Tom Poitras

Tom Poitras is an American soccer coach and is currently head men's soccer coach at the University of Hartford, a position he's held since 2011.

Tom Poitras
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamHartford Hawks
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Biographical details
Born (1968-09-21) September 21, 1968
Southington, Connecticut
Alma materSouthern Connecticut
Playing career
1986–1989Southern Connecticut
1992–1994Connecticut Wolves
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–1997New Haven
1998–2003Southern New Hampshire
2004–2010UW-Green Bay
2011– presentHartford
Head coaching record
Overall250–173–71
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2× Northeast 10 Tournament (2000,2002)
Horizon League Tournament (2009)
Awards
New England Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year (1996)
NSCAA New England Region Coach of the Year (2002)
Connecticut Soccer Hall of Fame (2017)

Playing career

Poitras played collegiate soccer at Southern Connecticut State University. During the 1987 season he was part of the division II national championship team.

Coaching career

New Haven

From 1994 to 1997, he coached at the University of New Haven where he compiled a 38–32–5 record.

Southern New Hampshire

From 1998 to 2003, he served as the head men's soccer coach at Southern New Hampshire University where he posted an 81–25–16 record. His team advanced to four NCAA tournaments, and compiled five 10 win seasons.

UW Green Bay

His 2009 squad went 14–3–3, and reached the NCAA tournament for the first time in 26 years. During the season, UW-Greenbay had impressive victories against Wisconsin, DePaul, and Butler. The team finished undefeated at home with a 7–0–1 record for the first time in 26 years, and a second place overall finish in the Horizon League. In 2007, his team beat NCAA runner-up Ohio State University in a major upset.

Hartford

He was hired as head coach at Hartford in April 2011.[1] In 2014 Poitras signed a 5 year contract extension with Hartford.[2] Poitras was inducted into the Connecticut Soccer Hall of Fame in 2017.[3]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
New Haven Chargers (NECC) (1994–1997)
1994 New Haven 3–12–11–7
1995 New Haven 7–9–22–5–2
1996 New Haven 13–5–16–2–1
1997 New Haven 15–6–13–4–1
New Haven: 38–32–512–18–4
Southern New Hampshire Penmen (NECC/Northeast-10 Conference) (1998–2003)
1998 Southern New Hampshire 16–3–27–2
1999 Southern New Hampshire 12–4–26–1
2000 Southern New Hampshire 13–4–58–2–3
2001 Southern New Hampshire 13–4–110–3
2002 Southern New Hampshire 20–3–211–1–1NCAA Runner-Up
2003 Southern New Hampshire 7–7–45–6–2
Southern New Hampshire: 81–25–1647–15–9
Green Bay Phoenix (Horizon League) (2004–2010)
2004 Green Bay 5–11–122–4–16th
2005 Green Bay 9–103–46th
2006 Green Bay 14–65–22nd
2007 Green Bay 11–5–64–2T-4th
2008 Green Bay 6–7–54–24th
2009 Green Bay 14–3–36–22ndNCAA First Round
2010 Green Bay 13–4–26–22nd
Green Bay: 72–46–1830–18–5
Hartford Hawks (America East Conference) (2011–Present)
2011 Hartford 8–9–43–2–25th
2012 Hartford 7–9–11–5–18th
2013 Hartford 13–4–44–2–13rd
2014 Hartford 11–6–25–2–02nd
2015 Hartford 5–7–51–4–28th
2016 Hartford 9–10–32–3–26th
2017 Hartford 5–10–31–5–18th
2018 Hartford 1–10–51–5–18th
2019 Hartford 12–5–44–2–13rd
2020 Hartford ††††
Hartford: 71–70–31 (.503)22–30–11 (.437)
Total:262–178–75 (.582)

      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

†NCAA canceled 2020 collegiate activities due to the COVID-19 virus.

References
  1. "University of Hartford Announces Hiring of Tom Poitras as Head Men's Soccer Coach". University of Hartford.
  2. "Hartford Men's Soccer Coach Tom Poitras Signs Five-Year Contract". Hartford Courant. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  3. "Class of 2017". Connecticut Soccer Hall Of Fame. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
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