Georgia State Panthers men's soccer

The Georgia State Panthers men's soccer team represents Georgia State University (GSU) in all NCAA Division I men's college soccer competitions. As of the 2022 season, the Panthers play in their full-time home of the Sun Belt Conference (SBC), which reinstated the sport after a one-season hiatus.^[2] During the SBC's men's soccer hiatus, GSU had been a single-sport member of the Mid-American Conference.^[3] However, following a major conference realignment in 2021 and 2022 brought several new men's soccer schools to the SBC, that league announced it would reinstate men's soccer no later than 2023,^[4] eventually moving that date forward to 2022.^[2]

Georgia State Panthers
Founded	1967
University	Georgia State University
Head coach	Brett Surrency (10th season)
Conference	Sun Belt
Location	Decatur, Georgia
Stadium	GSU Soccer Field (Capacity: 1,500)
Nickname	Panthers
Colors	Blue and white^[1]
Home Away
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
2021
NCAA Tournament appearances
1997, 2000, 2011, 2018, 2021
Conference Tournament championships
1983, 1986, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2018
Conference Regular Season championships
2018

Coaching staff

As of May 27, 2021. Number of seasons includes the upcoming fall 2021 season.

Name	Position coached	Consecutive season at Georgia State in current position
Brett Surrency	Head coach	12th
Ricky Davey	Assistant coach	3rd
Daniel Mohsen	Assistant coach	5th
Bree Hicken	Academic Advisor	3rd
Layne Jackson	Athletic Trainer	4th
Reference:^[5]

Championships

Conference regular season championships

Year	Coach	Overall Record	Conference Record
2018	Brett Surrency	11–6–3	2–0–2
Conference regular season championships			1

Conference tournament championships

Year	Coach	Opponent	Score	Site	Overall Record	Conf. Record
1983	Scottie O'Neill	Houston Baptist	1–0	Houston, TX	16–6–0
1986	Scottie O'Neill	Georgia Southern	4–0	Abilene, TX	13–6–2
1987	Hugh Beasley	Centenary (LA)	2–0	Atlanta, GA	11–6–2
1997	Brett Teach	Florida Atlantic	2–0	Boca Raton, FL	9–11–1	4–3–1
2000	Kerem Daser	Mercer	1–0	Buies Creek, NC	12–9–0	4–2–0
2018	Brett Surrency	Georgia Southern	4–2	Statesboro, GA	11–6–3	2–0–2
Conference tournament championships						6

Rivalries

Georgia State's main rival is Georgia Southern.^[6] The multi-sports rivalry is known as "Modern Day Hate".^[7][8] State and Southern remain conference rivals in men's soccer, as Southern moved that sport to the MAC along with State^[3] before the SBC reinstated men's soccer in 2022.

Record against Sun Belt opponents

Opponent	Series record^[9]
Coastal Carolina	6–11–2
Georgia Southern	31–11–6
James Madison	2–6–0
Kentucky	0–1–0
Marshall	0–0–0
Old Dominion	1–9–0
South Carolina	2–11–0
West Virginia	1–2–0

Coaching records

Coach	Years	Overall		Conference		Note
		Record	Pct.	Record	Pct.
Costas Alexandrides	1967–68	13–5–1	.711
Stoney Burgess	1969–75	68–38–3	.638
Scottie O'Neill	1976–86	143–57–4	.711			2 TAAC Championships (1983, 1986)
Hugh Beasley	1987–93	50–72–15	.420			1 TAAC Championship (1987)
Brett Teach	1994–99	43–66–3	.397			1 TAAC Championship (1997), first NCAA appearance
Kerem Daser	2000–09	67–100–10	.407			1 Atlantic Sun Championship (2000)
Brett Surrency	2010–	89–75–12	.540			1 Sun Belt Championship (2018)
Total		417–413–38	.532

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

Georgia State has appeared in five NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 1–4–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1997	Play-in round	Howard	L 0–2
2000	Play-in round	Rhode Island	L 3–4 ^OT
2011	First round	Duke	L 0–1
2018	First round	Charlotte	T 2–2 (L 3–4 p)
2021	First round Second round	Charlotte Georgetown	W 1–0 L 0–2

Stadiums

The Panthers play most of their games at the 1,500-capacity GSU Soccer Stadium. However, they have played some matches at the nearby Center Parc Stadium, normally home to GSU football, in Atlanta.

See also

• Georgia State Panthers women's soccer

References

1. "About Georgia State Athletics". GeorgiaStateSports.com. September 18, 2006. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
2. "Sun Belt Conference Announces Return of Men's Soccer This Fall" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
3. "Georgia Southern, Georgia State Added As Affiliate Members in Men's Soccer" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. May 21, 2021. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
4. Traylor, Grant (November 1, 2021). "Sun Belt confirms men's soccer being reinstated". The Herald-Dispatch. Huntington, WV. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
5. "Georgia State Men's Soccer Coaches". GeorgiaStateSports.com. Georgia State Panthers. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
6. Roberson, Doug (October 26, 2014). "Georgia Southern destroys Georgia State". Cox Media Group. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
7. Moore, Ben (August 18, 2015). "Who Takes Title For 2015–16 in Modern Day Hate?". CBSsports.com. 247sports. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
8. "Sounds like Georgia State and Georgia Southern have a rivalry?". Atlanta Journal and Constitution. October 24, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
9. "2021 Georgia State Men's Soccer History and Record Book" (PDF). Georgia State Panthers. February 2022. Retrieved June 20, 2022.

External links

• Official website