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Megan McGill

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
Phone:
643-1808

Megan McGill joined the Big Green as assistant coach in 2022-23. Out of Cleveland, Ohio, McGill brings many years of experience working with some of the world's top-ranked riders, as well as first-hand experience within the 'A' show circuit.

In 2024-25 she was named Single Discipline Jumping Seat Coach of the Year as the Big Green took home the NCEA Single Discipline National Championship.

McGill is a graduate of Otterbein University's Equine Business Management program in 2017. She comes to Dartmouth from Madison Hills Farm, a large barn based in Cleveland, Ohio and Wellington, Florida. During her time, she helped manage and oversee the care of the competition horses, as well as help develop young riders.

After graduation, McGill worked for Kent Farrington. During her tenure with Farrington, he maintained the number one spot in the Longines FEI world rankings for 12 consecutive months, as well as being named to represent the USA on the Olympic Team in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, where the team claimed the silver medal, as well as the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. McGill served for three years as a part of Farrington’s support staff, traveling to many prestigious competitions across the globe. Farrington’s business was based out of both Wellington, Florida and Vrasene, Belgium, as McGill gained worldly experience at a high level, which she brought forward into the rest of her career.

After three years with Farrington, McGill accepted a position with Tiffany Foster of Canada. Foster was named to the 2012 Canadian Olympic team for London as well as the 2016 Rio Games. Foster is the top-ranked female rider in Canada at the time and has held the title of highest ranked-female rider in the world as recently as September 2022. McGill served as an integral part of the support staff for Foster’s business.

McGill joined Dartmouth after a stint working for Amanda Lyerly at Madison Hills Farm as the show manager. McGill maintained an important role in the business managing the competition horses, as well as staff and clients. She began to hone her coaching skills within this role and found her niche in the ‘A’ circuit, managing a large competition barn. Alongside Lyerly and professional rider Meghan Kaupp, the team at Madison Hills Farm garnered much success. In her management role, McGill gained many skills to complement what she had under her belt from her previous experiences at the top level of the sport.

McGill joins the Dartmouth equestrian team with an excitement to grow with the team under the NCAA branch of collegiate equestrian.

"I am looking forward to joining the team here at Dartmouth," said McGill when she was hired. "I have always had an interest in coaching and developing riders, and I look forward to the opportunity to expand my experience in the collegiate environment alongside Coach [Tenley] Walsh. Go Big Green!"