United States Military Academy Men's Soccer

Brian Plotkin heads into his sixth season at the helm of Army West Point men's soccer in 2026 after being named the 12th head coach in program history in May of 2021. In 2022, Plotkin had a breakthrough campaign in his second season at West Point as Army won the Patriot League regular season championship for the first time in 26 seasons. Plotkin was named 2022 Patriot League Coach of the Year following the season, becoming the first Army head coach to win the award since 1996. In his first season at the helm in 2021, Army had a record of 8-7-3. Plotkin's coaching career began in Chicago as an assistant for the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers from 2013-15. In 2016, he joined Dartmouth College as an assistant coach under Chad Riley, helping the team win two Ivy League Championships and make two NCAA Tournament appearances. In 2018, Plotkin moved to South Bend with Coach Riley at Notre Dame, where the Fighting Irish made the 2018 and 2019 NCAA Tournaments. The Lisle, Illinois native played collegiate soccer at Indiana University where he helped the Hoosiers win back-to-back National Championships in 2003 and 2004. As a senior, Plotkin finished as the runner-up for the Hermann Trophy Award and was named Big 10 Player of the Year and 1st Team All-American. He was selected 20th overall in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft by the Chicago Fire and played in MLS with the Chicago Fire and Columbus Crew, winning the 2006 US Open Cup and the 2008 MLS Cup.

Jonathan Delano joined the men's soccer program as an assistant coach in June 2021, was elevated to associate head coach in September 2023, and heads into his sixth season on Brian Plotkin's staff in 2026. Last season, Army went 7-6-5 and returned to the Patriot League Tournament for the first time since the 2022 as the No. 3 seed. The 2025 campaign saw Army record a dominant 4-0 win in the Army-Navy Cup in front of over 11,000 fans in Philadelphia. Before making his way to the banks of the Hudson, Delano made stops at Penn, Harvard and Dominican (Calif.). Delano's most recent stop was with the University of Pennsylvania, where he spent two seasons as an assistant coach, coaching seven All-Ivy honorees including the 2019 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year. Prior to his time in Pennsylvania, he served as the associate head coach of the Harvard Crimson men's soccer team, where he helped develop six professional players including 2017 MLS SuperDraft pick Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu. Delano oversaw 19 All-Ivy honorees in his five seasons with the Crimson and was named the NSCAA East Region Assistant Coach of the Year for his work in the 2015 season. Delano started his coaching career at his alma mater, Dominican University of California, in 2003 and was promoted to head coach of the women's team in 2006, twice earning California Pacific Coast Conference Coach of the Year. He was elevated to director of soccer in 2009 and also had stints as director of athletic development and head

Ryan Hulings is the Assistant Men's Soccer Coach at Army West Point, serving as the primary goalkeeping coach for the Black Knights in his second season in 2026. He comes from the University of Kentucky, where he spent two seasons overseeing goalkeeper development, recruitment, and game preparation. At Kentucky in 2024, he guided the team to an NCAA Tournament Second Round appearance after defeating both No. 1 Marshall and No. 2 West Virginia, making Kentucky the first NCAA Division I team to knock off both a current No. 1 and No. 2 in the same season. He developed goalkeeper Casper Mols, who was drafted by Atlanta United FC in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft. Previously at UAB (2022), Hulings improved the goalkeeping metrics significantly, and spent four seasons at UMass where he coached the Minutemen to an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2020-21 and helped achieve a 291 consecutive minutes without conceding a goal in 2019. He was awarded the United Soccer Coaches Award of Distinction in 2021. Earlier in his career, Hulings served at Virginia Tech (2016-17) where he guided the Hokies to NCAA Tournament appearances including an Elite Eight berth, and coached Ben Lundgaard, a 2018 first round MLS SuperDraft pick. A goalkeeper himself at Baldwin Wallace, where he graduated in 2014 with a degree in Sports Management, Hulings led the team to the 2011 NCAA Division III Tournament. He also played professionally for the USL's Pittsburgh Riverhounds (2013-15) and the NASL's Tampa Bay Rowdies (