VMI Keydets men's soccer

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.

VMI Keydets
men's soccer
Founded1960
UniversityVirginia Military Institute
Head coachMax Watson (1st season)
ConferenceSoCon
LocationLexington, VA
StadiumPatchin Field
(Capacity: 1,000)
NicknameKeydets
ColorsRed, White, and Yellow[1]
              
Home
Away
Pre-tournament ASHA championships
1885, 1889

Historically, VMI has been one of the weakest NCAA Division I men's soccer programs. In their 60-year existence, the Keydets have only had two seasons with a winning record (1990 and 2004), and three seasons with a conference winning record (1976, 1977, and 1982). The program went for an NCAA record 67-match losing streak from 2014 until 2018, where they won against an NCAA Division III opponent. 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[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2]
2003 4 15 0 1 7 0 8th
2004 Big South[6] 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 0

Coaching history

Years Coach GP W L T Pct.
1972–73, 1977–80Jay Sculley 8722605.282
1974John Knox11191.136
1975–76Jim Clark 268162.346
1981–84Nino Altomonte 6411503.195
1985John Trudgeon 175120.294
1986–88Doug Bartlett5313382.264
1989–2005Stephen Ross2939218615.339
2006–09Ben Freakley 7212546.208
2010–14Richie Rose 8910727.152
2015Jon Freeman 190190.000
2016–18Michael Bonelli 531493.047
2019 Charlie Hubbard 17 1 16 0 .062
2020 Max Watson 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 801 176 581 44 .251

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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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. "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 from the original on August 31, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
  6. "Big South Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF).


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