Checking in at #6 in the #NYUAthleticsTop10 is
Kim Wyant being appointed Head Coach of the Violets' men's soccer team prior to the squad's second game of the 2015 season.
A long-time assistant coach of the NYU women's team, with her hire Wyant became the only female coach of an NCAA men's soccer team during the 2015 campaign.
Wyant picked up her first win as Head Coach on September 9 in the team's second game under her direction. The Violets posted a 6-11 record after she took over, including a 1-0 University Athletic Association (UAA) victory over Emory University on November 1.
"I happen to be in an unusual situation because I am a woman coaching a men's team and because it's not common right now," Wyant told
New York Newsday after she was hired. "I think it will become more common not only in soccer but in other sports."
Wyant, who was the first goalkeeper in the history of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team and recipient of the Special Recognition Award from the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2008, was also featured by
NYUStories.
2015-16 #NYUAthleticsTop10:
No. 1 - Week of August 15
No. 2 - Week of August 8
No. 3 - Week of August 1
No. 4 - Week of July 25
No. 5 - Week of July 18
No. 6 - Wyant Hired, Becomes Only Female Head Coach of an NCAA Men's Soccer Team
No. 7 -
Basketball Teams Advance to NCAA Second Round
No. 8 -
Fencing Places 13th at NCAA Championship
No. 9 -
Women's 4x400m Relay Places Fifth in Nation
No. 10 -
Violet Student-Athletes Excel in the Classroom
