List of Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer seasons

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The Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Saint Louis University. The Billikens compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I.

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Noted for their dominance in men's collegiate soccer during the late 1950s through the mid-1970s, the Billikens have won 10 NCAA Men's Soccer Championships, the most of any men's college soccer program. [1] Despite this, the Billikens have not appeared in an NCAA national championship final since 1974, and have appeared in the college cup twice since then: 1991 and 1997. Of their ten titles, nine were outright earned by the Billikens and their 1972 title was shared with San Francisco Dons. During their dynasty run from the 1960s through 1970s, the team was coached by Bob Guelker during their first five championships, while Harry Keough coached the last five championship teams at SLU. Mike McGinty was the most recent head coach, serving from March 2010 until November 2017 when his contract was not renewed. Presently, the Billikens are coached by Kevin Kalish, who was named head coach on January 20, 2018. [2]

The Billikens' fielded their first varsity team in 1959.

Seasons

National ChampionsConference Champions *Division ChampionsNCAA Tournament berth ^
SeasonHead coachConferenceSeason results [3] Tournament results
OverallConferenceConferenceNCAA [4]
WLTWLTFinish
1959 Bob Guelker Independent 1110 Champions
1960 1310 Champions
1961 ^1320 Runners-up ^
1962 1201 Champions
1963 1201 Champions
1964 ^1111 Semifinals ^
1965 1400 Champions
1966 ^743 Quarterfinals ^
1967 Harry Keough 833 Co-Champions
1968 ^1011 Second round ^
1969 1300 Champions
1970 1401 Champions
1971 ^1710 Runners-up ^
1972 1523 Champions
1973 1523 Champions
1974 ^1831 Runners-up ^
1975 ^1352 Quarterfinals ^
1976 ^1441 Second round ^
1977 ^1350 Second round ^
1978 ^1641 Second round ^
1979 ^1450 First round ^
1980 ^1352 Quarterfinals ^
1981 ^1134 Second round ^
1982 972
1983 ^ Joe Clarke 1542 Third round ^
1984 ^1153 Third round ^
1985 1074
1986 ^1352 Second round ^
1987 ^1274 First round ^
1988 ^1842 Second round ^
1989 ^ MCC [3] 18525102ndRunners-up Second round ^
1990 ^18525102ndRunners-up Second round ^
1991 ^20225001st *Champions * Semifinals ^
1992 ^ Great Midwest [3] 18414012ndChampions * Second round ^
1993 ^16516001st *Champions * Second round ^
1994 ^16605102ndSemifinals First round ^
1995 ^ Conference USA [5] 15616112ndChampions * First round ^
1996 51035213rdQuarterfinals
1997 ^ Bob Warming 16545213rdChampions * Semifinals ^
1998 ^1451611T-1st *Quarterfinals First round ^
1999 ^1742710T-1st *Runners-up Second round ^
2000 ^13336111st *Champions * First round ^
2001 ^ Dan Donigan 18209101st *Champions * Quarterfinals ^
2002 ^15427211st *Champions * Third round ^
2003 ^1543621T-1st *Champions * Quarterfinals ^
2004 981531T-3rdQuarterfinals
2005 * Atlantic 10 [6] 955612T-1st *Runners-up
2006 ^13528011st *Runners-up Second round ^
2007 ^12258101st *Semifinals First round ^
2008 ^12556304thSemifinals Second round ^
2009 ^15707202ndChampions * Second round ^
2010 Mike McGinty 973531T-4thSemifinals
2011 610145010th
2012 ^16507202nd Champions * Second round ^
2013 *14526021st * Semifinals
2014 ^14525122nd Semifinals Second round ^
20158724223rd Quarterfinals
2016 *7836201st * Quarterfinals
2017 791440T-7th Quarterfinals
2018Kevin Kalish6473145th Quarterfinals
201910706204th Quarterfinals
20209504202nd Semifinals
2021^16148001st* Champions Quarterfinals ^

Totals

1959–2021 totals through December 12, 2021
WinsLossesTiesWin percentage
Regular Season Games813268115.728
NCAA Tournament Games70375.647
All Games883305120.721
Reference: [7]

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References

  1. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_champs_records/2020/D1.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  2. "Kevin Kalish Named Billikens' Head Coach".
  3. 1 2 3 "Year-by-Year Results – Saint Louis Billikens Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer . SLUBillikens.com. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  4. "Men's Division I Championship Brackets" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
  5. "Conference USA Men's Soccer Record Book - Year by Year Standings" (PDF). Conference USA . conferenceusa.com. August 1, 2016. pp. 3–6. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  6. "Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic 10 Conference . atlantic10.com. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  7. Men's Soccer Record Book, p. 16