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Andreas Lindberg
Andreas Lindberg, one of the most successful men’s soccer head coaches in the country with a career winning percentage of .706 across 18 seasons, enters his sixth season as Seton Hall men's soccer head coach in 2023. Lindberg was named the new Pirates' head coach on Dec. 11, 2017, coming to The Hall after nine years as the head coach of Div. II soccer powerhouse LIU-Post. While there, he accumulated seven NCAA Tournament appearances.
Lindberg guided the Pirates to a bounce-back campaign in 2022, finishing with a 7-4-7 overall record an a 4-1-5 mark in BIG EAST play. Seton Hall's 17 points in conference action were its most since 2006 and resulted in a second place finish in the league standings, the program's highest finish since 1991. Lindberg and the Pirates received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, qualifying for the second time in three seasons.
Lindberg and the Pirates opened the season red hot in 2021, going unbeaten in each of their first six matches of the year. This included thrilling overtime wins over NJIT and Army, as well as a 3-3 draw against No. 10 Virginia Tech. Luca Dahn and Johannes Pex each were named to the All-BIG EAST Third Team at the conlclusion of the season.
In just his third year at the helm in 2020, Lindberg and his crew helped lead the program to its first BIG EAST Tournament Championship since 1991 with a 2-1 win over then-second ranked Georgetown at Shaw Field. The team also made its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2005 as the number six overall seed. The Pirates would go on to win two games in the tournament to advance to the NCAA Quarterfinals for only the second time in program history and first since 1988.
The Pirates ended the season as the No. 9 ranked team in the United Soccer Coaches Poll, reaching as high as the six slot earlier in the season for the highest ranking for The Hall since they ended the 1988 season in the No. 3 slot. It was the Pirates' first season being ranked top-25 nationally since 2006.
The Hall was also able to complete an unbeaten regular season at Owen T. Carroll field with a 6-0-1 mark in South Orange. Despite it being an abbreviated regular season, the Pirates completed the 2020 campaign with a 10-2-4 record, their first double-digit win season since 2005.
For his team's performance, Lindberg and his staff was honored as the East Region Coaching Staff of the Year as well as the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the year.
Under Lindberg and his staff, five Pirates were named to All-BIG EAST Teams: CJ Tibbling, Luca Dahn, Andreas Nota, JP Marin and Johannes Pex. In addition, Tibbling and Dahn were also named Second Team All-America and First Team All-East Region by the United Soccer Coaches.
Following up a successful first year at the helm of the program, Lindberg again put the Pirates in a position to contend for the BIG EAST Tournament with a 3-5-1 campaign in 2019. Amongst the squad's biggest victories was a road win over BIG EAST rival Marquette, 2-1 in overtime, the first time either team won on the road since 2014... For the third time in two seasons, Lindberg had a player named to an All-BIG EAST team with Carlton McKenzie garnering second-team honors.
In his first year at Seton Hall, Lindberg led The Hall to an improvement of nearly 100 points in winning percentage. The Hall narrowly missed the BIG EAST Tournament in a 6-7-2 campaign, which included The Hall's first-ever win over BIG EAST rival Butler and its first conference road win since 2014. Following the season two of his charges, David Arvidsson and CJ Tibbling, were named Second Team All-BIG EAST.
From 2009-17, Lindberg led the LIU Post to a record of 139-30-15 (.796), eight East Coast Conference (ECC) regular season championships, six ECC Tournament championships, seven NCAA Tournament appearances and four NCAA East Region championships and berths into the tournament quarterfinals. Five times, LIU-Post has earned a national No. 1 ranking in the United Soccer Coaches Poll, and the program has finished in the top-15 in the final season poll in each of the last seven years, including a program-high No. 7 in 2017.
Lindberg’s teams dominated in the ECC with three consecutive tournament championships that have followed incredible regular seasons. Since the start of 2015, LIU-Post has gone an astonishing 25-1-2 in ECC games, including an active 18-game unbeaten streak. Overall, in nine seasons at LIU-Post, Lindberg went 64-8-6 in the ECC, with only three losses coming in the final seven seasons. The conference domination helped Lindberg earn six ECC Coach of the Year awards (2017, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009). He also is a three-time United Soccer Coaches East Region Coach of the Year (2017, 2015, 2014).
In his LIU-Post tenure, his student-athletes have garnered one Div. II National Player of the Year award, 10 United Soccer Coaches All-America selections, four United Soccer Coaches Academic All-America selections, 26 All-East Region selections, 44 All-ECC selections, six ECC Offensive Player of the Year awards, two ECC Defensive Player of the Year awards, three ECC Goalkeeper of the Year awards and five ECC Rookie of the Year awards.
Prior to his tremendous nine-year run at LIU-Post, Lindberg was the head coach at his alma mater, Southampton College, from 2002-05. He posted a four-year record of 30-14-7 that included a regular season NYCAC title in his first season. Lindberg helped to push Southampton to the national stage, with the program climbing as high as No. 16 in the United Soccer Coaches national poll during his time.
In addition to his success in the head coaching ranks, Lindberg has a strong background in the professional and academy ranks. From 2006-07 he was the head coach and general manager of the New York Hampton Surf, a professional indoor soccer club and member of the American Indoor Soccer League (AISL). Lindberg coached the Met Oval Development Academy in Brooklyn from 2007-10, training 15-18 year olds in the USSF Development Academy system. During his time in Brooklyn, three of his charges were selected for U.S. National team training camps. Lindberg also served as the head coach of the Brooklyn Knights of the USL Premier Development League for the 2012 season, guiding the Knights to a four-win improvement from the prior campaign.
Lindberg received a United States Soccer Federation “A” License in 2013 and a “B” License in 2011. He holds a pair of United Soccer Coaches Special Topics Diplomas as well as an Advanced National Diploma from the Organization.
Originally from Sweden, Lindberg was a member of the men’s soccer team at Southampton from 1998-2001 before graduating with a degree in Business Administration in 2002. He earned a Masters of Business Administration from Long Island University in 2004.
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