| Tom Bonus | ||
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Head Men's Soccer Coach & Intramural and Club Sports Director | |
| Plattsburgh '93 | ||
| bonustp@lemoyne.edu | ||
| (315) 445-4713 | ||
Tom Bonus has guided the Le Moyne men's soccer program to unseen
success since taking over the program before the 2000 season. In
nine seasons in charge of the Dolphins, Bonus has compiled a record
of 103-58-14 (.629). Bonus, the 2004 Northeast-10 Conference Coach
of the Year, has posted 10 or more victories in seven of his nine
seasons.
In 2008, Bonus guided the Dolphins to their second consecutive
NCAA tournament berth and third appearance in a four-year span.
After advancing to the Northeast-10 Conference Championship game
for the second time in four seasons, where they suffered a 1-0
setback at Southern New Hampshire, Bonus's charges took on Franklin
Pierce in the opening round of the NCAA tournament in Brookhaven,
N.Y., falling to the Ravens, 1-0, in double overtime. After
dropping a 1-0 contest at Assumption on September 16, Bonus led the
Dolphins to eight wins over the final ten games of the regular
season to secure the fourth seed in the Northeast-10
tournament.
In 2007, Bonus returned his team to the NCAA tournament for the
second time in a span of three seasons. The Dolphins earned a trip
to the New England Regional, held in Rindge, N.H., after posting a
regular-season record of 14-2-2, including a 9-2-2 mark in
Northeast-10 competition. However, the Dolphins were shut out in
the opening round by eventual National Champion Franklin Pierce,
falling by a score of 5-0.
During the 2006 campaign, the Dolphins rebounded from a 1-2 start
to the season by rattling off seven wins in eight contests,
including five straight in late September. However, Le Moyne was
winless over its last eight contests to finish the season at
8-8-3.
In 2005, Bonus led the Dolphins to a 14-6-2 mark, but more
importantly guided Le Moyne to its first-ever Northeast-10
Conference Men's Soccer Championship and its first NCAA tournament
trip. Le Moyne posted a program-record 11 shutouts and outscored
its opposition 44-23 in its first conference championship season.
The Dolphins rolled to their first Northeast-10 Conference
Championship with a 2-0 quarterfinal win over American
International, a 2-1 double overtime win over Bryant and a 1-0
title game win at Franklin Pierce. Four days after defeating the
Ravens for the league crown, the Dolphins dropped their NCAA opener
5-0 to eventual NCAA runner-up Franklin Pierce.
Bonus guided the Dolphins to the precipice of the NCAA tournament
with the program's winningest season in 2004. For his efforts,
Bonus was named the 2004 Northeast-10 Conference Coach of the Year.
He guided the Dolphins to an 11-1-1 league mark and the second seed
in the conference playoffs. Le Moyne completed the season with a
17-2-1 overall record. The 2004 team saw its season come to an end
with a 1-0 setback to UMass Lowell in the Northeast-10 Conference
semifinals. Despite a ranking of No. 9 in the NSCAA/adidas national
poll, Le Moyne was not selected for the NCAA tournament. The
Dolphins set a new program record with 17 wins and won a
program-record 15 consecutive contests in 2004. Le Moyne outscored
the opposition 56-17 in 2004.
In 2003, the Dolphins went 10-7-2 overall and 8-4-1 in the
Northeast-10 Conference. Bonus directed Le Moyne to a 5-0-2 home
mark in 2003. In 2002, the Liverpool, N.Y. native led Le Moyne to
back-to-back double-digit win seasons for the second time since
soccer started on the Heights in 1955. The 10-8 Dolphins landed
four student-athletes on the Northeast-10 all-conference team. In
his second season, Bonus guided the Dolphins to a school-best nine
wins in the Northeast-10 Conference. Under his tutelage, striker
Francesco Riverso scored a program record 18 goals.
Prior to his hiring at Le Moyne, Bonus had been the assistant
men's soccer coach at Hobart College for three seasons and served
as the Director of Coaching and Player Development for the New York
State West Olympic Development Program. In his first season at Le
Moyne, Bonus led the Dolphins to a 6-9-1 overall mark. Bonus also
serves as the Director of Intramurals and Club Sports at Le
Moyne.
A former soccer standout at SUNY-Plattsburgh, Bonus boasts a
wealth of coaching experience. Following graduation from
Plattsburgh in 1993, Bonus served one season as the assistant men's
soccer coach at his alma mater. Following his stint with the
Cardinals, he coached Keuka College from 1994-97. As Keuka's head
coach, Bonus led the Warriors to their first-ever winning
season.
Bonus was an all-SUNYAC academic performer and starting center
midfielder for the 1992 team that captured the SUNYAC regular
season title and advanced to the final 16 of the NCAA Division III
tournament, he was also named an NJCAA All-American. A graduate of
nearby Liverpool High School, Bonus competed in the Empire State
Games for the Central Region soccer team from 1990-92 and played
with the Syracuse Blitz in the National Indoor Soccer
Championship.
| Bonus at Le Moyne | ||||
| Season | Win | Lost | Tie | Pct. |
| 2000 | 6 | 9 | 1 | .406 |
| 2001 | 11 | 8 | 0 | .579 |
| 2002 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 |
| 2003 | 10 | 7 | 2 | .579 |
| 2004 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .875 |
| 2005 | 14 | 6 | 2 |
.682 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .500 |
| 2007 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .750 |
| 2008 | 13 | 6 | 3 | .659 |
| Total | 103 | 58 | 14 | .629 |
