Tom Poitras is an American soccer coach and is currently the head men's soccer coach at Northern Kentucky University, a position he's held since 2022.
Poitras played collegiate soccer at Southern Connecticut State University. During the 1987 season he was part of the division II national championship team.
From 1994 to 1997, he coached at the University of New Haven where he compiled a 38âÂÂ32âÂÂ5 record.
From 1998 to 2003, he served as the head men's soccer coach at Southern New Hampshire University where he posted an 81âÂÂ25âÂÂ16 record. His team advanced to four NCAA tournaments, and compiled five 10 win seasons.
His 2009 squad went 14âÂÂ3âÂÂ3, and reached the NCAA tournament for the first time in 26 years. During the season, UW-Green Bay had victories against Wisconsin, DePaul, and Butler. The team finished undefeated at home with a 7âÂÂ0âÂÂ1 record for the first time in 26 years, and a second place overall finish in the Horizon League. In 2007, his team beat NCAA runner-up Ohio State University in a major upset.
He was hired as head coach at Hartford in April 2011. In 2014 Poitras signed a 5-year contract extension with Hartford. Poitras was inducted into the Connecticut Soccer Hall of Fame in 2017.
He was hired as the 5th head coach in the history of Northern Kentucky's men's soccer program in January 2022.
â NCAA canceled 2020 collegiate activities due to the COVID-19 virus.