E.J. Reutemann is in his second season as an Assistant Men's Soccer coach at Babson College in 2025.
In his first season, the Beavers amassed a season record of 17-1-7 in 2024. The Green and White captured NEWMAC regular season and tournament championships going undefeated in conference while outscoring opponents 28-1, before advancing to the NCAA Tournament “Elite Eight” for the first time since 1991.
Babson, which finished one win shy of its single-season program record set back in 1991 and conceded its fewest goals since 1990, outscored opponents 46-10 on the year. The Beavers ranked first in Division III team goals against average (0.40), shutouts (17) and shutout percentage (0.68) and did not allow a goal in over 807 minutes to end the season. Reutemann was a part of a group that was awarded United Soccer Coaches Region II Coaching Staff of the Year while guiding two All-Americans, five All Region and eight NEWMAC Conference selections ending the year ranked #5 in the United Soccer Coaches national poll.
A coaching veteran with more than a decade of experience at the Division III level, Reutemann came to Babson after spending three seasons as the head men’s soccer coach at SUNY Delhi. After taking over a roster that included just 15 players in June 2021, he led the Broncos through a successful transition to Division III going 24-22-7, which includes 21 victories over his final two seasons leading the program.
Following a three-win campaign in 2021, Reutemann earned North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Coach of the Year honors after helping SUNY Delhi go 10-7-2 in 2022. The Broncos won the league's West Division and advanced to the NAC Tournament final before suffering a 1-0 double-overtime loss to Husson. Reutemann's squad was even better in 2023 going 11-3-4 while ranking in the top 10 in Division III in scoring offense (3.75 goals per game), corner kicks per game (8.00), shots per game (19.06) and team goals against average (0.56). The Broncos kept 10 clean sheets and had six players earn All-NAC accolades as well as two major awards in the Defensive Player and Rookie Of The Year.
A 2012 graduate of SUNY Cortland with a bachelor’s & master’s degree in Sport Management, Reutemann spent a total of nine seasons at his alma mater as an assistant coach, which includes being promoted to associate head coach in March 2017. The Red Dragons went 108-43-11, which is good for a .670 winning percentage during his tenure, and captured three SUNYAC regular season titles (2016, 2017, 2018) as well as the 2016 SUNYAC Tournament Championship. A year in which the group set the school record for wins (19) and earning USC East Region Coaching Staff of the Year. Reutemann helped mentor 55 All-SUNYAC, 18 All-Region and four United Soccer Coaches All-America selections as the Red Dragons made four NCAA Tournament appearances and advanced to the “Sweet Sixteen” in 2014, 2016 and 2018 during his tenure.
In addition to his time at Cortland, Reutemann spent the spring of 2020 as an Assistant Coach at Virginia Wesleyan University and the 2020-21 academic year as an Assistant Coach at Tufts University. He also made one New York State AA Sectional Final appearance while serving as the varsity girls soccer coach at Ithaca High School from 2013-16.
As a four-year starter and captain for the Red Dragons from 2008-11 Reutemann finished second on the team in scoring as the Red Dragons were SUNYAC Champions and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament during his rookie campaign in 2008. His assist totals rank in the top twenty in Cortland program history. A true student of the game Reutemann holds a United Soccer Coaches Premier Diploma with a “Pass Of Distinction”, a USSF “D” license and is certified as a Program Specialist & Sport Nutrition Coach from the National Academy of Sports Medicine.
