# Tom Poitras

Tom Poitras is an American soccer coach and is currently the head men's soccer coach at Northern Kentucky University, a position he's held since 2022.

## Playing career

Poitras played collegiate soccer at Southern Connecticut State University. During the 1987 season he was part of the division II national championship team.

## Coaching career
### New Haven

From 1994 to 1997, he coached at the University of New Haven where he compiled a 38–32–5 record.

### Southern New Hampshire

From 1998 to 2003, he served as the head men's soccer coach at Southern New Hampshire University where he posted an 81–25–16 record. His team advanced to four NCAA tournaments, and compiled five 10 win seasons.

### UW Green Bay

His 2009 squad went 14–3–3, and reached the NCAA tournament for the first time in 26 years. During the season, UW-Green Bay had victories against Wisconsin, DePaul, and Butler. The team finished undefeated at home with a 7–0–1 record for the first time in 26 years, and a second place overall finish in the Horizon League. In 2007, his team beat NCAA runner-up Ohio State University in a major upset.

### Hartford

He was hired as head coach at Hartford in April 2011. In 2014 Poitras signed a 5-year contract extension with Hartford. Poitras was inducted into the Connecticut Soccer Hall of Fame in 2017.

### Northern Kentucky

He was hired as the 5th head coach in the history of Northern Kentucky's men's soccer program in January 2022.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| New Haven Chargers (NECC) (1994–1997) ||||||
| 1994 | New Haven | 3–12–1 | 1–7 | | |
| 1995 | New Haven | 7–9–2 | 2–5–2 | | |
| 1996 | New Haven | 13–5–1 | 6–2–1 | | |
| 1997 | New Haven | 15–6–1 | 3–4–1 | | |
| New Haven: | New Haven: | 38–32–5 | 12–18–4 | | |
| Southern New Hampshire Penmen (NECC/Northeast-10 Conference) (1998–2003) ||||||
| 1998 | Southern New Hampshire | 16–3–2 | 7–2 | | |
| 1999 | Southern New Hampshire | 12–4–2 | 6–1 | | |
| 2000 | Southern New Hampshire | 13–4–5 | 8–2–3 | | |
| 2001 | Southern New Hampshire | 13–4–1 | 10–3 | | |
| 2002 | Southern New Hampshire | 20–3–2 | 11–1–1 | | NCAA Runner-Up |
| 2003 | Southern New Hampshire | 7–7–4 | 5–6–2 | | |
| Southern New Hampshire: | Southern New Hampshire: | 81–25–16 | 47–15–9 | | |
| Green Bay Phoenix (Horizon League) (2004–2010) ||||||
| 2004 | Green Bay | 5–11–12 | 2–4–1 | 6th | |
| 2005 | Green Bay | 9–10 | 3–4 | 6th | |
| 2006 | Green Bay | 14–6 | 5–2 | 2nd | |
| 2007 | Green Bay | 11–5–6 | 4–2 | T-4th | |
| 2008 | Green Bay | 6–7–5 | 4–2 | 4th | |
| 2009 | Green Bay | 14–3–3 | 6–2 | 2nd | NCAA First Round |
| 2010 | Green Bay | 13–4–2 | 6–2 | 2nd | |
| Green Bay: | Green Bay: | 72–46–18 | 30–18–5 | | |
| Hartford Hawks (America East Conference) (2011–2021) ||||||
| 2011 | Hartford | 8–9–4 | 3–2–2 | 5th | |
| 2012 | Hartford | 7–9–1 | 1–5–1 | 8th | |
| 2013 | Hartford | 13–4–4 | 4–2–1 | 3rd | |
| 2014 | Hartford | 11–6–2 | 5–2–0 | 2nd | |
| 2015 | Hartford | 5–7–5 | 1–4–2 | 8th | |
| 2016 | Hartford | 9–10–3 | 2–3–2 | 6th | |
| 2017 | Hartford | 5–10–3 | 1–5–1 | 8th | |
| 2018 | Hartford | 1–10–5 | 1–5–1 | 8th | |
| 2019 | Hartford | 12–5–4 | 4–2–1 | 3rd | |
| 2020 | Hartford | † | † | † | † |
| 2021 | Hartford | 4–10–3 | 2–6–0 | 9th | |
| Hartford: | Hartford: | 75–80–34 (.487) | 24–36–11 (.415) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 266–188–78 (.573) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||
†NCAA canceled 2020 collegiate activities due to the COVID-19 virus.