VMI Keydets men's soccer

VMI Keydets
Men's Soccer
Founded1960
UniversityVirginia Military Institute
Head coachNick Regan (3rd season)
ConferenceSoCon
LocationLexington, Virginia
StadiumPatchin Field
(Capacity: 1,000)
NicknameKeydets
ColorsRed, white, and yellow[1]
     
Home
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.

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 Champions † Conference Champions * Division Champions ‡ NCAA Tournament berth ^
Season Head coach Conference Season results[3] Tournament results
Overall Conference Conference[a] NCAA[5]
W L T W L T Finish
1972 Jay Sculley SoCon 1 10 0 0 3 0 7th — —
1973 2 7 2 1 5 0 6th — —
1974 John Knox 1 9 1 1 2 0 — — —
1975 Jim Clark 3 8 1 1 2 1 3rd — —
1976 5 8 1 3 2 1 3rd — —
1977 Jay Sculley 7 8 0 3 2 0 2nd — —
1978 3 13 1 0 4 1 6th — —
1979 3 12 2 2 4 1 6th — —
1980 6 10 0 4 4 0 5th — —
1981 Nino Altomonte 4 11 1 2 5 1 5th — —
1982 7 8 2 4 2 1 4th — —
1983 0 15 0 0 6 0 4th, North — —
1984 0 16 0 0 6 0 4th, North — —
1985 John Trudgeon 5 12 0 0 6 0 4th, North — —
1986 Doug Bartlett 2 15 0 0 5 0 6th — —
1987 5 10 1 1 3 1 5th — —
1988 6 13 1 1 3 0 5th Semifinals —
1989 Stephen Ross 5 9 1 0 3 1 5th Quarterfinals —
1990 9 7 2 0 3 1 5th Quarterfinals —
1991 6 11 0 1 3 0 4th Quarterfinals —
1992 4 14 0 1 5 0 6th Semifinals —
1993 5 14 1 1 4 1 6th Quarterfinals —
1994 5 10 1 2 4 0 5th Quarterfinals —
1995 8 11 0 2 4 0 6th Quarterfinals —
1996 6 13 0 1 5 0 6th Quarterfinals —
1997 1 16 2 1 5 1 6th Quarterfinals —
1998 1 14 1 0 8 0 9th — —
1999 6 10 1 0 7 1 9th — —
2000 5 12 0 2 6 0 7th Quarterfinals —
2001 6 11 1 3 4 1 6th Quarterfinals —
2002 3 10 4 2 6 0 7th Semifinals[b] —
2003 4 15 0 1 7 0 8th — —
2004 Big South[6] 9 9 1 2 4 1 8th Quarterfinals —
2005 8 10 1 1 6 0 7th Semifinals —
2006 Ben Freakley 2 15 1 0 7 0 7th Quarterfinals —
2007 6 10 3 2 3 1 5th Quarterfinals —
2008 2 14 1 1 6 1 8th Quarterfinals —
2009 2 15 1 1 7 0 8th Quarterfinals —
2010 Richie Rose 3 12 2 3 5 0 5th Quarterfinals —
2011 1 15 2 1 7 1 10th — —
2012 2 14 1 1 8 1 10th — —
2013 3 14 1 2 8 0 10th — —
2014 SoCon 1 17 1 0 10 0 6th Quarterfinals —
2015 Jon Freeman 0 19 0 0 10 0 6th Quarterfinals —
2016 Michael Bonelli 0 17 0 0 10 0 6th Quarterfinals —
2017 0 16 2 0 10 0 6th Quarterfinals —
2018 1 16 1 0 6 0 7th Quarterfinals —
2019 Charlie Hubbard 1 16 0 0 6 0 7th First round —
2020 Max Watson 2 9 0 0 6 0 7th — —
2021 1 16 1 0 6 0 7th — —
2022 Nick Regan 2 13 1 0 5 0 6th Quarterfinals
2023 5 14 0 0 5 0 6th Quarterfinals
2024 5 10 2 0 5 0 6th Quarterfinals

Coaching history

Years Coach GP W L T Pct.
1972–73, 1977–80 Jay Sculley 87 22 60 5 .282
1974 John Knox 11 1 9 1 .136
1975–76 Jim Clark 26 8 16 2 .346
1981–84 Nino Altomonte 64 11 50 3 .195
1985 John Trudgeon 17 5 12 0 .294
1986–88 Doug Bartlett 53 13 38 2 .264
1989–2005 Stephen Ross 293 92 186 15 .339
2006–09 Ben Freakley 72 12 54 6 .208
2010–14 Richie Rose 89 10 72 7 .152
2015 Jon Freeman 19 0 19 0 .000
2016–18 Michael Bonelli 53 1 49 3 .047
2019 Charlie Hubbard 17 1 16 0 .062
2020 - 2021 Max Watson 41 3 37 1 .132
2022 - Nick Regan 53 12 38 3 .276
Total 859 184 628 47 .195

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]

References

  1. ^ VMI Visual Identity Standards Manual (PDF). Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  2. ^ Smith, Melvin (August 17, 2011). "College Soccer National Champions 1857-58 - 1909/10". The American Soccer History Archives. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  3. ^ "VMI Men's Soccer Coaching Records Since 1972" (PDF). vmikeydets.com. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Southern Conference MSOC Record Book" (PDF). soconsports.com. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  5. ^ "Men's Division I Championship Brackets" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
  6. ^ "Big South Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF).