Regional Honor for SNHU Coach

Hubbard Earns DII East Region COTY

December 30, 2008

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Southern New Hampshire University men’s soccer coach Marc Hubbard was named the NSCAA/adidas Division II East Region Coach of the Year. Hubbard is now eligible for Division II Coach of the Year honors, which will be announced Jan. 16.

SNHU coach Marc Hubbard was honored by the NSCAA.

Hubbard, a former assistant at New Hampshire, led the Penmen to a 10-game improvement in his first season with the team. After going 5-8-5 a season ago, Southern New Hampshire posted a 15-3-4 mark in 2008, finishing the season with a final rank of No. 11 in the Division II national poll.

The Penmen captured a share of the Northeast-10 regular season title for the first time in program history, won the program’s third NE-10 Tournament title and earned SNHU’s 14th NCAA Tournament bid. Hubbard was also honored as the Northeast-10 Coach of the Year.

Southern New Hampshire had four players named to the Daktronics Division II All-America team, highlighted by Matt Delaney’s First Team selection. A total of nine players received Northeast-10 All-Conference recognition, highlighted by Adrian Schippers being named NE-10 Player of the Year and Sean Lambert receiving NE-10 Goalkeeper of the Year accolades.

Prior to his arrival at SNHU, Hubbard, a native of Durham, NH, spent five seasons as an assistant coach at UNH and helped guide the Wildcats to a pair of America East semifinal appearances.

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