Sonny Travis, the head men’s soccer coach at Virginia Wesleyan since 1989 and school’s athletic director since 1999, was named head coach of the Emory Men’s Soccer program in July of 2007.

Travis comes to the Eagles’ program after an extremely successful 18-year stint with the Virginia Wesleyan program. During his tenure, he established himself as the school’s all-time winningest coach with a record of 270-74-31. He directed Virginia Wesleyan to 13 NCAA appearances, including four this decade (2000, 2003, 2005, 2006), and eight Old Dominion Athletic Conference championships. He had three of his squads advance to the NCAA Tournament’s Final 16. He has been honored as the “Coach of the Year” on 15 occasions including five ODAC Conference selections.   In 21 years of coaching at the Division III level, which includes a three-year stay at Centre College (1986-89), Travis has a career ledger of 310-95-37.  He is ranked 14th among Division III’s all-time winningest coaches.

Travis holds a United States Soccer Federation 'A' License as well as an NSCAA Premier Diploma and a USSF National Youth License.  He served as a state or district Olympic Development Program coach in three states and on the Virginia Coaching Education Staff for licensing coaches at the USSF “D” and National “C” courses conducted in Virginia.

Travis played collegiately at Slippery Rock University where he earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education and health in 1977.  He obtained his master’s degree in physical education/sports administration concentration from the University of North Carolina in 1980.

Jacques was named the assistant coach of the Emory Men's Soccer team prior to the start of the 2007 season, following a successful four-year stint as a midfielder on the team.

Edeline has seven years of coaching and instructional experience working at the camp and club levels. He also served as community coach for the boy’s varsity team at Decatur High School.  He recently obtained his USSF “C” License.

Edeline, a native of Avondale Estates, GA, attended St. Pius High School where he was a member of state championships teams in 1999 and 2001.  He earned his bachelor’s degree from Emory in history.