TOM BONUS

Head Coach, Men's Soccer
Intramural and Club Sports Director
bonustp@lemoyne.edu
(315) 445-4713

In 2008, the Le Moyne men finished with an impressive 14-6-2 record while only losing out on the NE-10 regular season title by one game. The Dolphin's advanced to the Conference Championship game where they lost 1-0 in a Conference that is labeled the toughest Men's Soccer Conference in the Nation. The Dolphins were selected to the NCAA tournament for the third time in four seasons, where they eventually fell 1-0 to the defending National Champion Franklin Pierce 1-0 in double overtime. Coach Bonus has a career record of 114-51-13 in his Nine Seasons.

In 2005, he also 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 won 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. Coach Bonus was also named an NJCAA All-American while at Alfred State College prior to his time at Plattsburgh. 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.