Ohio State Buckeyes men's soccer


The Ohio State Buckeyes men's soccer team represents Ohio State University in NCAA Division I men's college soccer competitions. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference.
Ohio State has an overall record of 456–516–123 in their 68-year history. They have appeared in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament 12 times including a runner-up finish in the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.
The Buckeyes have participated in the Big Ten Conference since the conference began sponsoring men's soccer in 1991. Since then, they have been 76–92–18 in the conference. The team has four regular season titles and four conference tournament titles.
The team has played their home games at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium since 1999. The facility has a Natural Grass surface and has a capacity of 8,000.
Brian Maisonneuve has been the head coach of the Buckeyes since 2018. He previously served as an assistant coach for the Indiana Hoosiers from 2010 to 2017 and played for the Columbus Crew from 1996 to 2004.

Team Management

Head Coaching history

These people served as the head coach for Ohio State's men's soccer program.
1953Bruce Bennett3–6–1
1954–1957Howard Knuttgen18–18–2
1958–1968Walter Ersing32–59–5
1969–1970Forrest Tyson4–12–3
1971–1973; 1975Bill Servedio11–23–11
1974; 1979–1986Al Bianco83–76–20
1976–1978Jerry Bell21–19–3
1987–1996Gary Avendikian89–111–17 9–17–1
1997–2017John Bluem206–161–58 63–54–13
2018–presentBrian Maisonneuve33–50–10 13–30–8

Awards and honors

Team

Individual

Hermann Trophy