FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 17, 2013
Courtesy of So. New Hampshire Athletics Communications
MANCHESTER, N.H. – After leading Southern New Hampshire University to the 2013 NCAA Division II national championship, Penmen head men's soccer coach Marc Hubbard was named the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/Field Turf Division II Coach of the Year Tuesday afternoon.
Hubbard, along with all of the other NSCAA/Field Turf Coach of the Year honorees, will be honored on Friday, January 17, 2014 at the annual NSCAA Awards Banquet in Philadelphia, held in conjunction with the NSCAA Convention.
A three-time Northeast-10 Conference Coach of the Year in his first six seasons, Hubbard guided the Penmen to a 22-1-1 record and the NCAA Division II national championship in 2013. After dropping the season opener, So. New Hampshire was unbeaten in 23 straight games to close out the season en route to the title, culminating with a 2-1 win over Carson-Newman University in the championship game to bring So. New Hampshire its second national championship. The win in the championship game was the 100th of Hubbard's career, as he has a career 100-19-14 (.805) record.
Individually, the Penmen had three NSCAA All-Americans, including a pair of First Team selections, and three Daktronics First Team All-America selections, while five players garnered NSCAA All-Region honors and six were selected to the Daktronics All-Region team. Pierre Omanga (Player of the Year) and Callum Williams (Defensive Player of the Year) received major awards from the Northeast-10, in addition to Hubbard being named the league's Coach of the Year, while 10 players received NE-10 All-Conference accolades.
In addition to the national championship, So. New Hampshire captured the Northeast-10 regular season andtournament titles, and swept through the NE-10 regular season with a 13-0-0 record, the first time a team finished the conference regular season unbeaten and untied since the league expanded to a 13-game schedule in 2000. It marked the third regular season and third tournament title of Hubbard's tenure.
For the third time in Hubbard's six years, So. New Hampshire finished as the top-ranked defense nationally among Division II schools. The Penmen registered a 0.45 goals-against average and recorded 13 shutouts in 24 games, allowing just 11 goals all season and not allowing more than one goal in any contest.
Over Hubbard's first six seasons, he has guided the Penmen to six straight NCAA tournament appearances, the nation's longest active streak. He ended 2013 as the NCAA Division II leader in winning percentage among coaches with at least five years at the helm.
The award marks the second time Hubbard has been honored by the NSCAA, as he was named East Region Coach of the Year in 2008.
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