Mark Mettrick Last College: Hartwick '88 Position: Head Coach E-Mail: mmettrick@loyola.edu

Mark Mettrick enters his tenth season as the Loyola men's soccer coach. In that span, he has posted a 116-49-15 (.686) record with the Greyhounds. Since his arrival at Evergreen, the Greyhounds have captured seven regular season MAAC titles (2000, '01, '02, '03, '04, '07, '08), three MAAC Tournament titles (2001, '02, '07) and have advanced to four NCAA Tournaments (2001, '02, '07, '08). Loyola played in the NCAA College Cup Round of 16 in 2001 and advanced to the second round in 2007 and 2008, when it won a program-high 37 matches over the two-year period.

In 2008, under Mettrick's guidance, the Greyhounds ascended as high as No. 6 in the national rankings and finished the regular season as just one of two undefeated teams in the country at 18-0-1. They won their second straight league title and advanced to the Championship game of the MAAC Tournament, where they fell to Fairfield 2-1, ending a national-best 27-match unbeaten streak which dated back to the 2007 season. Earning the No. 9 overall seed in the NCAA College Cup, the Greyhounds hosted a second round match at Diane Geppi-Aikens Field.

Jumping on UNC Greensboro with an early goal by Phil Bannister, Loyola seized the early momentum. The Spartans, though, evened the game in the second half and scored the game-winner two minutes into the overtime period, thus ending a spectacular campaign for Loyola at 18-2-1.

After the season, Tennant McVea and Milos Kocic became the first Loyola players to be named NSCAA All-Americans since 1994. McVea, a defender, was named to the first team, while Kocic, a goalkeeper who was taken in the second round of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft by D.C. United, was named to the second team. Under Mettrick, a league-high nine Greyhounds landed on the All-MAAC Teams in 2009. McVea earned his second straight Defensive Player of the Year honor, and Jamie Darvill received Offensive Player of the Year. Mettrick was named Coach of the Year for the second straight season, while also being named the NSCAA North Atlantic Region Coach of the Year for the second time. Five Greyhounds earned a spot on the regional team, the most of any eligible program.

The MAAC Coach of the Year honor was the fifth such recognition for Mettrick, who was also been named Northeast Conference Coach of the Year twice. Entering the 2009 season, he has a career record of 173-91-27 (.641) over 15 seasons.

Named Loyola's eighth head soccer coach in January of 2000, Mettrick has built upon the rich tradition of Greyhounds soccer and continues to challenge the program with a top-notch non-conference schedule and lofty expectations for the MAAC season.

In 2007, the Greyhounds advanced to their 14th NCAA Tournament in 2007, capping a highly successful campaign that included a school record for shutouts and three winning streaks of six matches or more. Overall, the Greyhounds won 19 games, posted 17 shutouts, and won the MAAC Regular Season and MAAC Tournament Championships.

Mettrick was named the MAAC Coach of the Year and his team was awarded an NCAA first-round home game. Loyola won that match, a 2-nil shutout of Liberty and advanced to play Maryland in the Second Round. Mettrick's squad battled the Terrapins to a 0-0 shutout and fell in penalty kicks to end a great season.

Likewise, in 2002 the Greyhounds won the regular-season MAAC title and also earned a trip to the NCAA tournament. Senior Reb Beatty was named the league's Goalkeeper of the Year for the fourth consecutive season while Niall Lepper earned MAAC Player of the Year honors under Mettrick's guidance. Both also were named to the NSCAA South Atlantic Regional First Team and the Greyhounds closed out the year with a loss to Furman in the NCAA College Cup.

A deserving winner of the 2001 NSCAA South Atlantic Regional Coach of the Year award, Mettrick was at the helm for one of the finest seasons in program history.

After losing their season opener to California, the Greyhounds went unbeaten in their next 19 games (17-0-2) before falling at No. 2 Saint Louis in the Round of 16. That season, Mettrick led Loyola to its first MAAC tournament championship since 1996, and the NCAA appearance was the program's first since 1993.

In his first season as Loyola's head coach in 2000, Mettrick led the Greyhounds to a MAAC regular-season championship and a 12-4-1 overall record. Just as in 2001, his Greyhounds ranked highly in several statistical categories nationally, finishing in the Top 10 in fewest goals allowed.

Mettrick came to the Evergreen Campus after six impressive seasons as the head coach at Mount St. Mary's University.

Mettrick, on the right, exchanges jerseys with a fellow coach during his team's 2009 trip to Brazil.

Named head coach at The Mount prior to the 1994 season, Mettrick shaped the Mountaineers' program into one of the finest in the Northeast Conference (NEC). He guided the school to five winning seasons and two NEC championship games.

Known for developing a rich pool of talent at each of his coaching stops, Mettrick has coached 47 Loyola players to All-MAAC status, including 28 on the league's first team. His student-athletes have been named MAAC Players of the Year six times, Goalkeeper of the Year (a now defunct award) three times, and Rookie of the Year twice. Twenty of his players have received MAAC All-Rookie Team honors.

Also a two-time Coach of the Year honoree in the NEC, Mettrick first won the award in 1994, his first season as a collegiate head coach. He led the Mountaineers to an 11-6-2 campaign, including a 2-1 upset of then 14th-ranked Maryland.

Mettrick, a native of Manchester, England, played for Manchester United (English Premier Soccer League) as a youth.

He is a 1988 graduate of Hartwick College in Oneonta, N.Y., where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physics. An outstanding soccer player in his own right, Mettrick was a two-time NCAA Division I First Team All-America selection for the powerful Harwick men's soccer program, in addition to being a Dean's List student. He currently ranks among the leaders on Hartwick's all-time scoring list with 109 career points, and his 41 points as a freshman in 1984 rank him fourth on

the single-season scoring list. Mettrick scored 46 career goals, tying for fourth on the all-time list, including 17 his freshman season. Following graduation, Mettrick was a first-round selection of the Baltimore Blast of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL), going on to star for that organization from 1988-92. During that span, he helped lead the Blast to two consecutive MISL championship game appearances and earned a nomination to the league's All-Star team in 1992. He then moved on to serve as an assistant coach at Mount St. Mary's in 1993 before taking over the head coaching position the following season.

In addition to his coaching duties at Loyola, Mettrick runs the highly-successful Mark Mettrick Professional Soccer Schools in the summer months throughout the state of Maryland. Mettrick currently resides in the Wiltondale section of Baltimore County with his wife Jennifer, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Haley.

Mark Mettrick's Year-by-Year Coaching Record