Billy Shannon will enter his eighth season at the helm of the men's soccer program at Maine Maritime, after leading the Mariners to the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) playoffs in his first seven seasons, including the top seed in the past two seasons and 2018 and 2019 Regular Season Titles. 

Shannon has coached multiple All-Conference Players, a Conference Defensive Player of the Year, Conference Player of the Year, two High School All-Americans and a CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District.

Prior to Maine Maritime Academy, Shannon served as the Assistant Men's Coach at his Alma Mater, Husson University where he was team captain and an All-Conference Player and then went on to coach the Boys Varsity Soccer team at Bangor High School. In addition to his high school and collegiate experience, Shannon served as Director of Coaching and Club Director at Seacoast United Maine North, formerly Blackbear United.

Coach Shannon brings over 10 years of coaching experience and the passion of teaching and working with young players to every camp and training session he directs. He holds his National "C" License from the United States Soccer Federation and his "Premier" diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. He is a member of the United Soccer Coaches and has earned degrees in Physical Education & Business Administration from Husson University and a Master of Sports Leadership from Northeastern University.

He and his wife Martha reside in Hampden, with their five year old daughter Nora and newborn son Liam.

Coach Shannon Year-by-Year:

OVERALL

CONFERENCE

Year

W 

L  

T

W%

W

L

T

W%

 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

2023

8

7

2

.529

5

2

1

.688

NAC Quarterfinals

2022

5

10

1

.344

4

4

1

.500

NAC Quarterfinals

2021

6

9

1

.406

5

3

1

.611

NAC Quarterfinals

2020*

0

1

0

.000

-

-

-

-

2019

13

4

1

.750

7

1

0

.875

No. 1 Seed, NAC Finals, NAC Coach of the Year

2018

8

7

1

.531

6

1

0

.857

No. 1 Seed, NAC Semifinals, NAC Coach of the Year

2017

5

10

3

.361

3

4

2

.445

NAC Semifinals

2016

6

11

1

.556

5

5

0

.500

NAC Quarterfinals

8 Seasons

51

59

10

.467

35

20

5

.625

*Season shortened due to COVID-19 Pandemic.