Head Coach: Bob Carlson, 13th season
Telephone: 507-222-5840 Fax: 507-222-4328
Email: rcarlson@carleton.edu
Alma Mater/Year: St. Olaf, 1986
Record at School (yrs): 121-78-20 (12)
Career Record (yrs): same

Assistant Coaches: Josh Petty

Overall record in 2008: 17-2-3
Conference Record in 2006/finish: 8-1-1/first

Starters Returning/Lost: 6/5

Captains: Robert Carlton, Lyndon DeSalvo, Ross Hamilton

Top Returners
Robert Carlton, Sr. - Second Team All-American, 2007 and 2008 Central Region First-Team
Pete Semmer, Jr.- 27-3-5 record at Carleton. Recorded 10 shut-outs in 15 starts for the Knights last year.
Ross Hamilton, Sr. - 2008 Central Region Second-Team
Tim Wills, So. - Led team with 21 points as a rookie. 

Key Losses

Paul Pedtke, Bobby Phillips, Brian TenHoor, Joe Lindner

History/Notes
Shattered a school record for wins with 17 in 2008… The 2008 squad earned the school's first berth to the NCAA Championship Tournament and advanced to the third round...Team posted four consecutive winning campaigns (2000-03) for first time in 30 years... Team has earned NSCAA Team Academic awards for the past twelve seasons (1997-2008), including two years in which the Knights posted the top team grade point average in all of NCAA Division III...First year of men's soccer 1963 in Midwest Conference. . .Won inaugural game over St. Olaf College 10-2, establishing school record for goals scored in single game which still stands. . .Best season was 1977 with unbeaten 8-0-3 mark and Midwest Conference Championship. . .Joined MIAC in 1983. . .Overall record of 287-238-72.