The Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Saint Louis University. The Billikens compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I.
Noted for their dominance in men's collegiate soccer during the late 1950s through the mid-1970s, the Billikens have won 10 NCAA Men's Soccer Championships, the most of any men's college soccer program. Despite this, the Billikens have not appeared in an NCAA national championship final since 1974, and have appeared in the college cup twice since then: 1991 and 1997. Of their ten titles, nine were outright earned by the Billikens and their 1972 title was shared with San Francisco Dons. During their dynasty run from the 1960s through 1970s, the team was coached by Bob Guelker during their first five championships, while Harry Keough coached the last five championship teams at SLU. Mike McGinty was the most recent head coach, serving from March 2010 until November 2017 when his contract was not renewed. Presently, the Billikens are coached by Kevin Kalish, who was named head coach on January 20, 2018.
The Billikens' fielded their first varsity team in 1959.
Seasons National champions Conference champions *Division champions NCAA Tournament berth ^ Season Head coach Conference Season results Tournament results Overall Conference Conference NCAA W L T W L T Finish1959 Bob Guelker Independent 11 1 0 — — — — — Champions 1960 13 1 0 — — — — — Champions 1961 ^ 13 2 0 — — — — — Runners-up ^1962 12 0 1 — — — — — Champions 1963 12 0 1 — — — — — Champions 1964 ^ 11 1 1 — — — — — Semifinals ^1965 14 0 0 — — — — — Champions 1966 ^ 7 4 3 — — — — — Quarterfinals ^1967 Harry Keough 8 3 3 — — — — — Co-Champions 1968 ^ 10 1 1 — — — — — Second round ^1969 13 0 0 — — — — — Champions 1970 14 0 1 — — — — — Champions 1971 ^ 17 1 0 — — — — — Runners-up ^1972 15 2 3 — — — — — Champions 1973 15 2 3 — — — — — Champions 1974 ^ 18 3 1 — — — — — Runners-up ^1975 ^ 13 5 2 — — — — — Quarterfinals ^1976 ^ 14 4 1 — — — — — Second round ^1977 ^ 13 5 0 — — — — — Second round ^1978 ^ 16 4 1 — — — — — Second round ^1979 ^ 14 5 0 — — — — — First round ^1980 ^ 13 5 2 — — — — — Quarterfinals ^1981 ^ 11 3 4 — — — — — Second round ^ 1982 9 7 2 — — — — — —1983 ^ Joe Clarke 15 4 2 — — — — — Third round ^1984 ^ 11 5 3 — — — — — Third round ^ 1985 10 7 4 — — — — — —1986 ^ 13 5 2 — — — — — Second round ^1987 ^ 12 7 4 — — — — — First round ^1988 ^ 18 4 2 — — — — — Second round ^1989 ^ MCC 18 5 2 5 1 0 2nd Runners-up Second round ^1990 ^ 18 5 2 5 1 0 2nd Runners-up Second round ^1991 ^ 20 2 2 5 0 0 1st * Champions * Semifinals ^1992 ^ Great Midwest 18 4 1 4 0 1 2nd Champions * Second round ^1993 ^ 16 5 1 6 0 0 1st * Champions * Second round ^1994 ^ 16 6 0 5 1 0 2nd Semifinals First round ^1995 ^ Conference USA 15 6 1 6 1 1 2nd Champions * First round ^ 1996 5 10 3 5 2 1 3rd Quarterfinals —1997 ^ Bob Warming 16 5 4 5 2 1 3rd Champions * Semifinals ^1998 ^ 14 5 1 6 1 1 T-1st * Quarterfinals First round ^ 1999 ^ 17 4 2 7 1 0 T-1st * Runners-up Second round ^ 2000 ^ 13 3 3 6 1 1 1st * Champions * First round ^ 2001 ^ Dan Donigan 18 2 0 9 1 0 1st * Champions * Quarterfinals ^ 2002 ^ 15 4 2 7 2 1 1st * Champions * Third round ^ 2003 ^ 15 4 3 6 2 1 T-1st * Champions * Quarterfinals ^ 2004 9 8 1 5 3 1 T-3rd Quarterfinals — 2005 *Atlantic 10 9 5 5 6 1 2 T-1st * Runners-up —2006 ^ 13 5 2 8 0 1 1st * Runners-up Second round ^ 2007 ^ 12 2 5 8 1 0 1st * Semifinals First round ^ 2008 ^ 12 5 5 6 3 0 4th Semifinals Second round ^ 2009 ^ 15 7 0 7 2 0 2nd Champions * Second round ^ 2010 Mike McGinty 9 7 3 5 3 1 T-4th Semifinals — 2011 6 10 1 4 5 0 10th — —2012 ^ 16 5 0 7 2 0 2nd Champions * Second round ^ 2013 * 14 5 2 6 0 2 1st * Semifinals —2014 ^ 14 5 2 5 1 2 2nd Semifinals Second round ^ 2015 8 7 2 4 2 2 3rd Quarterfinals — 2016 * 7 8 3 6 2 0 1st * Quarterfinals — 2017 7 9 1 4 4 0 T-7th Quarterfinals —2018Kevin Kalish6 4 7 3 1 4 5th Quarterfinals —2019 10 7 0 6 2 0 4th Quarterfinals —2020 9 5 0 4 2 0 2nd Semifinals —2021 ^ 16 1 4 8 0 0 1st* Champions Quarterfinals ^2022 ^ 12 5 3 6 1 1 1st* Champions Second round ^2023 8 4 5 4 1 3 T-2nd Quarterfinals —2024 ^ 8 5 8 4 1 3 T-5th Runners-up First round ^
Totals
WinsLossesTiesWin percentage Regular Season Games841282131 NCAA Tournament Games71395 All Games912321136Reference: Men's Soccer Record Book, p. 16
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