Hartwick Hawks men's soccer
| Hartwick Hawks men's soccer | |||
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| Founded | 1956 | ||
| University | Hartwick College | ||
| Head coach | John Scott | ||
| Conference | Sun Belt | ||
| Location | Oneonta, NY | ||
| Stadium | Elmore Field (Capacity: 3,000) |
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| Nickname | Hawks | ||
| Colors | Royal Blue and White |
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| NCAA Tournament championships | |||
| 1977 | |||
| NCAA Tournament College Cup | |||
| 1970, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1985 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals | |||
| 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986 | |||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |||
| DI: 1962, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2005, 2014, 2015 D II: 1972 |
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| Conference Tournament championships | |||
| Atlantic Soccer Conference: 2005 Sun Belt Conference: 2014, 2015 |
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| Conference Regular Season championships | |||
| Atlantic Soccer Conference: 2005 Sun Belt Conference: 2014, 2015 |
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The Hartwick Hawks men's soccer team represents Hartwick College as an affiliate member of the Sun Belt Conference in NCAA Division I soccer. The Hawks play their home matches on Elmore Field located on the Hartwick campus in Oneonta, New York. The team is coached by John Scott, the seventh head coach in the program's long history. The Hawks are distinguished by being the only Division III program playing Division I soccer and by having won the 1977 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.
Hartwick men's soccer was started by Hal Greig in 1956, three years before the NCAA began sanctioning the sport. Building slowly, Greig headed the program for four years, leading the Hawks to their first two winning seasons.
Greig was succeeded by David Haase, who, in seven seasons had five winning teams, two more with .500 records, and led the Hawks to their first two NCAA Men's Soccer Championship tournaments in 1962 and 1964.
Al Miller headed the program for six seasons, leading the Hawks to five NCAA Tournaments, including their first College Cup placing third in 1970. Miller was coach when, in 1972, t the NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship was begun. Hartwick, along with many other "non-major" schools moved into the new division. Following that season, Miller was hired away into the ranks of professional soccer.
After only one season in DII, Hartwick and several other of the more prominent DII soccer programs moved back to Division I. Timo Liekoski headed the program for three seasons, gaining three NCAA Tournaments, and a second 3rd place finish in 1974 before he, too, was hired away to the pros.
Liekoski was succeeded by Jim Lennox, who remained at the Hartford helm for twenty-seven seasons. Under Lennox, the Hawks advanced to thirteen NCAA tournaments, five College Cups, and the 1977 NCAA Championship. By the time Lennox departed Hartwick for the NSCAA, several of the "major" athletic conferences had come to emphasize soccer, and the non-major soccer independents like Hartwick were largely overtaken by big-budget major schools. While Lennox' teams made the NCAA tournament in eleven of his first twelve seasons, they made only three of his last fifteen, including missing during each of his last seven seasons at Hartwick. In 2000, Hartwick left the ranks of the independent schools, joining the Atlantic Soccer Conference (ASC). In 2002, Lennox quit the Hartwick post unexpectedly to become Director of Coaching Education for the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). For his work at Hartwick and the NSCAA, Lennox was named to the NSCAA Hall of Fame in 2013.
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