Men's Soccer
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- terry.davila@csun.edu
- Phone:
- 2379
Head Coach Terry Davila enters his 27th overall season at the helm of the CSUN Men's Soccer team in 2025.
A six-time Big West Coach of the Year, Davila has led CSUN to seven NCAA Tournament appearances while producing 16 Major League Soccer draft picks in his tenure with the Matadors. In all, Davila has produced 52 first-team all-conference selections, 29 all-region honorees, 20 Big West major award winners and three All-Americans.
Entering the 2025 season, Davila holds a 221-194-74 record as CSUN head coach.
Davila became the all-time winningest coach at CSUN when the Matadors defeated Cal Poly 1-0 on Oct. 13, 2018, surpassing Marwan Ass’ad (192), who he played for at CSUN. He would win his 200th game of his career Oct. 9, 2019 when CSUN beat Cal State Fullerton 1-0.
In his tenure, CSUN would capture the Big West championship in 2003 and 2005 and the conference tournament title in 2012 and 2016, in addition to division titles in 2012, 2016 and 2017.
Davila's has produced professional talent throughout his tenure with CSUN as many former Matadors have gone on to play in Major League Soccer including Sean Franklin, Rafael Garcia, Daniel Paladini, Joe Barton, Benjamin Benditson, Willie Sims, Chad Borak, Joe Franco and Jamar Ricketts.
In 2023, Davila coached Big West Freshman of the Year Jorge Solorzano and All-Big West First Team selection Jamar Ricketts. Ricketts became the second-highest drafted Matador in history as he was taken 13th overall by the San Jose Earthquakes in the 2023 MLS SuperDraft.
In 2022, Davila would help CSUN reach the Big West Championship semifinals after the Matadors went 9-6-4. CSUN tied for second in the conference with a 5-3-1 record.
Davila guided the Matadors to a 10-win season in 2017, his eighth double-digit win campaign of his coaching career. CSUN also won the Big West South Division championship before eventually playing in the conference semifinals.
In 2016, Davila was named Big West Coach of the Year after leading CSUN to the top of the Big West and to the NCAA Tournament. CSUN went 9-7-5 overall, winning the South Division title before marching through the Big West Championship. In the tournament final, Matadors knocked off Cal State Fullerton 2-1 in overtime. After the season, Patrick Hickman earned Defender of the Year and Kevin Marquez won Goalkeeper of the Year.
The 2015 season saw CSUN make history with two players selected in the MLS SuperDraft as Sagi Lev-Ari and Edwin Rivas were each taken in the second round by the Columbus Crew and Toronto FC, respectively.
Davila again led CSUN to the NCAA Tournament in 2013 as CSUN went 15-7-1 on the season. The Matadors would achieve a school record No. 3 national ranking after a 7-0-0 start to the season. CSUN finished as Big West tournament runners up before hosting Stanford in the NCAA Round of 32. Lev-Ari would be named a First-Team All-American during the season.Â
Davila's Matadors won the Big West tournament and South Division championship in 2012 before hosting an NCAA Tournament first round game as CSUN finished 15-7-0. CSUN won the Big West by posting two shutout wins on the road with the Matadors taking down UC Davis 1-0 in the Big West Championship. Davila was named Big West and NSCAA Far West Coach of the Year. CSUN would boast the Big West Goalkeeper of the Year in Michael Abalos and Defensive Player of the Year in Joe Franco.
Davila received the Big West Coach of the Year once more in 2009, following a 10-win season. CSUN returned to the Big West tournament for the first time in four seasons while the team had three first-team all-conference selections.
Davila's program made school history again in 2008 when standout Sean Franklin became the highest drafted Matador in school history as he was taken fourth overall by the Los Angeles Galaxy.
He would lead CSUN to banner year in 2005 where the Matadors finished 15-4-3, captured the Big West championship and advance to the NCAA Round of 16. CSUN's Round of 32 win over UC Santa Barbara was the program's first-ever Division I NCAA Tournament victory. Davila was named Big West Co-Coach of the Year while his goalkeeper, Kevin Guppy, collected Big West Freshman and Goalkeeper of the Year awards and Daniel Paladini received Midfielder of the Year.
Davila led CSUN to a 14-5-2 record in 2002, helping the program reach the NCAA Division I Tournament for the first time in program history and beginning a stretch of four consecutive postseason appearances. CSUN finished 14-3-3 in 2003, winning the Big West title outright before returning to the NCAAs. Davila helped CSUN to an 11-win campaign in 2004 followed by another postseason appearance.
Davila became the fourth head coach in the history of the men’s program when he succeeded Marwan Ass’ad in 1999. Davila ran both the men’s and women’s programs at CSUN during the 2004 and 2005 seasons. A former four-year starter for the Matadors, Davila spent three seasons (1995-97) as the top assistant under Ass’ad before taking over the head job.Â
Davila graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology from CSUN in 1994. Davila and his wife Stephanie have two daughters, Jayden and Olivia, and one son, Devin.
