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Alun Oliver 2021 HS

Alun Oliver '04

  • Title
    Director of Outdoor Facilities / Head Coach
  • Phone
    301-758-5167 (M)
  • Email
    amoliver@smcm.edu
  • Year at SMCM
    13th Season
  • Hometown
    Ponty-Pool, Wales
  • Alma Mater
    St. Mary's College '04

Alun Oliver was hired as the ninth head coach of the Seahawks men’s soccer program in February 2011. Oliver's background includes close two decades of playing and coaching experiences both in the United States and overseas.

The Ponty-Pool, Wales, native was named the Director of Outdoor Facilities in 2019, overseeing all aspects associated with the Jamie L. Roberts Stadium, home to the Seahawks field hockey, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, and men's and women's track & field teams, and the Hawk's Nest, home to the Seahawks baseball team.

AT ST. MARY'S

  • Currently ranks first all-time in wins in SMCM men's soccer history
  • seven CAC Tournament appearances
  • 2015 and 2018 CAC Runner-Up (tournament)
  • Set school record for most conference wins with six in 2016
  • Received four consecutive NSCAA Team Academic Awards between 2011 and 2014 after maintaining at least a 3.0 cumulative team GPA

PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

  • 32 All-CAC selections (through 2019)
  • Four NSCAA All-Region players (through 2016)
  • Six United Soccer Coaches All-Region selections (through 2019)
  • Three United Soccer Coaches All-American selections (through 2019)
  • Khalid Balogun '20 - 2016 CAC Rookie of the Year & 2019 CAC Offensive Player of the Year
  • Nick Tait '17 - 2015 CAC Player of the Year
  • Alessandro Burlew '18 - 2014 CAC Rookie of the Year
  • Zack Haussler '18 led CAC in save percentage (.840) in 2016
  • Nick Tait '17 led CAC in goals (15), assists (11), and points (41) in 2015
  • Austin Brown '14 led CAC in saves (98) in 2012
  • 99 student-athletes named to CAC All-Academic Team since 2011 (through 2019)

PLAYING CAREER

  • St. Mary's Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2010
  • CAC Silver Anniversary Men's Soccer Team (2014)
  • School's all-time assists leader with 41
  • 2002 CAC Player of the Year
  • 2000 CAC Rookie of the Year
  • Two-time NSCAA All-Region selection
  • Four-time All-CAC selection
  • Youth and reserve team player with Oldham Athletic Football Club (England)
  • Only Division III player on the Sioux Falls Spitfire of the USL Premier Development League (2001 and 2002)
  • Helped Spitfire to 2001 PDL Heartland Division Championship

CLUB COACHING EXPERIENCE/CAMPS

  • Assistant coach for the boys' Maryland Olympic Development Program since 2011
  • Director of Seahawks Soccer Camp
COACHING CERTIFICATIONS
  • U.S. Soccer Federation National B License (January 2013)
PERSONAL
  • B.S. in Economics - St. Mary's College of Maryland (2004)
  • M.A. in Teaching - St. Mary's College of Maryland (2009)
  • Lives in Leonardtown with wife, Cathy, and daughters, Rebecca and Samantha, and son, William
 
SEASON OVERALL RECORD CONFERENCE RECORD POSTSEASON MILESTONE VICTORIES
2011 7-10-0 3-5-0 First career win (2-1 vs Eastern Mennonite, 9/3/11)
2012 4-13-0 1-5-0 CAC Tournament First Round (No. 6 seed)
2013 5-10-2 2-6-0
2014 10-10-0 5-4-0 CAC Tournament Semifinals (No. 6 seed) 25th career win (7-2 at Southern Virginia, 10/25/14)
2015 9-9-2 4-4-1 CAC Tournament Runner-Up (No. 6 seed)
2016 12-4-2 6-2-1 CAC Tournament First Round (No. 3 seed)
2017 11-7-0 7-2-0 CAC Tournament Semifinals (No. 2 seed) 50th career win (2-1 vs Bridgewater (VA), 9/10/17)
2018 12-4-4 4-2-1 CAC Tournament Runners-Up (No. 2 seed)
2019 12-6-2 5-4-1 CAC Tournament Semifinals (No. 3 seed) Became program's all-time wins leader with 77th career win (2-1 vs York (PA), 10/2/19)
2020-21 2-1-1 Season Canceled Due to COVID-19
2021 12-6-1 6-1-1 United East Tournament Semifinals
(No. 2 seed)
2022 11-4-5 7-1-0 United East Regular-Season Champions
United East Tournament Runner-Up
(No. 1 seed)		 100th career win (3-0 vs Mary Baldwin, 9/20/22)
Program's first conference regular-season title
2023 11-7-4 3-2-1 United East Volt Division Champions
(No. 4 seed)
United East Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament First Round		 Program's first conference championship crown
Program's first NCAA Tournament bid
2024 11-7-3 8-0-0 United East Regular-Season Champions
United East Tournament Champions
(No. 1 seed)
NCAA Tournament First Round		 Program's first-ever undefeated conference record
TOTALS 129-98-26 61-38-6
 
Updated: August 19, 2023