VMI Keydets men's soccer

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VMI Keydets
Men's Soccer
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Founded1960
University Virginia Military Institute
Head coachNick Regan (2nd season)
Conference SoCon
Location Lexington, Virginia
Stadium Patchin Field
(Capacity: 1,000)
NicknameKeydets
ColorsRed, white, and yellow [1]
     
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Pre-tournament ASHA championships
1885, 1889

The VMI Keydets men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of the Virginia Military Institute. The team is a member of the Southern Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

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Prior to the varsity program, VMI had a club team which competed from the late 1870s until 1959. The club team has been retroactively deemed national champions by the American Soccer History Archives for the 1885 and 1889 college soccer seasons. [2]

The program's best performance in the regular season came in 1977 where they finished as Southern Conference runners-up.

Seasons

National ChampionsConference Champions *Division ChampionsNCAA Tournament berth ^
SeasonHead coachConferenceSeason results [3] Tournament results
OverallConferenceConference [lower-alpha 1] NCAA [5]
WLTWLTFinish
1972Jay Sculley SoCon 11000307th
19732721506th
1974John Knox191120
1975 Jim Clark 3811213rd
19765813213rd
1977Jay Sculley7803202nd
197831310416th
197931222416th
198061004405th
1981Nino Altomonte41112515th
19827824214th
198301500604th, North
198401600604th, North
1985John Trudgeon51200604th, North
1986Doug Bartlett21500506th
198751011315th
198861311305thSemifinals
1989Stephen Ross5910315thQuarterfinals
19909720315thQuarterfinals
199161101304thQuarterfinals
199241401506thSemifinals
199351411416thQuarterfinals
199451012405thQuarterfinals
199581102406thQuarterfinals
199661301506thQuarterfinals
199711621516thQuarterfinals
199811410809th
199961010719th
200051202607thQuarterfinals
200161113416thQuarterfinals
200231042607thSemifinals [lower-alpha 2]
200341501708th
2004 Big South [6] 9912418thQuarterfinals
200581011607thSemifinals
2006Ben Freakley21510707thQuarterfinals
200761032315thQuarterfinals
200821411618thQuarterfinals
200921511708thQuarterfinals
2010Richie Rose31223505thQuarterfinals
2011115217110th
2012214118110th
2013314128010th
2014SoCon117101006thQuarterfinals
2015Jon Freeman019001006thQuarterfinals
2016Michael Bonelli017001006thQuarterfinals
2017016201006thQuarterfinals
201811610607thQuarterfinals
2019Charlie Hubbard11600607thFirst round
2020Max Watson2900607th
202111610607th
2022Nick Regan21310506thQuarterfinals
202351400506thQuarterfinals

Coaching history

YearsCoachGPWLTPct.
1972–73, 1977–80Jay Sculley8722605.282
1974John Knox11191.136
1975–76 Jim Clark 268162.346
1981–84Nino Altomonte6411503.195
1985John Trudgeon175120.294
1986–88Doug Bartlett5313382.264
1989–2005Stephen Ross2939218615.339
2006–09Ben Freakley7212546.208
2010–14Richie Rose8910727.152
2015Jon Freeman190190.000
2016–18Michael Bonelli531493.047
2019Charlie Hubbard171160.062
2020 - 2021Max Watson413371.132
2022 -Nick Regan367281.203
Total84217961845.250

Notes

  1. The Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament did not begin until 1988. [4]
  2. The 2002 Southern Conference Tournament semifinal match against Davidson, and the final were cancelled due to inclement weather. Furman was declared the champion. [4]

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