FC Dallas, which missed the MLS playoffs this year for the second time in four seasons, named Eric Quill as the club’s new head coach on Wednesday.
In 2024, the 46-year-old American had guided New Mexico United to the U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals and first place in the USL Championship’s Western Conference during the regular season.
“I can’t wait to get started,” Quill said. “I’m extremely excited and truly honored to get the opportunity to lead FC Dallas into the 2025 season and beyond.”
Quill, who coached North Texas SC, the FC Dallas second team to the 2019 USL League One title, replaces Frenchman Peter Luccin, an interim coach named in June after the firing of Nico Estevez, now the coach of MLS rival Austin FC.
Dallas finished 11th in the Western Conference in the 2024 campaign after going 11-15-8.
“We’re so excited to welcome Eric Quill back to the FC Dallas family,” club chairman and chief executive Clark Hunt said. “Eric is a championship-caliber coach who has experience leading teams to the top of the table.”
From 1997 through 2005, Quill was a MLS midfielder for the Tampa Bay Mutiny, Kansas City Wizards, New York MetroStars and Dallas Burn.
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