The Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's soccer program represents the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in all NCAA Division I men's college soccer competitions. Founded in 1987, and relaunched in 2015, the Vaqueros compete as associate members in the Western Athletic Conference. They are coached by Bryheem Hancock .
Vaqueros plays their home matches at the UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex.
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Quick Facts Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros, Founded ...
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A match between UTRGV and Air Force in 2017
Coaching records
More information Manager, Year(s) ...
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| Manager |
Year(s) |
Overall |
Conference |
| Eloy Moran | 1987–1994 | 54–55–6 (.496) | 2–8–0 (.200) |
| Miguel Paredes | 1995–1997 | 8–32–1 (.207) | 0–4–0 (.000) |
| Paul Leese | 2015–present | 18–28–7 (.406) | 10–16–4 (.400) |
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| National Champions † |
Conference Champions * |
Division Champions ‡ |
NCAA Tournament berth ^ |
More information Season, Head coach ...
| Season |
Head coach |
Conference |
Season results[2] |
Tournament results |
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| Overall |
Conference |
Conference |
NCAA[3] |
| W |
L |
T |
W |
L |
T |
Finish |
| As UT Pan-American (1987–1997) |
| 1987 |
Eloy Moran | Independent | 8 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 8 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 7 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 6 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991 | Sun Belt[4] | 10 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 3rd of 8 | Quarterfinals | — |
| 1992* | 11 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 1st of 8* | Semifinals | — |
| 1993 | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7th of 8 | Fifth place | — |
| 1994 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8th of 8 | Quarterfinals | — |
| 1995 |
Miguel Paredes | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1997 | Independent |
2 | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hiatus from 1998 to 2014 |
| 2015 |
Paul Leese | WAC[5] | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 11th of 11 | — | — |
| 2016 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5th of 11 | Quarterfinals | — |
| 2017 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5th of 11 | Quarterfinals | — |
| 2018 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2nd of 12 | Semifinals | — |
| 2019 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | in progress | TBD | TBD |
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UTRGV's two primary rivals are the in-state rivals of the WAC, Houston Baptist and Incarnate Wood.
- Houston Baptist — Series tied 6–6–0[6]
- Incarnate Word — UTRGV leads 5–4–1[6]
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| UTRGV victories | Houston Baptist victories | Tie games |
| No. | Date | Location | Winner | Score |
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| 1 | Sept. 19, 1987 | Bayland Park | Houston Baptist | 5–4 | | 2 | Oct. 16, 1987 | UTSA Soccer Field | UTRGV | 2–1 | | 3 | Oct. 9, 1988 | UPTA Soccer Field | UTRGV | 3–2 | | 4 | Oct. 18, 1988 | Bayland Park | Houston Baptist | 3–1 | | 5 | Sept. 8, 1989 | House Park | UTRGV | 3–2 | | 6 | Sept. 20, 1989 | Bayland Park | Houston Baptist | 3–2 | | 7 | Oct. 14, 1989 | Bayland Park | UTRGV | 2–1 | | 8 | Sept. 29, 1990 | Bayland Park | Houston Baptist | 9–6 | | 9 | Nov. 8, 2015 | UTRGV Soccer Complex | Houston Baptist | 2–1 | | 10 | Oct. 16, 2016 | Sorrels Field | Houston Baptist | 3–1 | | 11 | Oct. 26, 2017 | Sorrels Field | UTRGV | 3–1 | | 12 | Oct. 7, 2018 | UTRGV Soccer Complex | UTRGV | 2–1 | | Series: Tied 6–6 |
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| UTRGV victories | Incarnate Word victories | Tie games |
| No. | Date | Location | Winner | Score |
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| 1 | Aug. 30, 1987 | UTPA Soccer Field | Incarnate Word | 3–1 | | 2 | Aug. 31, 1988 | Crusader Soccer Field | Incarnate Word | 3–2 | | 3 | Aug. 27, 1989 | Crusader Soccer Field | Tie | 1–1 | | 4 | Oct. 17, 1989 | UTPA Soccer Field | UTRGV | 4–2 | | 5 | Sept. 14, 1991 | Crusader Soccer Field | Incarnate Word | 2–1 | | 6 | Oct. 11, 1992 | Crusader Soccer Field | UTRGV | 3–2 | | 7 | Oct. 25, 2015 | Crusader Soccer Field | Incarnate Word | 1–0 | | 8 | Oct. 27, 2016 | UTRGV Soccer Complex | UTRGV | 2–0 | | 9 | Nov. 4, 2017 | Crusader Soccer Field | UTRGV | 2–1 | | 10 | Nov. 3, 2018 | UTRGV Soccer Complex | UTRGV | 3–0 | | Series: UTRGV leads 5–4–1 |
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