List of Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer seasons

The Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Saint Louis University. The Billikens compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I.

Saint Louis soccer in action.

Noted for their dominance in men's collegiate soccer during the late 1950s through the mid-1970s, the Billikens have won 10 NCAA Men's Soccer Championships, the most of any men's college soccer program.[1] Despite this, the Billikens have not appeared in an NCAA national championship final since 1974, and have appeared in the college cup twice since then: 1991 and 1997. Of their ten titles, nine were outright earned by the Billikens and their 1972 title was shared with San Francisco Dons. During their dynasty run from the 1960s through 1970s, the team was coached by Bob Guelker during their first five championships, while Harry Keough coached the last five championship teams at SLU. Mike McGinty was the most recent head coach, serving from March 2010 until November 2017 when his contract was not renewed. Presently, the Billikens are coached by Kevin Kalish, who was named head coach on January 20, 2018.[2]

The Billikens' fielded their first varsity team in 1959.

Seasons

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National Champions Conference Champions * Division Champions NCAA Tournament berth ^
Season Head coach Conference Season results[3] Tournament results
Overall Conference Conference NCAA[4]
W L T W L T Finish
1959 Bob Guelker Independent 11 1 0 Champions
1960 13 1 0 Champions
1961 ^ 13 2 0 Runners-up ^
1962 12 0 1 Champions
1963 12 0 1 Champions
1964 ^ 11 1 1 Semifinals ^
1965 14 0 0 Champions
1966 ^ 7 4 3 Quarterfinals ^
1967 Harry Keough 8 3 3 Co-Champions
1968 ^ 10 1 1 Second round ^
1969 13 0 0 Champions
1970 14 0 1 Champions
1971 ^ 17 1 0 Runners-up ^
1972 15 2 3 Champions
1973 15 2 3 Champions
1974 ^ 18 3 1 Runners-up ^
1975 ^ 13 5 2 Quarterfinals ^
1976 ^ 14 4 1 Second round ^
1977 ^ 13 5 0 Second round ^
1978 ^ 16 4 1 Second round ^
1979 ^ 14 5 0 First round ^
1980 ^ 13 5 2 Quarterfinals ^
1981 ^ 11 3 4 Second round ^
1982 9 7 2
1983 ^ Joe Clarke 15 4 2 Third round ^
1984 ^ 11 5 3 Third round ^
1985 10 7 4
1986 ^ 13 5 2 Second round ^
1987 ^ 12 7 4 First round ^
1988 ^ 18 4 2 Second round ^
1989 ^ MCC[3] 18 5 2 5 1 0 2nd Runners-up Second round ^
1990 ^ 18 5 2 5 1 0 2nd Runners-up Second round ^
1991 ^ 20 2 2 5 0 0 1st * Champions * Semifinals ^
1992 ^ Great Midwest[3] 18 4 1 4 0 1 2nd Champions * Second round ^
1993 ^ 16 5 1 6 0 0 1st * Champions * Second round ^
1994 ^ 16 6 0 5 1 0 2nd Semifinals First round ^
1995 ^ Conference USA[5] 15 6 1 6 1 1 2nd Champions * First round ^
1996 5 10 3 5 2 1 3rd Quarterfinals
1997 ^ Bob Warming 16 5 4 5 2 1 3rd Champions * Semifinals ^
1998 ^ 14 5 1 6 1 1 T-1st * Quarterfinals First round ^
1999 ^ 17 4 2 7 1 0 T-1st * Runners-up Second round ^
2000 ^ 13 3 3 6 1 1 1st * Champions * First round ^
2001 ^ Dan Donigan 18 2 0 9 1 0 1st * Champions * Quarterfinals ^
2002 ^ 15 4 2 7 2 1 1st * Champions * Third round ^
2003 ^ 15 4 3 6 2 1 T-1st * Champions * Quarterfinals ^
2004 9 8 1 5 3 1 T-3rd Quarterfinals
2005 * Atlantic 10[6] 9 5 5 6 1 2 T-1st * Runners-up
2006 ^ 13 5 2 8 0 1 1st * Runners-up Second round ^
2007 ^ 12 2 5 8 1 0 1st * Semifinals First round ^
2008 ^ 12 5 5 6 3 0 4th Semifinals Second round ^
2009 ^ 15 7 0 7 2 0 2nd Champions * Second round ^
2010 Mike McGinty 9 7 3 5 3 1 T-4th Semifinals
2011 6 10 1 4 5 0 10th
2012 ^ 16 5 0 7 2 0 2nd Champions * Second round ^
2013 * 14 5 2 6 0 2 1st * Semifinals
2014 ^ 14 5 2 5 1 2 2nd Semifinals Second round ^
2015 8 7 2 4 2 2 3rd Quarterfinals
2016 * 7 8 3 6 2 0 1st * Quarterfinals
2017 7 9 1 4 4 0 T-7th Quarterfinals
2018 Kevin Kalish 6 4 7 3 1 4 5th Quarterfinals
2019 10 7 0 6 2 0 4th Quarterfinals
2020 9 5 0 4 2 0 2nd Semifinals
2021^ 16 1 4 8 0 0 1st* Champions Quarterfinals ^

Totals

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1959–2021 totals through December 12, 2021
Wins Losses Ties Win percentage
Regular Season Games 813 268 115 .728
NCAA Tournament Games 70 37 5 .647
All Games 883 305 120 .721
Reference: [7]

References

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  1. ^ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_champs_records/2020/D1.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Kevin Kalish Named Billikens' Head Coach".
  3. ^ a b c "Year-by-Year Results – Saint Louis Billikens Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer. SLUBillikens.com. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  4. ^ "Men's Division I Championship Brackets" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
  5. ^ "Conference USA Men's Soccer Record Book - Year by Year Standings" (PDF). Conference USA. conferenceusa.com. August 1, 2016. pp. 3–6. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  6. ^ "Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic 10 Conference. atlantic10.com. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  7. ^ Men's Soccer Record Book, p. 16