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Tommy DiNuzzo

Tommy DiNuzzo is in his sixth year as Head Soccer Coach at Hampden-Sydney College during 2022-23. He was named the new head coach at H-SC on February 21, 2017. DiNuzzo previously served as the head coach of the University of Maine at Farmington from 2013-16.


COACH DINUZZO HIGHLIGHTS

Longest unbeaten streak in team and ODAC history at 23

No. 1 seed in ODAC Tournament both 2019 and 2020

Tigers improved by four wins in his first season

Returning to the ODAC Tournament in 2017 as the #5 seed after a two-year hiatus

Won 10 games in 2017 for just the second time since 2010

Spent four years as head coach at the University of Maine at Farmington prior to arriving at H-SC

An assistant coach for two seasons each at Mary Washington and Lynchburg College

2015 Maine-Farmington team tripled its win total, reached the North Atlantic Conference semifinals for the first time since 2011, and had the most all-conference selections since 2011

H-SC completed an incredible season in 2019 with a school-record 14-match unbeaten streak (12-0-2), finishing the regular season as the top team in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) to earn the top seed in the ODAC Tournament. The Tigers finished 13-5-2 overall, including 7-0-1 in the ODAC. Following a 1-5 start, H-SC put together a seven-game winning streak before a double-overtime tie against the University of Lynchburg (3-3). The Tigers followed with a five-match winning streak before once-again tying versus Lynchburg (2-2), this time in the ODAC Tournament Semifinals, as the Hornets advanced on penalty-kicks.


The 2020 season was moved to the spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but H-SC picked up where it left off in 2019, finishing 8-1-1 overall, including a perfect 8-0 in the ODAC, to earn the top seed in the ODAC Tournament for the second consecutive season and for only the second time in program history, as well. After advancing past Ferrum (0-0) on penalty-kicks in the quarterfinals, the Tigers fell in the semifinals to Lynchburg, 2-1, in overtime, snapping the program’s ODAC-record 23-game unbeaten streak.


In his first season on the sidelines at H-SC in 2017, the Tigers improved by four wins overall and within conference play with a record of 10-7-1 overall and 5-4-0 in the ODAC. H-SC returned to the ODAC Tournament after a two-year hiatus, earning the #5 seed a year after finishing in 11th place. The Tigers recorded their first victory over Virginia Wesleyan University since 2006. The 10 wins marked just the second double-digit win season since 2010. H-SC finished 6-8-2 overall during both 2018 and 2021, while 4-5-1 and 3-5-1, respectively, in the ODAC during those respective campaigns.


Coach DiNuzzo came to H-SC after spending the previous four seasons as the head coach at Maine-Farmington. DiNuzzo took over a UMF program that won just two games the season before his arrival, and he was able to triple that win total in his third year, while also reaching the conference semifinals for the first time since 2011. Additionally, he had the most all-conference honorees since 2011.


Prior to his time at Maine-Farmington, DiNuzzo was an assistant coach at ODAC member Lynchburg (2011-13) and at his alma mater, the University of Mary Washington (2009-11).


A 2009 graduate of the University of Mary Washington, DiNuzzo was a four-year starter and two-year captain for the Eagles.