Completed Event: Women's Soccer at George Mason on August 24, 2025 , Win , 4, to, 1
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Lombardo, David
David Lombardo
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- lombardm@jmu.edu
- Phone:
- 540-568-3452
- Physical Address:
- Godwin 103 (261 Bluestone Dr.) / MSC 2301
Year at JMU:Â Â 27th in 2016
Record at JMU: Â 328-212-35 (.601) (27 yrs.)
Career Record:Â Â 406-247-43 (.614) (34 yrs.)
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Coaching Career:
* Seventh most wins among active Division I coaches
* 12th most wins of an NCAA women's soccer coach
* U.S. Soccer Staff, Algarve Cup (2001)
* NCAA Tournament (1983, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2002, 04, 07, 08, 10, 15)
* CAA Tournament Title (1995, 2002, 2010, 2015)
* CAA Regular Season Leader (1996, 2001, 2013)
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Coach of the Year:
* Virginia Division I (1995, 1996, 2007)
* Colonial Athletic Association (1996, 2007, 2013)
* Met Life National (1983)
* Met Life New England (1983)
* New England Women's Intercollegiate Soccer Association (1983)
The first and only head coach in James Madison women’s soccer history, David Lombardo completed his 27th season at the helm of the Dukes in 2016. During his tenure, JMU has enjoyed 22 winning seasons, which includes a final mark of .500 or above nine of the last 11 years.
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He has guided JMU to 11 NCAA Tournament appearances while winning four Colonial Athletic Association Tournaments and three CAA regular season titles in his time in Harrisonburg. Posting 397 wins throughout his career at JMU and Keene State (1981-87), Lombardo sits seventh among active coaches and 12th all-time for most wins in NCAA history.
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According to Lombardo, the program’s success is due in part to a combination of good coaching and good players.
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“We’ve established a program at JMU with a history of tradition and success, both on and off the field,” he said. “We’ve proven year in and year out that we rate as one of the top programs in the country. We play a tough schedule each year because we have a quality program with good players who deserve to test their talents against the best of the best.”
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From the beginning, JMU has been a program that has succeeded on a the national scene. In the team’s 1990 inaugural season, Lombardo led the Dukes to a Top 10 regional ranking. The following year, JMU found itself in the nation’s Top 25 polls.
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With Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference runner-up finishes in 1991 and 1993, Lombardo took the program to the next level in 1995 when the Dukes won a school record 16 games on the way to the team’s first CAA Tournament championship. Earning the program’s first berth in the NCAA Tournament, Lombardo led the Dukes to the Sweet 16, the first of three Sweet 16 appearances for JMU in the program’s 25 seasons to date. The run came during a season the Dukes were a team of underclassmen that would have been looked at as a rebuilding year for most programs. For the accomplishments, Lombardo was named Virginia Coach of the Year for the 1995 season.
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The following year, Lombardo repeated as Virginia Coach of the Year, as well as picking up his first CAA Coach of the Year honor. During the 1996 campaign, he guided the Dukes to a 15-6-2 mark while returning to the Sweet 16 for the second straight season.
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Madison continued its run of five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances by going to the Round of 32 in 1997, 1998 and 1999. In both the 1996 and 1998 NCAA Tournament runs, JMU was eliminated by the eventual national champion, as North Carolina knocked out the Dukes in 1996 and Florida eliminated JMU in 1998.
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Suffering the program’s first losing season in 2000, JMU rebounded for a CAA Tournament runner-up finish in 2001 before taking the conference tournament title in 2002 to return to the Big Dance for the sixth time in program history.
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Enduring another losing season in 2003 following the 2002 NCAA Tournament appearance, Lombardo again righted the ship in 2004 by guiding JMU to the semifinals of the CAA Tournament before earning an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament.
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Following a runner-up finish in the 2006 CAA Tournament, Madison went back to the NCAA Tournament in 2007 after setting the current school record of 17 wins, posting a 17-5-1 mark over the course of the year that saw the Dukes reach the Round of 32 in the Big Dance. At the conclusion of the 2007 season, Lombardo was recognized for the second time as CAA Coach of the Year.
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The following year saw JMU reach the NCAA Tournament once again and make a run to the Sweet 16 after topping Georgia 1-0 in the first round and Wake Forest 1-0 in the second round to earn the right to travel to third-ranked Portland, who was led at the time by current United States women’s national team player Megan Rapinoe. Madison fought the Pilots to the very end in front of more than 5,000 spectators, but ultimately fell 3-2.
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Another CAA Tournament title and NCAA Tournament appearance came in 2010. Finishing what they had started in 2009 when the Dukes were runners-up in the CAA Tournament, Lombardo led Madison to the program’s third conference tournament title by upsetting 18th-ranked Hofstra on its own field and earn the conference’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. The Dukes opened the 2010 NCAA Tournament with a 3-1 victory over Texas to earn a meeting with two-time defending national champion North Carolina in the second round. Against the Tar Heels, JMU fought through the first half to take the game to halftime tied at 1-1, but North Carolina pulled away in the second half to take the match 3-1.
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Taking the regular-season CAA title in 2013, Lombardo was honored as CAA Coach of the Year for the third time in his career after guiding the Dukes to a 15-5-1 mark throughout the year. JMU advanced to the CAA Tournament Finals before falling to Northeastern in the championship match.
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During the 2014 season, Lombardo picked up his 300th victory at James Madison in a 3-1 victory over Hofstra during the regular season and followed it with a 14-7-2 mark including the program's most recent CAA title and an NCAA berth in 2015. That season was capped with overtime victories over Northeastern and Hofstra in the CAA quarterfinals and semis before a stunning comeback from a 2-0 deficit to capture the title over William & Mary in a 3-2 victory.
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Prior to starting the program at JMU, Lombardo spent seven seasons as the head coach at Keene State in New Hampshire. During his tenure, Keene State was twice ECAC champions in 1986 and 1987 and ECAC runner-up in 1985.
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While with the Owls, Lombardo earned Metropolitan Life National Coach of the Year, Met Life New England and New England Women’s Soccer Intercollegiate Soccer Association Coach of the Year in 1983.
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Advancing to postseason play in each of his seven season with the school, Lombardo led Keene State to the 12-team NCAA Open Championships in 1983. As the only Division II program to reach the tournament, the Owls finished 11th.
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For his contributions to the program, Lombardo was a 1999 inductee to the Keene State Sports Hall of Fame. Overall, he went 78-35-8 at the helm of the Owls.
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On the national scene, April Heinrichs, who was the coach of the United States women’s national team in 2001, invited Lombardo to serve on U.S. Soccer’s coaching staff for the Algarve Cup in Portugal. He served as an observer coach for the U.S. women’s team during the seven-day tournament.
Lombardo is a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-America committee and a member of the rating board for the NSCAA National Top 25 Poll. In 1996, Lombardo completed a three-year term on the NCAA Mid-Atlantic regional advisory committee for the Division I championship.
He holds a bachelor's degree in physical education from Southern Connecticut State University ('76), where he played soccer. Lombardo has a master's degree in higher education from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale ('80) and holds a USSF national coaching license.
He and his wife, Joan, have a daughter, Amanda, a 2005 graduate of Virginia Tech.
Lombardo's Coaching Record
Career 406-247-43 (.614) in 34 years
JMU: Â 328-212-35 (.601) in 27 years
| Season | School | Record | Win Pct. | CAA Tourn. | Postseason |
| 1981 | Keene State | Â 9-5-0 | .643 | ||
| 1982 | Keene State | 13-3-2 | .778 | ||
| 1983 | Keene State | 12-2-1 | .833 | NCAA first round | |
| 1984 | Keene State | Â 7-8-1 | .469 | ||
| 1985 | Keene State | Â 8-9-1 | .472 | ECAC runner-up | |
| 1986 | Keene State | 15-4-1 | .775 | ECAC champion | |
| 1987 | Keene State | 14-4-2 | .750 | ECAC champion | |
| 1990 | James Madison | 11-7-0 | .611 | ||
| 1991 | James Madison | 15-7-0 | .682 | ECAC runner-up | |
| 1992 | James Madison | 12-6-1 | .658 | ||
| 1993 | James Madison | 11-10-0 | .524 | ECAC runner-up | |
| 1994 | James Madison | 12-6-1 | .658 | ||
| 1995 | James Madison | 16-8-1 | .667 | Champion | NCAA Round of 16 |
| 1996 | James Madison | 15-6-2 | .696 | Semis | NCAA Round of 16 |
| 1997 | James Madison | 13-7-2 | .636 | Semis | NCAA Round of 32 |
| 1998 | James Madison | 13-8-1 | .619 | Quarters | NCAA Round of 32 |
| 1999 | James Madison | 14-7-1 | .659 | Quarters | NCAA Round of 32 |
| 2000 | James Madison | 10-11-0 | .476 | Semis | |
| 2001 | James Madison | 10-9-2 | .524 | Runner-up | |
| 2002 | James Madison | 13-8-3 | .604 | Champion | NCAA Round of 32 |
| 2003 | James Madison | 7-10-3 | .425 | First round | |
| 2004 | James Madison | 11-8-3 | .568 | Semis | NCAA Round of 64 |
| 2005 | James Madison | 12-8-1 | .601 | Semis | |
| 2006 | James Madison | 11-9-2 | .545 | Runner-up | |
| 2007 | James Madison | 17-5-1 | .761 | Semis | NCAA Round of 32 |
| 2008 | James Madison | 14-7-2 | .652 | Semis | NCAA Round of 16 |
| 2009 | James Madison | 11-8-2 | .571 | Runner-up | |
| 2010 | James Madison | 15-7-1 | .674 | Champion | NCAA Round of 32 |
| 2011 | James Madison | 8-8-3 | .500 | ||
| 2012 | James Madison | 7-11-0 | .388 | ||
| 2013 | James Madison | 15-5-1 | .738 | Runner-up | |
| 2014 | James Madison | 12-8 | .600 | Semis | |
| 2015 | James Madison | 14-7-2 | .652 | Champion | NCAA Round of 64 |
| 2016 | James Madison | 9-11 | .450 | Semis |
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