Georgia Southern Eagles men's soccer

The Georgia Southern Eagles men's soccer program represents Georgia Southern University in all NCAA Division I men's college soccer competitions. Founded in 1980, the Eagles currently compete in the Sun Belt Conference (SBC). They played briefly as members of the Mid-American Conference. However, following a major conference realignment in 2021 brought several new men's soccer schools to the SBC including the Southeastern Conference and Big 12 Conference playing members, the league announced it would reinstate men's soccer no later than 2023. The reinstatement of SBC men's soccer was ultimately pushed forward to 2022.

The Eagles are coached by Lee Squires. Georgia Southern plays their home matches at Eagle Field.

History Georgia Southern University's varsity men's soccer program was introduced by then-athletic director George A. Cook on May 7, 1980. The same day, the soccer program's first head coach, Pat Cobb, was also introduced as the head coach. They began play in the league now known as the ASUN Conference.

Seasons

Season Head coach Conference Season results Tournament results Overall Conference Conference NCAA W L T W L T Finish 1980Patt Cobb TAAC 10 8 1 — — — — Runners-up — 1981 8 10 1 — — — — Third place —19824101————Semifinals—1983Ray Wells561————Quarterfinals—1984670————Quarterfinals—1985John Rafter393————Quarterfinals—19861250————Semifinals—19871421————Semifinals—19881071————Quarterfinals—19898912403rd of 4, East——1990Tom Norton15505101st of 4, EastRunners-up—199141141526th of 7——1992SoCon81023303rd of 7Quarterfinals—19938942223rd of 7Semifinals—1994101012404th of 7Semifinals—199571322405th of 7Semifinals—1996Kevin Chambers101123213rd of 7Runners-up—199714424304th of 8Semifinals—199861114314th of 9Quarterfinals—199951213506th of 9Quarterfinals—200061132516th of 9Quarterfinals—200181203507th of 9Semifinals—200221621526th of 9Quarterfinals—200361122416th of 8Quarterfinals—20047743315th of 8Quarterfinals—200571011607th of 8Quarterfinals—2006Kevin Kennedy10634122nd of 8Runners-up—200761202507th of 8Quarterfinals—20088814304th of 8Semifinals—200911510608th of 8——201031130618th of 8Quarterfinals—20118814303rd of 8Quarterfinals—201261213314th of 8Semifinals—201391002405th of 7Semifinals—2014Sun Belt8903202nd of 6Runners-up—20156823203rd of 6Semifinals—2016*John Murphy8833111st of 6*Semifinals—20179813203rd of 6Semifinals—20187732112nd of 5Runners-up—20197922305th of 6Quarterfinals—20201900604th of 4Semifinals— 2021 MAC4 121 0 5 1 7th of 7 —— 2022Sun Belt1 141 0 8 0 9th of 9 —— 2023Lee Squires2961539th of 10—— 20246742528th of 10Quarterfinals—

Head coaches There have been eight men's soccer coaches in the program's history.

1 3 1980–1982 52 2 2 1983–1984 25 3 5 1985–1989 85 4 6 1990–1995 123 5 10 1996–2005 194 6 10 2006–2015 176 7 John Murphy 7 2016–2022 115 8 Lee Squires 2 2023–present 34

Rivalries Mercer Mercer leads the series 30–24–1 through the 2023 season.

Georgia State

Georgia State leads the series 32–11–7 through the 2023 season.

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