Bethesda Premier Cup and the 2012 USYS National Championship. Nineteen players from that team went on to play NCAA Division I soccer. He would later serve as the Director of the Girls Youth Academy at MRM, working with players ages 8-13. He has also served as the Girls Varsity Assistant Coach at Good Counsel High School (2009-2015), where his side won six Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) championships. At the collegiate level, Kevin has previously worked as a Volunteer Assistant Coach and Interim Head Coach at George Washington University.
Since joining Bethesda, his teams have won four North Atlantic conference titles and qualified for the Champions League playoffs. In 2024, his 2010 team reached the Quarterfinal of the ECNL National Playoffs.
He holds coaching licenses and certifications from UEFA, USSF, NSCAA/USC, WFA, US Club Soccer, and the KNVB. He also has a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.
Email: klayton@bethesdasoccer.org