Chris Norris (Meritorious Service) - Inducted 2023

Chris was a team leader on and off the field when he played for WT Woodson HS in Fairfax and with his club team the VISTA Hurricanes - two-time U-19 Boys VYSA State Champions, USYS Region I Champions and in 1992 the USYS McGuire Cup National Champions.

Norris was already kicking around the idea of a soccer coaching career when he arrived on the William & Mary campus as a freshman in 1991. He played in 84 games with 81 starts from 1991 through 1994. A Team Captain his senior year, he led the tribe to a then-school record 18 wins in 1994. Selected First-Team All-CAA 1993 and 1994, First-Team All-State 1994 and Second-Team All-South Atlantic Region in 1994.

In the fall of 1995 Chris became an Assistant Coach for the men’s team under Al Albert. During his tenure as Assistant Coach, he helped lead the Tribe to seven NCAA Tournament appearances, four CAA tournament Championships, three CAA regular season crowns and in 1996 the team set a school record for wins (20). In 2004 Chris Norris took over the helm as Head Coach for the men’s team. He guided the Tribe to the NCAA Tournament four times (2008, 2010, 2013 and 2017), including a berth in the Sweet Sixteen in 2010, guided the Tribe to a pair of CAA Championships in 2010 and 2017, named CAA Coach of the Year and NSCAA South Atlantic Regional Coach of the Year in 2010, a two-time VASID State Coach of the Year selection, 2010 and 2017 and in 2018 for the third time named the William & Mary Alumni Association Coach of the Year.

Chris Norris has coached three All-Americans, two CAA Player of the Year, one CAA Defensive Player of the Year, one CAA Rookie of the Year, 20 All-Region selections, 61 All-CAA players, and 24 All-Rookie selections. Academically, Norris-coached players have earned seven Academic All-American honors and his team own eight United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Awards. A long-time member of the Tribe men’s soccer program Chris Norris wrapped up his 32nd season overall at the College of William & Mary and his 19th as the program’s head soccer coach in 2022. A 1995 graduate of William & Mary, Chris Norris has significantly impacted the programs history of success.