was named the\u00a0second Head Coach in Nashville SC history on July 3, 2024<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n“B.J. has had a tremendous impact on our group\u2019s success, and his extension is well-deserved,\u201d said Nashville SC President of Soccer Operations and General Manager Mike Jacobs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI am\u00a0grateful for the trust that\u00a0John Ingram, Ian Ayre and Mike Jacobs, the players and the staff have shown in me,\u201d said Callaghan. \u201cWhat matters most is the work we\u2019re doing every day \u2014 building a strong culture, developing players and creating a team that our supporters, the city of Nashville and the state of Tennessee can identify with and believe in, and I\u2019m excited to keep pushing this project forward together.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
During his first full season in 2025, Callaghan led Nashville SC to its first-ever trophy and the first major professional sports championship in Tennessee history when the Boys in Gold\u00a0defeated Austin FC 2-1 to win the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and multiple club records,\u00a0including:\u00a0<\/p>\n
The most\u00a0single season\u00a0wins in Nashville SC history (22)\u00a0<\/p>\n
The most\u00a0single season\u00a0MLS wins in Nashville SC history (17)\u00a0<\/p>\n
The longest unbeaten streaks in Nashville SC history (15 all competitions, 12 MLS)\u00a0<\/p>\n
The most\u00a0single season\u00a0home wins in Nashville SC history (15)\u00a0<\/p>\n
The most\u00a0single season\u00a0goals in Nashville\u00a0SC\u00a0history (75)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The\u00a0most MLS All-Stars in Nashville SC history with three\u00a0(Hany Mukhtar, Andy Najar, Sam Surridge)\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Boys in Gold will begin their\u00a02026 season this Tuesday, Feb. 17 when\u00a0they\u00a0visit\u00a02025 Canadian Premier League champion\u00a0Atl\u00e9tico Ottawa in Round One of the Concacaf Champions Cup\u00a0before returning to GEODIS Park Saturday, Feb. 21 for\u00a0their\u00a0MLS season opener versus the New\u00a0England\u00a0Revolution at 7:30 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Callaghan, who\u00a0led the Boys in Gold to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Championship and multiple club records…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-479932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}