Nellie Pineault is in her 14th season as the head women’s soccer coach at Babson in 2023.

After serving as an assistant coach for the Beavers from 2004-09, Pineault became just the fifth head coach in program history prior to the 2010 campaign. The Green and White have finished at .500 or better in 11 of her 12 seasons, and she has led the program to 10 or more victories on six occasions in the way to a 124-75-36 overall record (.604 winning percentage).

Babson is coming off one of its most successful seasons under Pineault in 2022. The Beavers matched the 2015 squad with 14 wins, the most under Pineault, and last year's squad captured seven New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) victories (7-2-1), the most in her tenure. Babson also earned its first All-American since Julie Tienken '94 in 1992 and 1993 when Morgan Fedosiewicz '23 was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-America first team in 2022.

Pineault led Babson to an 11-7-2 mark and a spot in the NEWMAC Tournament final in her first season at the helm in 2010. The Beavers advanced to the conference semifinals in three consecutive years between 2012-14, and had a historic 2015 campaign, going 14-4-5 on the way to advancing to the conference tournament final and earning the first NCAA Tournament berth in program history. Pineault guided the Beavers to seven consecutive shutouts to end the 2021 campaign, establishing a program record of 758 scoreless minutes that surpassed the 2008 squad, which went 712 minutes between goals allowed.

The Beavers squad earned national recognition in 2022 after appearing in the United Soccer Coaches Division III poll, reaching as high as 10th for two weeks in September.

In addition to leading the Green and White to a pair of NEWMAC Tournament final appearances, Pineault's teams have advanced to the league semifinals eight times in 11 seasons. The Beavers also have recorded eight top-four finishes in the league standings under Pineault, who recorded the 100th win of her career in November 2019 as the Beavers defeated Mount Holyoke, 5-0. 

A 1999 graduate of Saint Michael’s College, Pineault has coached one All-American, 38 all-conference selections and has seen her players earn 18 United Soccer Coaches and NEWISA All-New England honors since 2010. Pineault, who earned her MBA from Babson in 2003, helped the Green and White go 60-38-19 with one NEWMAC Tournament finals appearance in six years as an assistant coach. Additionally, her twin sister Christine played soccer and basketball as an undergraduate at Babson.

Season

Overall

Conference

Highlights

2010

11-7-2

6-2-1

NEWMAC Tournament Finalist

2011

11-5-2

6-2-1

NEWMAC Tournament

2012

9-9-2

5-3-1

NEWMAC Tournament

2013

10-4-5

4-3-3

NEWMAC Tournament

2014

12-4-3

6-2-2

NEWMAC Tournament

2015

14-4-5

5-1-4

NCAA Tournament, NEWMAC Tournament Finalist

2016

9-6-3

6-3-1

NEWMAC Tournament

2017

9-8-3

5-2-3

NEWMAC Tournament

2018

7-10-2

4-6-0

NEWMAC Tournament

2019

9-9-3

4-4-2

NEWMAC Tournament

2020

canceled

canceled

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2021

9-5-5

5-2-3

NEWMAC Tournament

2022

14-4-1

7-2-1

NEWMAC Tournament

Totals

124-75-36

70-34-22

13 seasons