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Danny Leavy
Danny Leavy is the fourth Trevecca men's soccer coach in the history of the Trojan program.
LEAVY FILE (history)
First Season | 2009-2010
Leavy set the Trevecca wins record as a coach on Sept. 13, 2013, when TNU defeated Trinity International University, a team coached by Leavy's former college coach, Coach Gilliam, 3-2 in double overtime. His predecessor, Jeff Carr, held the career wins record with 30.
83-122-11 Overall
48-76-5 Conference
42-61-4 Great Midwest / 6-15 TranSouth
LEAVY ERA AWARDS | NCAA D2/GREAT MIDWEST (awards)
During the NCAA and Great Midwest Athletic Conference era, the Trojans have earned several awards for Leavy and the program.
He has five G-MAC first-team selections, ten named to the second team, and one on the third team. Two of his student-athletes have been voted a CoSIDA Academic All-District player. There have been four G-MAC players of the week. In addition, he has produced five players on the G-MAC all-freshmen team.
LEAVY ERA | YEAR-BY-YEAR (history)
In the first fall season in two years, the Trojans started with the best conference start in program history. It is the first time a men's soccer team had not lost a match in their first three conference matches. The overall start, 3-1-1, was the best start since the 2012-2013 team started 4-0-1. Unfortunately, the team only managed two more wins before the season concluded. Michael Jones led the team with six goals and 13 points. Freshman Ben Singer finished with five goals and 11 points, second-most on the team in both categories.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trojans would see their 2020 season pushed to the spring of 2021. Despite only collecting a 3-8 overall and 2-7 record in the Great Midwest, the Trojans' season was still historic. Not only did the Trojans defeat a nationally ranked opponent, but they did also so twice. First, the Trojans handed #25 Lake Erie a 1-0 loss to win their first conference victory. Jonas Grossman collected Great Midwest Defender of the Week for the performance, but the Trojans were not done. Five days later, it was no joke that the Trojans beat conference rivals and #19 ranked Cedarville by the same 1-0 result to improve to 2-0 in conference play. In the NCAA era, the Trojans' first-ever victory over a nationally ranked opponent came in 2018 when #2 Ohio Valley University lost to the Trojans, 1-0.
The 2019 band of the Trojans saw 11 freshmen join the first team in a year; the squad went 4-12-1 and 3-10-1 in Great Midwest competition. Before the 2019-20 season, Trevecca men's soccer added a junior varsity program, allowing coach Leavy to recruit and pull from a deeper assortment of talent. Freshman midfielder Michael Martey earned a spot on the G-MAC Honorable mention team with three goals and one assist.
Trevecca won eight games for just the second time in Leavy's tenure in 2018. The Trojans' seven conference wins tied the most a Danny Leavy-led squad has ever had, matching the exact total from 2017. The Trojans got off to a hot start winning five of their first eight matches, capped by a win over nationally-ranked G-MAC foe #2 Ohio Valley University. The Trojans received the game's lone goal from senior Ethan Keogh to hold the Fighting Scots to a 1-0 result on their home pitch in the second half. The 8-7-1 (7-7) mark is the best winning percentage Leavy has had at Trevecca.
Leavy completed his ninth season as Trojans head coach following the 2017 campaign. On Oct. 7, 2017, the Trojans defeated the new G-MAC school, Lake Erie 4-3 in overtime, handing Leavy his 60th career win as Trojans' head coach. Leavy and his Trojans protected the home pitch in 2017, winning six games. The only loss at home was to the eventual G-MAC conference champion, Ohio Valley, who did not lose a conference game this season. Leavy's Trojans finished 7-8-2 overall, losing to the University of Findlay 3-1 in the Great Midwest Championships quarterfinals.
In 2016 the Trojans gave coach Leavy his 50th career win. The team finished fifth of the eight teams in the league. TNU advanced to the Great Midwest Championships but fell to Alderson Broaddus 2-0 in the quarterfinals.
The 2015 Trojans finished with seven wins, five of those in G-MAC conference play. However, the Trojans were eliminated from the G-MAC tournament in a double-overtime loss to Ohio Valley University.
During the 2014 season, Leavy led the Trojans to five wins, three of which were G-MAC conference wins. As a result, the Trojans earned their way to the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Championship quarterfinals.
Leavy coached Noah Mudd to garner G-MAC Freshmen of the Year honors and Jeremiah Wright, Juan Egas, and Brayden Brown to the All-Conference first team. Bruno De Moraes and Ryan Walls made All-Conference second team.
In 2013, Leavy guided his team to eight wins, with five coming in G-MAC play. As a result, the Trojans qualified for the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament.
Leavy coached Jeremiah Wright to G-MAC Freshman of the Year honors. Wright tallied nine goals and seven assists and finished with the fifth-highest point total in TNU single-season history (25).
Also, during the season, for the first time in Trevecca history, midfielder Connor Inman was named to the Capital One Academic, All American team.
The 2011 and 2012 teams each produced nine wins, equalling the second-most wins in a season at Trevecca.
LEAVY ERA AWARDS | NAIA/TRANSOUTH/NCCAA (awards)
Leavy's first three teams produced several individual honors as members of the NAIA and the TranSouth Athletic Conference.
There were 26 TranSouth Scholar-Athlete honors and two NAIA scholar-athlete honors.
Four times a player was named the TranSouth defensive player of the week.
In addition, there was a first-team All-TranSouth honoree, and three players made the second team.
During the transition to the NCAA Division II level, Leavy saw five of his players earn NCCAA Scholar-Athlete honors.
TREVECCA COACHES BEFORE LEAVY (history)
Trevecca had a men's soccer program for one season during the 1991-1992 school year. Jon Curtis coached the team that season. Trevecca hired Stan Herod to bring back men's soccer for the 2000-2001 school year. Herod led the program for four seasons before Jeff Carr, who is now at East Florida State College.
LEAVY BEFORE TREVECCA
Leavy's coaching experience includes a head coaching stop at Cincinnati (Ohio) Christian University from 2000-2002. There he was named the NCCAA DII Mid-East Regional Coach of the Year after leading his team to the NCCAA DII Mid-East Regional Championship and an NCCAA DII No. 8 final ranking. He was an assistant at Muskingum College from 2002-2006 before being tipped to start the men's soccer program at Ohio Christian University in 2006.
From 2007-2008 he served as the Director of Coaching at Pride Soccer Club in Colorado Springs, Colo. There he oversaw 30 teams. His latest venture was serving with On Goal Ministries in Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, he has a wealth of club team coaching experience.
Leavy graduated from Trinity International (Chicago, Ill.) in 2000 with a bachelor of arts degree in Christian ministries. He earned his master's of arts in education from Muskingum College (Ohio) in 2005. Additionally, he is credited with a Premier from the NSCAA (National Soccer Coaches Association of America) and a Fitness in Football (soccer) Level 1 accreditations from English FA.
He played collegiately at NCAA DII Colorado Christian University and NAIA Trinity International University.
Leavy and his wife, Kelly, live in Spring Hill with their four children (Issac, Becca, Tessa, and Adelaide).
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