PROGRAM HISTORY
Dame Men’s Soccer was instituted in 2001. Under head coach Michael "Mac" McBride, the program has posted a 141-52-15 record (.713), their winning percentage is the highest among Notre Dame’s 24 athletic programs. The Falcon squad was successful right out of the gate, going 8-10-0 in their inaugural season and earning an outright American Mideast North Division championship in their second season (2002). NDC tacked on four more division championships (2004-07), three conference titles (2008, 2009, and 2010) and made four NAIA National Championship appearances (2005, 2008, 2009, and 2010). In 2010 the Blue & White went 23-1-0 and advanced to their first ever National Championship Final.
The Falcons competed for one year (2012-13) as an NCAA-II institution in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC), before joining the Mountain East Conference in 2013-14.
They defeated Drury (MO), on Nov. 9, 2012, in the first round of the NCAA-II National Championship Tournament, making them the first program in NDC history to both participate in, and win a post season contest at the NCAA-II level.
POINTS OF PRIDE
• Michael "Mac" McBride named the NAIA/NSCAA Regional Coach of the Year in 2005 and 2010.
• McBride also was named the AMC-North Coach of the Year in 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2007 as well as AMC Coach of the Year in 2008 and 2010.
• McBride was honored by Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association as the 2010 NCAA Division II/ NAIA Coach of the Year.
• Four NAIA National Championship Tournament appearances, (2005, 2008, 2009, 2010)
• One NAIA Final Four appearance (2010)
• One NAIA National Championship Final appearance (2010)
• 15 NAIA All-Americans
• One NAIA National Player of the Year
• 12 NAIA Scholar-Athletes
• 28 First Team All-AMC performers
• Four AMC North Players of the Year
• Two AMC Players of the Year
• One AMC Freshman of the Year
• Two OCSA All-Ohio First Team selections
• Two OCSA All-Ohio Second Team selections
• Four former players have gone on to play at the professional level.
