The West Virginia Mountaineers men's soccer team is the

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Division I

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team of

West Virginia University West Virginia University (WVU) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia. Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley, Potomac State Coll ...

(WVU). Beginning with the 2012 season, the team was an affiliate member of the

Mid-American Conference The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the t ...

because WVU is the only school in its primary conference, the

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, that has a varsity men's soccer team. For the 2022 season, West Virginia joined in-state rival

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in the

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, and the Mountain State Derby will become an annual conference game. WVU had been scheduled to leave the MAC for

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but this plan was changed when Marshall changed conferences from CUSA to the SBC.

Coaching staff

''Source:'' * Head coach – Dan Stratford * Associate Head Coach – Andy Wright (7th season) * Assistant – Nick Noble (5th season) * Strength Coach – Tanner Kolb (6th season) * Athletic Trainer – Ethan Solger

Conference membership

''Source:='' *1961–1965 —

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member, soccer Independent *1966–1967 —

(SoCon had no regular season play at that time, only a conference tournament) *1968–1975 — Independent *1976–1986 —

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member, soccer Independent *1987–1994 — Atlantic 10 Conference *1995–2011 — Big East Conference (original) *2012–2021 —

member,

affiliate in soccer *2022–present —

member,

affiliate in soccer (NOTE: Prior to 1972, the NCAA sponsored only one championship in men's soccer. In 1972, the NCAA began sponsoring a championship in the College Division, which in turn was split into today's Divisions II and III in 1973. The 1972 College Division Tournament was retroactively considered to be the first D-II championship event. WVU remained in competition in the University Division, which was renamed Division I in 1973, and has remained in D-I to this day.)

All-Americans

''Source:='' * 1967 — Ron McEachen, Defender;

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1st Team * 1967 — Walt Nistorenko, Forward; NSCAA 3rd Team * 1968 — Walt Nistorenko, Forward; NSCAA 1st Team * 1968 — Pat Sullivan, Defender; NSCAA 1st Team * 1981 — Jon Capon, Goalkeeper; NSCAA 1st Team * 2006 — Nick Noble, Goalkeeper; NSCAA 1st Team; College Soccer News 2nd Team * 2006 —

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, Forward; College Soccer News 1st Team; Soccer America 1st team * 2007 — Andy Wright, Midfielder; NSCAA 3rd Team; College Soccer News 2nd Team; Soccer America 2nd team * 2010 —

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, Defender; Top Drawer Soccer 3rd Team * 2011 — Eric Schoenle, Defender; NSCAA 3rd Team * 2012 — Eric Schoenle, Defender; Top Drawer Soccer 3rd Team

Record by year

References

External links

* {{Sun Belt Conference men's soccer navbox 1961 establishments in West Virginia Association football clubs established in 1961