University of New England Men's Soccer

Peter Ostergaard has led the UNE men's soccer squad for 11 competitive seasons, and a 2020 campaign without any contests. In 2014, he guided the Nor'easters to the program's second-highest win total since 1997 at 9-7-2, and they made it back into the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) tournament for the first time in three years. UNE fell in the quarterfinals to top-seeded Nichols, but were the only squad to defeat the Bison in the CCC regular-season. During the second half of the year, UNE went without a loss over a seven-game stretch (6-0-1) -- the longest unbeaten streak in more than 27 years. In 2017, UNE was back in the postseason championship for an overtime setback to top-seeded Endicott -- and again, the Nor'easters were the only team to upend the Gulls during the regular-season. In 2018, Ostergaard led the program to its highest-ever finish in the CCC standings (6th) since joining the league in 1999. Prior to joining the UNE staff, he was an assistant coach at Colby College [NCAA III] for three seasons (2010-2012). Ostergaard coached professionally in his native country of Denmark, serving as head coach of Boldklubben Sollerod-Vedbaek (BSV) in the Danish Football Association from 2003 through 2008. During his tenure, Ostergaard elevated BSV into the Second Division based on a first-place finish during the 2004 season. Ostergaard was inducted into the BSV Hall of Fame in 2010. Ostergaard has an extensive soccer education and training background, including a Union of

Halligan spent three seasons (2021-23) as an assistant with the men's program at Saint Joseph's College [NCAA III]. He was previously with the Nor'easters for four years (2017-20), and the 10 seasons prior to that (2007-16) as an assistant with the women's program at the University of Southern Maine [NCAA III]. Halligan was on the roster for one season (2001) at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte [NCAA I], and then played three years (2002-04) at the University of Maine [NCAA I]. He received a bachelor's degree in history from UMaine in 2005, and later earned a master's degree in recreation and sport science at Ohio University in 2017.