FAIRMONT — The University of Charleston men’s soccer coach Daniel Smee and Fairmont State women’s acrobatics and tumbling coach Danielle Cutri has been named the 2025-26 Mountain East Conference Men’s and Women’s Sports Coaches of the Year, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon.

Smee, a six-time MEC Coach of the Year, led Charleston to its sixth straight NCAA Sweet Sixteen as the program finished with a record of 17-1-4.

Charleston was ranked No. 1 by the United Soccer Coaches during weeks nine and ten of the 2025 season.

Smee is the third UC men’s soccer coach to receive the honor, following Chris Grassie in 2014-15 and Dan Stratford, who won twice (2017-18 and 2019-20).

Under Smee’s direction, Charleston captured the MEC regular season and championship titles. UC swept the MEC Men’s Soccer awards with senior Sam Newell named as the MEC Offensive Player of the Year, senior Franco Tradatti as the MEC Defensive Player of the Year, newcomer Martin Echarren as the MEC Freshman of the Year and Smee as the MEC Coach of the Year. In all, eleven Golden Eagles earned All-MEC honors.

Charleston boasted four All-Americans in senior Kostantinos Parisis, sophomore Joao Silva, Newell and Tradatti. Additionally, the Golden Eagles were honored as the Atlantic Region Staff of the Year by the United Soccer Coaches.

The Falcons, meanwhile, had one of their strongest seasons in program history under Cutri, finishing 12-1 overall with a 6-0 conference record. Fairmont State won both the MEC’s regular season and championship titles before competing in the 2026 NCATA National Championships.

In the national poll, the team was ranked fifth, tying the highest ranking in program history. Fairmont State won the quarterfinals meet before falling in the NCATA Semifinals.

Cutri was named the NCATA Division II Coach of the Year while senior Taryn Laurence was selected as the Division II Athlete of the Year. Additionally, junior Alexis Wilkinson was named the Division II Specialist of the Year while graduate student Elizabeth Maurer received the Colleen Kausrud Leadership Award.

Laurence, seniors Azia Shaffer, Alexa Wilson, Kassidy Price and Jacklyn Kelly were named All-MEC First Team. Wilkinson and junior Macy Riggs were named to the All-MEC Second Team while Cali Way earned Freshman of the Year honors.