Hall of Fame
The winningest head coach in the history of the men's soccer program, Tom Bonus is the seventh person in the program's history to be elected to the Hall of Fame. In 22 seasons (23 years) leading the Dolphins, he guided the program to a mark of 249-136-37 (.634). A two-time Northeast-10 Conference Coach of the Year, his 249 victories are the most in the program's history. He guided the Dolphins to 17 10-win seasons in his 22 campaigns at the helm of the program and led the Dolphins to 21 NE10 Championships appearances and seven NCAA Championships appearances. The 21 NE10 Championships berths came in the last 21 years and the streak was the second-longest active stretch in the conference at the time of his retirement. The 2005 and 2009 NE10 championship-winning head coach, he finished the 2022 season ranked 14th among active Division II coaches with his 275 career victories (including his time at Keuka College). In his time in charge of the Dolphins, he had eight NSCAA/USC/D2CCA All-America selections, 41 NSCAA/USC All-Region honorees, three players earn major awards from the Northeast-10 Conference, 25 earn first team all-conference honors, 31 collect second team accolades and 29 named to the third team, in addition to 12 all-rookie team selections. The best season of his career on the Heights, and the best season in the program's history, came during the 2009 campaign, when the Dolphins posted an 18-3-3 record. The Dolphins won the Northeast-10 Championship for the second time in five years and then went on to win an NCAA Championships second round game for their program-record 18th victory of the season. The team then won a shootout following a 1-1 tie with Southern New Hampshire in the NCAA Quarterfinals to capture the East Region championship for the first time in the program's history and advance to the NCAA Semifinals, where they fell to eventual National Champion, Fort Lewis. A week and a half later, Bonus was named the 2009 NSCAA/MONDO East Region Coach of the Year. Two of Bonus' charges were recognized for their play with All-America honors with junior Angelo Reina becoming the program's second First Team selection, while classmate Sean Lawlor was named to the Second Team.
