Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer


The Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Saint Louis University. The Saint Louis Billikens compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I. Soccer is the main fall sport at SLU, which has not sponsored football since 1949.
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. 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. Dan Donigan was the most recent head coach, serving from February 2001 until he resigned in January 2010 to accept a position at Rutgers. Presently, the Billikens are coached by Kevin Kalish.

Roster

As of October 2016

Team management

;Coaching Staff

Head coaching history

DatesNameNotes
1959–1966 Bob GuelkerWon 5 NCAA championships in 8 seasons.
1967–1982 Harry KeoughWon 5 NCAA championships in his first 7 seasons.
1983–1996 Joe Clarke
1997–2000 Bob Warming
2001–2009 Dan Donigan
2010–2017 Mike McGinty
2018–present Kevin Kalish

Seasons

SeasonOverall
Record		Conf.
Record		CoachConf.Conf RankConf.
Tournament		NCAA Tournament
20158–7–24–2–2Mike McGintyA103rd
201414–4–25–1–2Mike McGintyA102ndSemifinalsNCAA 2nd Round
201314–5–26–0–2Mike McGintyA101stRunner-Up
201216–5–07–2–0Mike McGintyA101stChampionsNCAA 2nd Round, 8th Overall Seed
20116–10–14–5–0Mike McGintyA1010th
20109–7–35–3–0Mike McGintyA105thSemifinals
200912–6–07–2–0DoniganA102ndChampionsNCAA 2nd Round
200812–5–56–3DoniganA104thSemifinalsNCAA 2nd Round

NCAA tournament: 1959–1974

The following table shows the sixteen-year span from 1959 to 1974 in which SLU won 10 NCAA titles. In the six seasons in which SLU did not win, they finished second three times, reached the semifinals once, reached the quarterfinals once, and reached the round-of-16 once. In all 16 seasons, the NCAA tournament was either won by SLU or by the team that had beaten SLU.

Attendance

Notable alumni

1950s–1980s
1990s–present
Note: The number in parentheses indicates the year the player graduated from SLU; for those who didn't graduate from SLU, the number indicates the last year they played for SLU.

Honors