Howard Bison men's soccer

Howard Bison soccer
2022 Howard Bison men's soccer team
Founded1965
UniversityHoward University
Head coachPhillip Gyau (7th season)
ConferenceNEC
LocationWashington, District of Columbia
StadiumGreene Stadium
(Capacity: 7,086)
NicknameBison
ColorsNavy blue and white[1]
   
Home
Away
NCAA Tournament championships
1971*, 1974
NCAA Tournament runner-up
1988
NCAA Tournament College Cup
1970*, 1971*, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1988
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
1962, 1970*, 1971*, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1988, 1989
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
1962, 1963, 1970*, 1971*, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1988, 1989
NCAA Tournament appearances
1962, 1963, 1970*, 1971*, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1997
*vacated by NCAA

The Howard Bison men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Howard University in Washington, D.C., United States. The team is an associate member of the Northeast Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Howard's first men's soccer team was fielded in 1965. The team plays its home games at Greene Stadium near the Park View neighborhood of the District. The Bison are coached by Howard alumnus and former U.S. national team player, Phillip Gyau.

Howard achieved much of their success in the early to mid-1970s and in the late 1980s, where they would win two NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championships (1971 and 1974), and reach the College Cup on six occasions.[2] The 1971 title would later be vacated by the NCAA.[3] Howard is the first historically black university to win an NCAA soccer title (or any Division I national title). Despite these achievements, the Bison have had less success in modern times, with their last NCAA berth coming in 1997.

  1. ^ Howard Bison Department of Intercollegiate Athletics Identity Guide (PDF). December 13, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  2. ^ Wise, Mike (July 12, 2014). "Howard University, 1974 NCAA soccer champions, brought worlds together". The Washington Post. washingtonpost.com. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  3. ^ "Division I Men's Soccer Championship History". NCAA.com. February 25, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2013.