Middlebury College

Alex Elias took over the men’s soccer program in December of 2017 after serving as an assistant for four years. 

AT MIDDLEBURY

• Coaching Record
• Led Panthers to the NCAA Semifinals in 2024
• 3x Guided the Panthers to the NCAA Quarterfinals (2021, 2023, 2024)
• 3x NESCAC Championship appearances (2017, 2019, 2024)
• 7x NESCAC Semifinal appearances 
• 2023 NESCAC Coaching Staff of the Year
• 2x United Soccer Coaches Regional Coaching Staff of the Year (2023, 2024)
• 7x United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award, ranking in the top-five places in team GPA across all NCAA divisions
• 8x College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-America Selections
• 5x All-Americans (2019, 2021, 2023, 2024)
• Coached 2024 NESCAC Player of the Year
• Coached 2023 NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year 
• 2x NESCAC Rookie of the Year (2019, 2024)
• Faculty Advisor to Middlebury College Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)
• Faculty Member serving on Middlebury College Athletic Policy Committee (APC)

• Head men’s soccer coach - Middlebury College (2017-present)
• Assistant men’s soccer coach - Middlebury College (2014-2017)
• Assistant men’s soccer coach/recruiting coordinator - LIU-Brooklyn (2011-2014)

• Bachelor of Arts in economics - Magna Cum Laude - Middlebury College - 2008
• Master of Arts in psychology - LIU Brooklyn - 2013

• Captain of the 2007 NCAA and NESCAC Championship teams
• First-Team All-American
• First-Team All-New England
• First-Team All-NESCAC
• CoSIDA District I Third Team All-Academic
• NSCAA Scholar All-American
• Vermont Gatorade Player of the Year
• NSCAA High School All-American 
• Burr & Burton Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee

• Field Intern at Grassroot Soccer, Kimberley, South Africa, (2008-2009)
• Teacher at Teach For America in Brooklyn, New York (2009-2011)

The full history for the Middlebury men’s soccer program can be found here.