The Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Freshman of the Year is an annual award given to the best head coach in the Atlantic Coast Conference during the NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The award has been given since 1990.
Notable winners of the award include: Claudio Reyna (who captained the United States men's national soccer team from 1998 to 2007), Jay Heaps (known for his association with the New England Revolution as player and as coach), Paul Stalteri (Canadian regular, spending most of his career in Germany, most notably with Werder Bremen), Kyle Martino (better known as a color commentator for NBC Sports), and Patrick Mullins (two-time Hermann Trophy winner).
Winners
Freshman of the Year (1990–present)
SeasonPlayerSchoolReference1990Clemson 1991Virginia1992NC State1993North Carolina1994North Carolina1995Duke1996Clemson1997Virginia1998North Carolina1999Virginia2000Virginia2001North Carolina2002Wake Forest2003North Carolina2004Duke2005Virginia Tech2006Maryland2007Wake Forest2008Virginia2009Duke2010Maryland 2011North Carolina2012North Carolina 2013Boston College 2014Louisville2015Wake Forest 2016North Carolina 2017NC State 2018Duke 2019 Clemson 2020 Pittsburgh 2021 Duke 2022 Duke 2023 Virginia 2024 Clemson 2025 Virginia
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