Tom Poitras

Tom Poitras

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Northern Kentucky Norse
Conference	Horizon League
Biographical details
Born	(1968-09-21) September 21, 1968 Southington, Connecticut
Alma mater	Southern Connecticut
Playing career
1986–1989	Southern Connecticut
1992–1994	Connecticut Wolves
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–1997	New Haven
1998–2003	Southern New Hampshire
2004–2010	UW-Green Bay
2011–2021	Hartford
2022– present	Northern Kentucky
Head coaching record
Overall	250–173–71
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)

Tom Poitras is an American soccer coach and is currently the head men's soccer coach at Northern Kentucky University, a position he's held since 2022.

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-Green Bay had 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. In 2014 Poitras signed a 5-year contract extension with Hartford. Poitras was inducted into the Connecticut Soccer Hall of Fame in 2017.

Northern Kentucky

He was hired as the 5th head coach in the history of Northern Kentucky's men's soccer program in January 2022.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
New Haven Chargers (NECC) (1994–1997)
1994	New Haven	3–12–1	1–7
1995	New Haven	7–9–2	2–5–2
1996	New Haven	13–5–1	6–2–1
1997	New Haven	15–6–1	3–4–1
New Haven:		38–32–5	12–18–4
Southern New Hampshire Penmen (NECC/Northeast-10 Conference) (1998–2003)
1998	Southern New Hampshire	16–3–2	7–2
1999	Southern New Hampshire	12–4–2	6–1
2000	Southern New Hampshire	13–4–5	8–2–3
2001	Southern New Hampshire	13–4–1	10–3
2002	Southern New Hampshire	20–3–2	11–1–1		NCAA Runner-Up
2003	Southern New Hampshire	7–7–4	5–6–2
Southern New Hampshire:		81–25–16	47–15–9
Green Bay Phoenix (Horizon League) (2004–2010)
2004	Green Bay	5–11–12	2–4–1	6th
2005	Green Bay	9–10	3–4	6th
2006	Green Bay	14–6	5–2	2nd
2007	Green Bay	11–5–6	4–2	T-4th
2008	Green Bay	6–7–5	4–2	4th
2009	Green Bay	14–3–3	6–2	2nd	NCAA First Round
2010	Green Bay	13–4–2	6–2	2nd
Green Bay:		72–46–18	30–18–5
Hartford Hawks (America East Conference) (2011–2021)
2011	Hartford	8–9–4	3–2–2	5th
2012	Hartford	7–9–1	1–5–1	8th
2013	Hartford	13–4–4	4–2–1	3rd
2014	Hartford	11–6–2	5–2–0	2nd
2015	Hartford	5–7–5	1–4–2	8th
2016	Hartford	9–10–3	2–3–2	6th
2017	Hartford	5–10–3	1–5–1	8th
2018	Hartford	1–10–5	1–5–1	8th
2019	Hartford	12–5–4	4–2–1	3rd
2020	Hartford	†	†	†	†
2021	Hartford	4–10–3	2–6–0	9th
Hartford:		75–80–34 (.487)	24–36–11 (.415)
Total:		266–188–78 (.573)
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.

External links

• Official Biography, Hartford Hawks