Coaching Staff

Nellie Pineault
Head Coach

One of Babson's most well-liked and respected individuals, Nellie Pineault enters her 15th season as the head coach of the women's soccer program with a career mark of 31-21-6. Since coming to the College as an administrative assistant in the summer of 1999, Pineault has served in a variety of roles, including Coordinator of Student and Community Services and Coordinator of Compliance and Special Events. Foremost among her duties has been the role of assistant soccer coach, which she held from 2004 to 2009. During that span, the team posted a stellar record of 60-38-19.

In her first season at the helm of the soccer program, Pineault guided the Beavers to an 11-7-2 record, a second-place finish in the NEWMAC Regular Season standings, and their first trip to the conference tournament championship game since 2007. It was Babson’s best regular season finish since 1997 and only the second appearance in the title game since 1998. Pineault then led the team to a fantastic 11-5-2 campaign in 2011 as well as a nine-win season and a trip to the conference semifinals in 2012.

A 1999 graduate of St. Michael's College, Pineault earned her MBA from Babson in 2003. Her twin sister Christine attended Babson as an undergraduate, playing both basketball and soccer.

Tim Mason
Assistant Coach

Tim Mason is in his eighth season as an assistant women’s soccer coach at Babson in 2024 and his third year as a full-time assistant.

Since joining the Babson staff prior to the 2017 season, Mason has helped Beavers to four NEWMAC Tournament semifinal appearances and one championship game berth to go along with one NCAA Tournament appearance. The team recorded its highest winning percentage (.605) in six years in 2021 while recording nine consecutive shutouts to end the season and followed that up with a 14-4-1 record (.763) and its first national ranking in 2022 and a visit to the NCAA Tournament in 2023, the program's first since 2015.

An experienced coach with over a decade of experience, Mason served as the Metro Boston Director of Coaching for the New England Surf Soccer Club since 2020. Prior to joining New England Surf, he worked for Global Premier Soccer (GPS) from 2008-14 and coached for the Scorpions Soccer Club from 2014-20.

In addition to his club experience, Mason had a highly-successful stint as the boys varsity soccer coach at Wellesley High School from 2010-18. He led his teams to four league titles and nine consecutive MIAA Tournament appearances, culminating with the Raiders winning the 2018 Division I South sectional title to advance to the state championship game. Additionally, Mason was selected as the 2017 Eastern Massachusetts Soccer Coaches Association (EMSCA) Division I South Coach of the Year and earned Boston Globe Coach of the Year honors in 2018.

A native of Northampton, England, Mason played three years of collegiate soccer while earning his bachelor's degree in sports and exercise science from De Montfort University in Leicester, England.