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USA Head Coach & GM, Men’s XVs

Scott Lawrence

Role: Head Coach & GM, Men’s XVs
Team: USA
Nationality: American
Age: 51
In charge since: Feb 2024
Tests: 9
Record W-D-L: 5-0-4
Win rate: 55.6%

Record in our match database since Jul 2025

as of 15 Aug 2026

9 Tests
5 Won
0 Drawn
4 Lost
55.6% Win rate

Scott Lawrence has overseen 9 completed USA matches in our database since July 2025 — 5 won, 0 drawn, 4 lost. That is a 55.6% win rate, with 196 points scored and 307 conceded.

Records are computed from the WeTalkRugby match database and cover matches we hold data for within this tenure. They are not an official all-time record.

Record by competition

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Scott Lawrence, record by competition in our match database
Competition	P	W	L	Win %	PF	PA
Tests · USA All Tests	9	5	4	55.6%	196	307
Int. Friendly Games Jul 2025 – Aug 2026	6	2	4	33.3%	106	241
Nations Cup Jul 2026	3	3	0	100.0%	90	66

Last five Tests

Every Test in our database

9 tests

Int. Friendly Games 6P · 2W · 0D · 4L

Nations Cup 3P · 3W · 0D · 0L

Career

United States Head Coach & GM, Men’s XVs 2024–
United States Interim Head Coach 2023

Honours

World Rugby U20 Trophy (USA U20) 2012
La Vila International Rugby Cup (USA) 2023

About Scott Lawrence

Scott Lawrence is head coach and general manager of the USA Eagles, building the men’s programme toward a home Rugby World Cup in 2031.

Scott Lawrence is head coach and General Manager of the USA Eagles men’s XVs, a dual remit that is unusual at Test level and tells you what the job actually is: building a programme, not just picking a team.

Born in October 1975, he was a flanker who won five caps for the Eagles in 2006, with club rugby at Halifax, Grand Rapids and Life University.

A career built inside the American game

Lawrence coached at Life University from 2004 to 2017, winning a national collegiate championship, and took the USA Under-20 side to the World Rugby U20 Trophy in 2012. He was Eagles defence coach across two spells, co-founded Major League Rugby’s Rugby ATL in 2020 as head coach and general manager, and reached the 2021 MLR final before stepping down. He was appointed interim Eagles head coach in January 2023 and confirmed permanently in February 2024.

The long game

His stated horizon is the 2031 Rugby World Cup, which the United States will host. That shapes everything — selection weighted toward players who will still be available, investment in the pathway rather than short-term results, and a deliberate attempt to build a domestic playing base rather than rely on overseas-qualified recruits.