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Malcolm MacPherson |
Head Men's Soccer Coach mjm@wpi.edu 508-831-5841 |
Malcolm MacPherson is one of WPI's most successful coaches. In
fact, success has followed him throughout his entire coaching
career. In his 17 years at WPI, he has suffered only three losing
seasons.
MacPherson's overall record at WPI is now 152-111-16 for a stellar
.574 winning percentage. When one includes his overall 25-year
mark, which includes nine years at Fitchburg State, his record is
an even more outstanding 260-147-31 for a .629 winning percentage.
In those 25 seasons, MacPherson's teams have produced .500 or
better records 21 times.
The Engineers look to catapult from a season of improvement a
year ago, one that saw the Crimson and Gray tally five more
victories than the team had in 2007. In 2008, WPI narrowly missed
turning in an upset in the NEWMAC tournament, dropping a 1-0
decision to NCAA tournament participant MIT.
In 2006, The Crimson and Gray were ranked in New England and
finished with a 10-5-2 overall record, earning a coveted home match
in the NEWMAC Tournament. The year prior, WPI reached the NEWMAC
Tournament semifinals after going on the road and eliminating Coast
Guard in a dramatic penalty kick-shootout in the first round.
MacPherson will look very fondly back at a recent three-year stretch (2002-2004) when WPI went 38-16-1 for an impressive .700 winning percentage. In 2002, WPI finished with a record of 16-4 overall and as a finalist in the ECAC Division III New England postseason championships. The 16 wins smashed the old school record of 13 for most victories in a season and it marked the first time that WPI had won twice in postseason play. The #2-seeded WPI squad defeated Albertus Magnus (3-0) and UMass-Dartmouth (3-2) at home, before bowing to #1-seeded Roger Williams on the road.
In 2001 and 2002, MacPherson achieved milestone victories. In 2001, he won his 200th overall game with a comeback overtime victory at MIT. In 2002, his 100th victory at WPI came in a 3-2 come-from-behind win over Brandeis at home.
Other highlights at WPI include the 1992 season when that squad earned an NCAA post-season tournament berth, and in 1998 when that squad earned an ECAC post-season tournament berth.
MacPherson came to WPI from Fitchburg State, where he remains the winningest coach in Falcons' history. He led Fitchburg State to five postseason tourney berths in nine years, twice to the NCAA's and three times to the ECAC's.
MacPherson has also twice led his teams to conference titles -- in 1988 at Fitchburg State when it won the MASCAC crown, and in 1993 at WPI when it won the now-disbanded Constitution Athletic Conference.
Malcolm is a 1975 cum laude graduate of Keene State College, where he earned his B.S. in health and physical education and served as an assistant coach for two years. He lives in Jefferson, MA and teaches physical education classes at WPI.