California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Men's Soccer

Matt O'Sullivan enters his sixth season (seventh year) as the head coach of the Cal Poly Pomona men's soccer program in 2025. In each of the team's six seasons with O'Sullivan at the helm, the Broncos have made the NCAA Tournament, including a Third Round appearance, three Second Round appearances, and a National Quarterfinals appearance. In 2023, the team outscored their opponents 50-16, tying a program record for the best goal differential in a season. In 2024, O'Sullivan became the winningest coach in CPP history with 64 career wins. In total, his teams have seen 38 All-CCAA honorees, three CCAA Players of the Year, 14 United Soccer Coaches All-West Region honorees, ten United Soccer Coaches All-Americans, three United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Americans, a CCAA Tournament title in 2019, a CCAA regular season title in 2024, and O'Sullivan was named CCAA Coach of the Year in 2024. In his first season in 2019, O'Sullivan led the Broncos to a CCAA Tournament championship, the third in CPP men's soccer history, and their fifth straight NCAA Tournament, boasting a 12-5-3 overall record and a 10-1-1 mark in conference play. His second season in 2020 was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, he led the Broncos to a 14-5-4 overall record, a second-place finish in the CCAA and an appearance in the NCAA Division II national quarterfinal round. O'Sullivan became the 11th head coach in the history of the CPP men's soccer program prior to the 2019 campaign, returning to the CCAA for the first time since he played for California State University, Bakersfield from 2003-05, winning a CCAA title before the Roadrunners later made the move to NCAA Division I. In two years at UC Irvine as the head assistant coach, under the tutelage of former CPP head coach Yossi Raz, O'Sullivan served a vital role in turning around an Anteater program that went 8-8-3 overall in 2017 to winning the Big West Conference championship as a nationally-ranked squad at the NCAA Division I level with an 11-6-4 mark and reaching the second round of the NCAA Tournament. For their efforts, the UCI coaching staff was named the Big West Conference Staff of the Year. As the lead recruiter at UCI, O'Sullivan's work was recognized by Top Drawer Soccer, which ranked the Anteaters at No. 1 in NCAA Division I for their 2019 recruiting class. Prior to arriving in Irvine, O'Sullivan spent seven seasons as an assistant coach at NCAA Division II powerhouse St. Edward's University. The Hilltoppers were nationally-ranked in five of his seven years of being on the sidelines, and as high as third in the country during the 2016 season. They also qualified for three straight NCAA tournaments, including being the No. 1 seed in the South Central Region in 2014 and 2016. The 2016 Hilltoppers' staff was also selected as the South Central Regional Staff of the Year by the NSCAA (now known as United Soccer Coaches). During O'Sullivan's tenure in Austin, St. Edward's won five Heartland Conference titles with an impressive combined record of 87-31-15. They were the first Heartland Conference team ever to go undefeated in a season during 2014 and followed it up with the same feat in 2015, winning 27 straight conference games. As St. Edward's recruiting coordinator, he brought in 13 All-Americans, 26 all-region and 48 all-conference student-athletes. St. Edward's was impressive on the defensive side of the ball as they led the nation in goals-against average (0.50) in 2015 with 14 shutouts and were ranked No. 1 nationally in shutouts (15) in 2016 with 0.45 GAA. Prior to arriving at St. Edward's in 2010, O'Sullivan started coaching college soccer at the University of the Incarnate Word, an NCAA Division II institution that won two Heartland Conference championships and made the NCAA Division II Championship Tournament with an overall record of 35-20-4 over his three seasons. Before starting his coaching career, O'Sullivan played at California State University, Bakersfield for three seasons (2003-05) and was part of the 2004 CCAA championship team that advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Division II Tournament. He earned All-CCAA First Team honors after leading the Roadrunners in goals and assists in 2005. O'Sullivan scored 13 goals from the midfield and added 10 assists over his three years at CSUB, including a hat trick against defending NCAA national champion Sonoma State. O'Sullivan, a native of Preston, England, graduated from CSU Bakersfield in 2007 with his bachelor's degree in Exercise Science, and completed his master's degree in 2009 at University of the Incarnate Word in Business Sports Management. He and his wife, Taylar, have three children. O'Sullivan Through the Years   SEASON INSTITUTION OVERALL CONF PLACE 2019 Cal Poly Pomona 12-5-3 10-1-1 2nd 2020 Cal Poly Pomona COVID-19 2021 Cal Poly Pomona 14-5-4 8-1-2 2nd 2022 Cal Poly Pomona 11-3-6 6-1-4 3rd 2023 Cal Poly Pomona 14-2-5 8-1-2 2nd 2024 Cal Poly Pomona 13-2-7 6-0-5 2nd OVERALL (4 seasons) 64-17-25 (.634) 38-4-14    NCAA Tournament Appearance  

Jose Ortega enters his ninth year with the Cal Poly Pomona men's soccer program in the 2025-26 season. During his time on staff, the Broncos have posted a 98-30-26 (.636) record and made seven straight NCAA Tournament appearances. Ortega was a two-year letterwinner at Cal Poly Pomona in 2013 and 2014, starring for former CPP and current UC Irvine head coach Yossi Raz as a defensive anchor. He appeared in all 38 games the Broncos played during those two seasons, starting each one as CPP went 24-8-6 (.711) overall. Ortega earned All-California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) honorable mention in his first go-around in the green and gold, adding a pair of assists offensively. As a senior for first-time CCAA Tournament champion Cal Poly Pomona, Ortega was voted by league head coaches as CPP's first-ever CCAA Defensive Player of the Year, and was selected to the All-CCAA First Team. A unanimous All-West Region honoree, he was recognized as a second-team National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-American. That 2014 squad broke several program records that still stand, among them for wins (17-tied), winning percentage (.900, 17-1-2) fewest goals allowed (10) and goals-against average (0.48). Ortega was the only Bronco who started every match in both 2013 and 2014, and led the squad in minutes played in each season to total 3,465. Ortega began his collegiate playing career at El Camino College in Torrance. The Los Angeles native is a graduate of George Washington Preparatory Senior High. Click here for his CPP student-athlete bio.

Andriy Budnyy enters his second year as an assistant coach at Cal Poly Pomona in the 2025-26 season. In his first season, the Broncos went 13-2-7 (.750), won the CCAA regular season title, and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. From 2016-2020, Budnyy was on the sidelines as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Azusa Pacific. While at APU, he helped lead the Cougars to a 47-20-6 overall record across four seasons. From 2018-19, APU went an impressive 35-3-1 across the two seasons. Budnyy was instrumental in helping the program reach new heights, including APU being ranked the No. 1 team in the nation with a perfect 18-0-0 record entering the 2019 postseason. No stranger to the Cougar program, Bundyy was an all-conference performer in 2004 and 2005 when the program played in the Golden State Athletic Conference (NAIA). He was named both the GSAC Player of the Year and the Region II Player of the Year in 2005. Before coming to APU, Budnyy also played a season at Bard College and San Jose State University.  In addition to his coaching duties with Azusa Pacific, he coaches with Legends FC out of the San Gabriel Valley. He played professionally from 2004-2017, including stops with the Cascade Surge, Charlotte Eagles, Obolon Kyiv, Carolina RailHawks, Wilmington Hammerheads, and Syracuse Silver Knights. In total, he recorded 29 goals and eight assists in 108 games played in the United Soccer League. Bundnyy and his wife have two children and live in the Azusa area.