"Brian Tompkins" is the current coach of Yale University/Yale Varsity team/Varsity Soccer. He joined Yale in 1996 and helped Yale to win its first Ivy League title since 1991, in 2005. Before he joined Yale, Tompkins had also built the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee into a national soccer power.

He was born in London, England, and first went to the United States in 1980 as a part of a summer exchange program working with inner-city children. He returned for several summers and later became an assistant boys' soccer coach at Homestead High School in Mequon, Wisconsin, under coach Bob Gansler. In 1999, as head coach of Varsity Soccer at Yale, Tompkins lead the Bulldogs to a school-record 13 wins, an appearance in the National Collegiate Athletic Association/NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1991 and a final national ranking of 18th.

Tompkins has done charitable work for several organizations. He organized a soccer/reading camp for underprivileged children, volunteered for the Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer Fund and worked at Camp Heartland, a camp for young AIDS victims in Wisconsin.

Tompkins is a 1979 graduate of Bingley College with a degree in education. He and his wife, Kristin, reside in Milford and have one child, Ava. Tompkins also has an older daughter, Hayley.

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In all games we've been getting fantastic support, ... It truly makes a world of difference to have this electric atmosphere. I guess my message to the fans is 'Keep coming.'

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We have a youthful team and sometimes youthful teams show inexperience under pressure. Even though we were man-up, our inexperience showed. American is a good possession team and they quickly solved the problem of being a man-down.

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[Geiger]'s been playing the best. It's a very simple kind of equation they all had an opportunity.

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At the end I asked them a rhetorical question: 'We still have work to do right?' ... But I believe we're getting better. The spirit is excellent. I'm not sure what the psychological effect of a fourth tie would be. Certainly there's joy and pride in any win at all, but to do it in this fashion is extra special.

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American is a good team. It was a very even game. I thought they were actually more dangerous after they got the red card, but we were able to weather the storm.

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