The LaGrange College men's soccer program celebrated 25 years of the sport in 2006.  It has been a member of the NAIA since its inception in 1981, spanning 20 years.  In 2002, the school was officially out of the NAIA and became a NCAA member, competing in the Great South Athletic Conference, which it still plays in today.

The program was started in the fall of 1981 by its first head coach, Craig Deloach.  He would stay for another season before John Anderson took over as head coach.  LaGrange College would see its program's first big name player in Marwan Warrayant, who would play for the Panthers for three years and would set the first all-time records in every offensive category.  He would lead the team each season in scoring.

Anderson would leave the program in 1986 with a 13-25-3 record during his four-year stint (no records kept in 1986).  Bob Bigney would take over as head coach and would see another player emerge as one of the Panther greats in Terry Wadsworth.  His play would show the success in the next three years he would play, as the Panthers enjoyed its first winning season in 1988-89, going 22-13 during that span.  It would be the only time in the school's history that the Panthers would enjoy consecutive winning seasons.

Wadsworth would end his career as the all-time leader in points, goals and assists.  He would leave LaGrange as one of the best players to ever come out of the soccer program.  Steve Shug would be close behind Wadsworth in points, goals and assists.  Rob Brunel became an important piece to the puzzle during those two years.  It would be done with two different coaches, as Bigney left after a two-year stay and one year from Brett Teach, who would end his only year as the only coach with a winning record with an 11-6 record, second in wins behind Bigney (16).

Enter the 1990's, enter the Jeff Geeter era.  Geeter came to LaGrange College from his alma mater, Tennessee Wesleyan College, where he was already a coach in the collegiate ranks for almost four years, longer than any other coach that has came through here.  He would have a steady run with his four recruits, mainly his first star, Brian Pierce.  That class would leave the program in 1991 with the best four-year record in the history of the program (36-31-2).

In 1993, Geeter guided the Panthers to its second best win total (10) and a runner-up finish in the NAIA Dist. 25 Playoffs.  The Panthers would not reach the 10-plus win total again. 

In 2002, the Panthers had a group of recruits that came into a down program that had only won 24 games since 1994.  This group can say that it was the only class that improved its record over the course of their four-year careers.  In 2001, the Panthers only won two games, but had a three-win improvement the next season.  In 2005, the Panthers won seven games – five wins better than when they came in as freshman.

The Panthers soccer program is responsible for two NAIA All-Americans, four NAIA All-District, 10 all-conference, seven USCAA All-Americans, five Academic All-GSAC and two academic USCAA All-Americans.

The 2006 team showed it would add to that list with Zak Turner, Kojo Cole-Kesse and Patrick Kaney would make the All-GSAC team while Wes Morton would make the GSAC All-Freshman Team.  Though the Panthers experienced their second worst season ever, there is plenty of reason for promise in the years to come with a strong recruiting class and a strong core of returnees coming back to restore its prominence that LaGrange College enjoyed back in the late 80's and early 90's.