The Tony Tommasi File
2010-12	Buena Vista	Head Coach
2006-09	Methodist	Head Coach
2001-05	Texas Lutheran	Head Coach
1999-00	Mississippi State	Asst. Coach
Coaching Awards
• 2006 USA South Coach of the Year
• 2003 ASC Coach of the Year

Tony Tommasi was named Chicago State women's soccer's first ever head coach in July of 2013. His Cougars will start play in 2014 and join the rest of Chicago State's teams in the Western Athletic Conference.
 
Tommasi came to Chicago State with 12 years of collegiate head coaching experience along with two years as an assistant at NCAA Division I Mississippi State. He owns a career head coaching record of 128-89-12 (.585). Tommasi has won double-digit matches in eight of his seasons as a head coach. He owns a pair of conference coach of the year awards and has set school records at each of his three stops as a head coach.
 
He served as head coach at Buena Vista University (NCAA Division III) in Storm Lake, Iowa for the past three seasons. During Tommasi's three seasons he totaled a record of 25-28-2, setting a new school record for wins each season. Before Tommasi's arrival in 2010 Buena Vista had won just 29 games in the previous 13 years. The 2012 season was the most decorated in program history. The squad's 10-7 record was their best in school history. Tommasi helped guide an offense which set school records for goals scored (58), assists (37) and home victories (5). He helped coach the program's first-ever First Team All-Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection and first-ever First Team Academic All-American. The team had multiple all-conference performers for the first time since 1997. Tommasi was active on the national recruiting scene. He brought players from eight different states to the Buena Vista University campus.
 
Before taking over the Buena Vista program, he spent four years as head coach at Methodist University in Fayetteville, N.C. (NCAA Division III). He picked up his 100th career coaching win while guiding the program to a combined 54-27-5 record and a conference mark of 27-4-2. In just his first season with the Monarchs in 2006, he led them to the regular season USA South Atlantic Conference championship, as well as Methodist's first trip into the NCAA Tournament since 1995. The following year, the Monarchs captured both the regular season and conference tournament championships.
 
Prior to his time at Methodist, he also served five years as head women's soccer coach at Texas Lutheran (NCAA Division III). The program had an all-time record of 22-100 prior to his arrival in 2001, and during his tenure, the team went 49-34-5. In just his second season, he was named American Southwest Conference Coach of the Year and led the team to its first winning season (10-7-1) in school history. He left the program as its all-time winningest coach and helped the team established 55 new team and individual records.
 
In addition to his three head coaching stints, he's also spent time assisting the women's program at NCAA Division III Trinity in San Antonio, Texas and serving two years (1999 and 2000) as the head assistant coach at NCAA Division I Mississippi State. Throughout most of the 1990's, he served as Director of Training for the Richmond Capitals Soccer Club in Richmond, Va. Tommasi has worked camps for North Carolina, Texas A&M, Texas, Richmond and East Carolina.
 
Tommasi earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics in 1985 from the University of Richmond. He and his wife, Chappell, have three children – daughters Kyra and Talia and son, Michael Anthony.

Season	School	Record
2012	Buena Vista	10-8-1
2011	Buena Vista	8-10-1
2010	Buena Vista	7-10
	3 years	25-28-2 (.473)
2009	Methodist	10-10-2
2008	Methodist	11-8-1
2007	Methodist	17-5
2006	Methodist	16-4-2
	4 years	54-27-5 (.660)
2005	Texas Lutheran	6-9-2
2004	Texas Lutheran	14-4-1
2003	Texas Lutheran	12-6-1
2002	Texas Lutheran	10-7-1
2001	Texas Lutheran	7-8
	5 years	49-34-5 (585)
Totals (12 years)		128-89-12 (.585)

What They Are Saying About Tony Tommasi:

Anson Dorrance (University of North Carolina - Head Women's Soccer Coach)
"I have a lot of respect for Tony as a coach. We hired him for our soccer camps years ago and he's very professional and knowledgeable about the game. I like the way he treated every team he trained. He is a great hire for Chicago State." 

G Guerrieri (Texas A&M University - Head Women's Soccer Coach)
"I'm really happy for Tony and excited for Chicago State to get such an experienced coach to guide their new program.  He's an intelligent and conscientious educator who's clearly the right guy for the job."

Greg Ashton (Davidson College - Head Women's Soccer Coach) 
"Tony has demonstrated over the course of his coaching career that he is fully capable and prepared to put in the long hours in the office and on the recruiting trails to build programs and help give them a competitive edge. Chicago State has hired a passionate soccer coach with the knowledge and experience to build a program from the ground up. He has been able to reinvigorate every program he has been the head coach and left them in much better shape than when he arrived. Given the chance to build and establish a start up program I am sure he will relish the opportunity to create a competitive environment from his first day on the job and on through to the first competitive game. I wish Tony and Chicago State all the best for the days ahead."

Steve Holeman (University of Georgia - Head Women's Soccer Coach)
"Tony has been successful at every step of his coaching career. He has a proven track record and there is no question that he is the right person to build the Chicago State program from the ground up. This will be an exciting challenge for him and I wish him nothing but the best."