Coach Brendan Adams is entering his eighth season as the head coach of the Bridgewater State men's soccer program.  Coach Adams was promoted to the head coaching position prior to the 2002 season after serving as as an assistant coach on the staff in 2001.  Brendan was also a women's soccer assistant at BSC from 1996 to 1997.

In 2003, in just his second season as head coach, Adams directed the men's team to the program's first MASCAC regular season title since 1994. For his team's performance, he was named the MASCAC Coach of the Year.  The following year, he guided his squad to a berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament, the program's first NCAA bid since the 1990 season. The Bears advanced to the second round of the NCAAs before ending the season with a record of 12-7-2.  The 2004 Bears, however, picked up their first ever NCAA tournament victory and won the MASCAC Tournament championship for the first time in school history.

In 2007, the Bears posted a record of 8-11-2 and earned a spot in the MASCAC Tournament for the seventh straight season.  Seeded fourth in the tournament, BSC went on the road to knock off Framingham State in the semifinals and Salem State in the championship game as the Bears advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in four years.

Through 2008, Brendan's coaching record at BSC stands at 65-54-12 (.542), with an impressive 30-15-4 (.653) mark in conference matches. He became the men's soccer program's all-time winningest coach this past season (2008) he surpassed Luis Reis who won 56 games from 1992 to 1996.

A 1996 graduate of Stonehill College, Adams received his Masters Degree in Physical Education from Springfield College in 2001. He also holds a National Diploma from the NSCAA. A native of Sherborn, Massachusetts, Brendan is currently the Night and Weekend Facilities Manager in the Adrian Tinsley Center, BSC's state-of-the-art athletic facility, and teaches activity classes in the Movement Arts Department.

Connor Erickson joins the BSC men's soccer coaching this season.  He is a 2008 graduate of Wheaton College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History.  A midfielder on the Lyons' men's soccer team, Erickson was a part of three New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) championships as well as four trips to the NCAA Division IIII Tournament.

Now a general manager of the Canton Citizen Newspaper, Erickson comes to Bridgewater after coaching the Canton High School junior varsity program as well as assisting the Eastern Mass Red Devils U18 club team. He presently resides in his hometown of Canton.

Coach Eric Gomes is in his first season on the Bridgewater State College men's soccer coaching staff.  He is a native of Stoughton, Massachusetts where he played four years of varsity soccer at Stoughton High School.

Eric is a 2009 graduate of Merrimack College where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish with a minor in Business.  He helped the Warriors to a 2007 finals appearance in the Northeast 10 Conference Tournament and earned Second Team All-Northeast 10 honors in 2008.  Eric finished his career at Merrimack with 10 goals and three assists.

Prior to attending Merrimack, Coach Gomes spent one season on the Massasoit Community College men's soccer team and earned First Team All-New England honors in 2004.

Kevin Murphy is in second season as the men's soccer team's goaltending coach.  A native of Weymouth, Massacusetts, Kevin played collegiately at Division II Merrimack College.

Coach Murphy also played for the Bay State Select in the Premier Arena Soccer League. His coaching experience includes the South Coast Scorpions Soccer Club, Soccerplus Goalkeeper School, Weymouth High School and South Shore Select Soccer Club.

Kevin has earned a National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) goalkeeping dilpoma, and he expects to attain the regional and national goalkeeping diplomas by the fall of 2009.