# UMass Minutemen soccer

The UMass Minutemen soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. The team is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. UMass' first men's soccer team was fielded in 1930. The team plays its home games at Rudd Field. The Minutemen are coached by Fran O'Leary.

## Seasons

Statistics overview :
| Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| UMass (Independent) (1930–1986) ||||||
| 1930 | Lawrence Briggs | 1–4–0 | | | |
| 1931 | Lawrence Briggs | 6–0–0 | | | |
| 1932 | Lawrence Briggs | 4-1-1 | | | |
| 1933 | Lawrence Briggs | 4-3-0 | | | |
| 1934 | Lawrence Briggs | 2-2-2 | | | |
| 1935 | Lawrence Briggs | 2-4-1 | | | |
| 1936 | Lawrence Briggs | 5-3-0 | | | |
| 1937 | Lawrence Briggs | 4-2-1 | | | |
| 1938 | Lawrence Briggs | 3-2-2 | | | |
| 1939 | Lawrence Briggs | 3-4-0 | | | |
| 1940 | Lawrence Briggs | 2-3-2 | | | |
| 1941 | Lawrence Briggs | 4-2-1 | | | |
| 1942 | Lawrence Briggs | 1-4-3 | | | |
| UMass (No team due to World War II) (1943–1945) ||||||
| 1946 | Lawrence Briggs | 1-6-0 | | | |
| 1947 | Lawrence Briggs | 4-5-0 | | | |
| 1948 | Lawrence Briggs | 5-4-0 | | | |
| 1949 | Lawrence Briggs | 4-5-1 | | | |
| 1950 | Lawrence Briggs | 2-7-1 | | | |
| 1951 | Lawrence Briggs | 3-6-2 | | | |
| 1952 | Lawrence Briggs | 4-6-1 | | | |
| 1953 | Lawrence Briggs | 6-5-1 | | | |
| 1954 | Lawrence Briggs | 7-5-0 | | | |
| 1955 | Lawrence Briggs | 4-4-0 | | | |
| 1956 | Lawrence Briggs | 1-4-4 | | | |
| 1957 | Lawrence Briggs | 3-4-1 | | | |
| 1958 | Lawrence Briggs | 3-6-0 | | | |
| 1959 | Lawrence Briggs | 2-7-0 | | | |
| 1960 | Lawrence Briggs | 0-10-0 | | | |
| 1961 | Lawrence Briggs | 3-6-1 | | | |
| 1962 | Lawrence Briggs | 5-5-0 | | | |
| 1963 | Lawrence Briggs | 2-7-1 | | | |
| 1964 | Lawrence Briggs | 5-4-1 | | | |
| 1965 | Lawrence Briggs | 7-3-0 | | | |
| 1966 | Lawrence Briggs | 6-3-1 | | | |
| 1967 | Lawrence Briggs | 5-5-0 | | | |
| 1968 | Peter Broacca | 4-6-1 | | | |
| 1969 | Peter Broacca | 6-4-0 | | | |
| 1970 | Peter Broacca | 7-2-2 | | | |
| 1971 | Jack Berryman | 5-3-3 | | | |
| 1972 | Gerry Redmond | 5-3-2 | | | |
| 1973 | Aloysius Rufe | 6-3-1 | | | |
| 1974 | Aloysius Rufe | 8-3-1 | | | |
| 1975 | Aloysius Rufe | 3-9-2 | | | |
| 1976 | Russ Kidd | 5-8-1 | | | |
| 1977 | Russ Kidd | 10-5-0 | | | |
| 1978 | Russ Kidd | 12-5-0 | | | |
| 1979 | Russ Kidd | 7-5-2 | | | |
| 1980 | Russ Kidd | 5-11-0 | | | |
| 1981 | Russ Kidd | 5-10-1 | | | |
| 1982 | Jeff Gettler | 7-8-2 | | | |
| 1983 | Jeff Gettler | 3-12-4 | | | |
| 1984 | Jeff Gettler | 9-8-3 | | | |
| 1985 | Jeff Gettler | 15-6-0 | | | |
| 1986 | Jeff Gettler | 9-10-1 | | | |
| UMass (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1987–2024) ||||||
| 1987 | Jeff Gettler | 7–11–2 | 2–2–0 | 3rd, East | |
| 1988 | Jeff Gettler | 8–8–2 | 1–2–1 | 4th, East | |
| 1989 | Jeff Gettler | 7–9–2 | 1–3–0 | T–4th, East | |
| 1990 | Jeff Gettler | 3–11–3 | 1–5–2 | 8th | |
| 1991 | Sam Koch | 11–5–4 | 3–3–1 | T–4th | A10 Semifinal |
| 1992 | Sam Koch | 10–6–4 | 4–2–1 | 3rd | A10 Runners-up |
| 1993 | Sam Koch | 9–10–0 | 3–4–0 | T–6th | |
| 1994 | Sam Koch | 13–6–1 | 6–1–0 | 1st | A10 Runners-up |
| 1995 | Sam Koch | 15–5–2 | 8–2–1 | 2nd | A10 Runners-up |
| 1996 | Sam Koch | 10–6–1 | 7–4–0 | T–4th | |
| 1997 | Sam Koch | 11–7–1 | 7–4–0 | T–3rd | |
| 1998 | Sam Koch | 4–12–2 | 4–6–1 | 9th | |
| 1999 | Sam Koch | 13–7–0 | 8–3–0 | T–3rd | A10 Semifinal |
| 2000 | Sam Koch | 12–6–2 | 8–1–1 | T–1st | A10 Semifinal |
| 2001 | Sam Koch | 14–5–1 | 8–3–0 | T–3rd | A10 Champions NCAA Second round |
| 2002 | Sam Koch | 12–6–2 | 8–1–2 | 1st | A10 Semifinal |
| 2003 | Sam Koch | 11–7–1 | 5–5–1 | T–7th | |
| 2004 | Sam Koch | 8–9–2 | 5–4–2 | 7th | |
| 2005 | Sam Koch | 8–10–2 | 4–3–2 | T–5th | A10 First Round |
| 2006 | Sam Koch | 8–8–3 | 2–6–1 | 12th | |
| 2007 | Sam Koch | 17–8–1 | 6–3–0 | 3rd | A10 Champions NCAA College Cup |
| 2008 | Sam Koch | 10–8–3 | 7–1–1 | 1st | A10 Runners-up NCAA First Round |
| 2009 | Sam Koch | 7–7–3 | 4–5–0 | T–9th | |
| 2010 | Sam Koch | 5–5–8 | 4–2–3 | T–6th | |
| 2011 | Sam Koch | 4–13–2 | 2–5–2 | 12th | |
| 2012 | Sam Koch | 5–10–2 | 2–7–0 | 14th | |
| 2013 | Sam Koch | 4–14–1 | 3–5–0 | 8th | A10 Quarterfinal |
| 2014 | Sam Koch | 3–14–1 | 2–5–1 | 12th | |
| 2015 | Fran O'Leary | 5–13–1 | 4–3–1 | 5th | A10 Quarterfinal |
| 2016 | Fran O'Leary | 7–9–3 | 4–2–2 | 4th | A10 Quarterfinal |
| 2017 | Fran O'Leary | 15–4–3 | 6–1–1 | 1st | A10 Champions NCAA First Round |
| 2018 | Fran O'Leary | 7–8–3 | 3–5–0 | 9th | A10 Quarterfinal |
| 2019 | Fran O'Leary | 7–10–0 | 3–5–0 | 8th | |
| 2020-21 | Fran O'Leary | 7–2-3 | 3–1-2 | | NCAA Second Round |
| 2021 | Fran O'Leary | 8-4-5 | 2-2-4 | 9th | |
| 2022 | Fran O'Leary | 7-4-7 | 2-1-5 | 8th | A10 Quarterfinal |
| 2023 | Fran O'Leary | 7-6-6 | 4-3-1 | 7th | A10 Semifinal |
| 2024 | Fran O'Leary | 10-3-4 | 5-2-1 | 3rd | NCAA Quarterfinal |
| UMass (Summit League) (2025–present) ||||||
| Total: | Total: | 567–561–137 | | | |
| 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 ||||||
Source: 1930–2024 season.

### NCAA tournament results

UMass has appeared in six NCAA tournaments.
| Year | Record | Seed | Region | Round | Opponent | Results |
| 2001 | 14–5–1 | N/A | Dallas | First round Second round | Creighton St. John's | W 1–0 L 0–1 |
| 2007 | 17–8–1 | N/A | Boston | First round Second round Round of 16 Quarterfinals College Cup | Boston University #1 Boston College Central Connecticut State UIC #5 Ohio State | W 2–1 W 2–1 W 3–1 W 2–1 L 0–1 |
| 2008 | 10–7–3 | N/A | Winston-Salem | First round | Harvard | L 0–1$^{2OT}$ |
| 2017 | 15–4–3 | N/A | Louisville | First round | Colgate | L 0–2 |
| 2020 | 7-2-3 | N/A | Greensboro | Second round | Penn State | L 4–1 |
| 2024 | 13-4-5 | N/A | Denver | First round Second round Round of 16 Quarterfinals | Evansville #6 Penn #11 Virginia #3 Denver | W 2–1 W 1–0 W 1–0 L 0–3 |

## Coaching history

| Years | Coach | Games | W | L | T | Pct. |
| 1930–1967 | Lawrence Briggs | 302 | 123 | 151 | 28 | .454 |
| 1968–1970 | Peter Broacca | 32 | 17 | 12 | 3 | .578 |
| 1971 | Jack Berryman | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .591 |
| 1972 | Gary Redmond | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 |
| 1973–1975 | Aloysius Rufe | 36 | 17 | 15 | 4 | .528 |
| 1976–1981 | Russ Kidd | 92 | 44 | 44 | 4 | .500 |
| 1982–1990 | Jeff Gettler | 170 | 68 | 83 | 19 | .456 |
| 1991–2013 | Sam Koch | 453 | 222 | 182 | 49 | .550 |
| 2014 | Devin O'Neill | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | .194 |
| 2015– | Fran O'Leary | 114 | 56 | 50 | 8 | .524 |

## Individual achievements
### All-Americans

UMass has produced 18 All-Americans, won by 16 different individuals. The most recent All-American came in 2024.
| Player | Position | Year |
| Alec Hughes | FW | 2024 |
| Davis Smith | FW | 2017 |
| Zack Simmons | GK | 2007 |
| Jeff Deren | FW | 2002 |
| Jeff Deren | FW | 2001 |
| Tasso Koutsoukos | MF | 1977 |
| Thomas Coburn | FW | 1974 |
| Raymond Yando | DF | 1965 |
| Raymond Yando | DF | 1964 |
| Richard Repeta | DF | 1962 |
| Stephen Lapton | DF | 1952 |
| Edward McGrath | GK | 1948 |
| Charles Stebbins | DF | 1941 |
| John Giannotti | GK | 1941 |
| John Donovan | FW | 1941 |
| Saul Klaman | DF | 1940 |
| Arthur Howe | DF | 1939 |
| Granville Pruyne | FW | 1932 |