A former team captain, Connor McNiff '14 is set for his third year as an assistant coach with the men's soccer team in 2016. He is involved in all aspects of the program.
In his first season, the Warriors finished 2015 with a remarkable school-record 18-2-2 record, a school-record 20-game unbeaten streak and national rankings of 12 (d3soccer.com) and 10 (NSCAA), advancing to the Division III sectionals for the first time in program history. In the process, the Warriors completed their first undefeated conference slate in program history, going 7-0-1. In his second year as a coach, the team posted a 9-6-4 record and posted two wins over nationally-ranked opponents.
McNiff was a team captain on that 2013 team, as the three-year letterwinner was one of the squad’s starting defenders. He started a school-record 23 games during the season and finished second on the team with five goals, including a game-winning overtime header in the first round of the Commonwealth Conference Tournament against Lebanon Valley. He finished fourth in the league as a senior with four game-winning scores.
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The Marietta, Pa., native developed into a starter his junior year, starting seven games after appearing in just three games a sophomore. A one-time member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll, McNiff earned a bachelor of arts in business administration from Lycoming College in 2014.
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After graduating, McNiff served as a specification writer apprentice with Allegion PLC in Wilmington, Del., before moving back to Williamsport to join the Lycoming staff.
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