VMI Keydets men's soccer
{{Short description|American college soccer team}}
{{Infobox college soccer team
|name = VMI Keydets
Men's Soccer
|logo = VMI_Keydets_logo.svg
|logo_size = 100
|university = Virginia Military Institute
|conference = Southern Conference
|conference_short = SoCon
|division =
|founded = 1960
|city = Lexington
|stateabb = VA
|state = Virginia
|coach = Nick Regan
|tenure = 3rd
|stadium = Patchin Field
|capacity = 1,000
|nickname = Keydets
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| socks1 = white
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|ASHAchampion = 1885, 1889
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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.{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Melvin|title=College Soccer National Champions 1857-58 - 1909/10|url=http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/earlycollegesoccerchamps.html|website=The American Soccer History Archives|access-date=February 22, 2017|date=August 17, 2011}}
The program's best performance in the regular season came in 1977 where they finished as Southern Conference runners-up.
Seasons
| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"
|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|National Champions {{dagger}} |bgcolor="#ddffdd"|Conference Champions * |bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|Division Champions {{double-dagger}} |bgcolor="#ffe6bd"|NCAA Tournament berth ^ |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
!rowspan=3| Season !rowspan=3| Head coach !rowspan=3| Conference !colspan=7| Season results{{cite web |title=VMI Men's Soccer Coaching Records Since 1972 |url=http://www.vmikeydets.com//attachments1/files/9800/639557.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=9800 |website=vmikeydets.com |access-date=March 18, 2019}} !colspan=2| Tournament results |
| colspan=3| Overall
!colspan=4| Conference !rowspan=2| Conference{{efn|The Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament did not begin until 1988.{{cite web |title=Southern Conference MSOC Record Book |url=http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/files/MensSoccer.pdf?&&&DB_OEM_ID=4000 |website=soconsports.com |access-date=March 20, 2019}}}} |
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| width=30| W
!width=30| L !width=30| T !width=30| W !width=30| L !width=30| T ! Finish |
| 1972
| rowspan="2" |Jay Sculley | rowspan="32" |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
| rowspan="2" |Jim Clark |3 |8 |1 |1 |2 |1 |3rd |— | — |
| 1976
|5 |8 |1 |3 |2 |1 |3rd |— | — |
| 1977
| rowspan="4" |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
| rowspan="4" |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
| rowspan="3" |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
| rowspan="17" |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{{efn|The 2002 Southern Conference Tournament semifinal match against Davidson, and the final were cancelled due to inclement weather. Furman was declared the champion.}} | — |
| 2003
|4 |15 |0 |1 |7 |0 |8th |— | — |
| 2004
| rowspan="10" |Big South{{Cite web|url=http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/bigsouth.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/8/8/MSOC_Record_Book_2018.pdf|title=Big South Men's Soccer Record Book}} |9 |9 |1 |2 |4 |1 |8th |Quarterfinals | — |
| 2005
|8 |10 |1 |1 |6 |0 |7th |Semifinals | — |
| 2006
| rowspan="4" |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
| rowspan="5" |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
| rowspan="11" |SoCon |1 |17 |1 |0 |10 |0 |6th |Quarterfinals |— |
| 2015
|Jon Freeman |0 |19 |0 |0 |10 |0 |6th |Quarterfinals |— |
| 2016
| rowspan="3" |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
|rowspan="2"|Max Watson |2 |9 |0 |0 |6 |0 |7th |— |— |
| 2021
|1 |16 |1 |0 |6 |0 |7th |— |— |
| 2022
| rowspan="3" |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
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||
| style="background:#AE122A; color:#FFD619;"|{{tooltip|Years|Seasons as head coach}}
! style="background:#AE122A; color:#FFD619;"|Coach ! style="background:#AE122A; color:#FFD619;"|{{tooltip|GP|Games played}} ! style="background:#AE122A; color:#FFD619;"|{{tooltip|W|Won}} ! style="background:#AE122A; color:#FFD619;"|{{tooltip|L|Lost}} ! style="background:#AE122A; color:#FFD619;"|{{tooltip|T|Tied}} ! style="background:#AE122A; color:#FFD619;"|{{tooltip|Pct.|Winning percentage}} | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!859 !184 !628 !47 !.195 |
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{official website}}
{{Virginia Military Institute}}
{{Virginia college men's soccer teams}}
{{Southern Conference men's soccer navbox}}
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