# 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.
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.
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 | Season results | Season results | Season results | Season results | Season results | Season results | Tournament results | Tournament results |
| Season | Head coach | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | NCAA |
| Season | Head coach | Conference | W | L | T | W | L | T | Finish | Conference | NCAA |
| 1972 | Jay Sculley | SoCon | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7th | — | — |
| 1973 | Jay Sculley | SoCon | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6th | — | — |
| 1974 | John Knox | SoCon | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1975 | Jim Clark | SoCon | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3rd | — | — |
| 1976 | Jim Clark | SoCon | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3rd | — | — |
| 1977 | Jay Sculley | SoCon | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | — | — |
| 1978 | Jay Sculley | SoCon | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6th | — | — |
| 1979 | Jay Sculley | SoCon | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6th | — | — |
| 1980 | Jay Sculley | SoCon | 6 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5th | — | — |
| 1981 | Nino Altomonte | SoCon | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5th | — | — |
| 1982 | Nino Altomonte | SoCon | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4th | — | — |
| 1983 | Nino Altomonte | SoCon | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4th, North | — | — |
| 1984 | Nino Altomonte | SoCon | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4th, North | — | — |
| 1985 | John Trudgeon | SoCon | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4th, North | — | — |
| 1986 | Doug Bartlett | SoCon | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6th | — | — |
| 1987 | Doug Bartlett | SoCon | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5th | — | — |
| 1988 | Doug Bartlett | SoCon | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5th | Semifinals | — |
| 1989 | Stephen Ross | SoCon | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5th | Quarterfinals | — |
| 1990 | Stephen Ross | SoCon | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5th | Quarterfinals | — |
| 1991 | Stephen Ross | SoCon | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4th | Quarterfinals | — |
| 1992 | Stephen Ross | SoCon | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6th | Semifinals | — |
| 1993 | Stephen Ross | SoCon | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6th | Quarterfinals | — |
| 1994 | Stephen Ross | SoCon | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5th | Quarterfinals | — |
| 1995 | Stephen Ross | SoCon | 8 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6th | Quarterfinals | — |
| 1996 | Stephen Ross | SoCon | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6th | Quarterfinals | — |
| 1997 | Stephen Ross | SoCon | 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6th | Quarterfinals | — |
| 1998 | Stephen Ross | SoCon | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9th | — | — |
| 1999 | Stephen Ross | SoCon | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9th | — | — |
| 2000 | Stephen Ross | SoCon | 5 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7th | Quarterfinals | — |
| 2001 | Stephen Ross | SoCon | 6 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6th | Quarterfinals | — |
| 2002 | Stephen Ross | SoCon | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7th | Semifinals | — |
| 2003 | Stephen Ross | SoCon | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8th | — | — |
| 2004 | Stephen Ross | Big South | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8th | Quarterfinals | — |
| 2005 | Stephen Ross | Big South | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7th | Semifinals | — |
| 2006 | Ben Freakley | Big South | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7th | Quarterfinals | — |
| 2007 | Ben Freakley | Big South | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5th | Quarterfinals | — |
| 2008 | Ben Freakley | Big South | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8th | Quarterfinals | — |
| 2009 | Ben Freakley | Big South | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8th | Quarterfinals | — |
| 2010 | Richie Rose | Big South | 3 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5th | Quarterfinals | — |
| 2011 | Richie Rose | Big South | 1 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10th | — | — |
| 2012 | Richie Rose | Big South | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10th | — | — |
| 2013 | Richie Rose | Big South | 3 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10th | — | — |
| 2014 | Richie Rose | SoCon | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6th | Quarterfinals | — |
| 2015 | Jon Freeman | SoCon | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6th | Quarterfinals | — |
| 2016 | Michael Bonelli | SoCon | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6th | Quarterfinals | — |
| 2017 | Michael Bonelli | SoCon | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6th | Quarterfinals | — |
| 2018 | Michael Bonelli | SoCon | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7th | Quarterfinals | — |
| 2019 | Charlie Hubbard | SoCon | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7th | First round | — |
| 2020 | Max Watson | SoCon | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7th | — | — |
| 2021 | Max Watson | SoCon | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7th | — | — |
| 2022 | Nick Regan | SoCon | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6th | Quarterfinals | |
| 2023 | Nick Regan | SoCon | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6th | Quarterfinals | |
| 2024 | Nick Regan | SoCon | 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 | Total | 859 | 184 | 628 | 47 | .195 |