| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1958-02-15)February 15, 1958 (age 67) | ||
| Place of birth | Waterbury, Connecticut, United States | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1979 | Eastern Connecticut State Warriors | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1980 | Eastern Connecticut State Warriors(assistant) | ||
| 1981–1982 | Springfield Pride(assistant) | ||
| 1983–1985 | Clemson Tigers(assistant) | ||
| 1985–1996 | Wright State Raiders | ||
| 1996–2001 | Columbus Crew(assistant) | ||
| 2001–2005 | Columbus Crew | ||
| 2005–2019 | George Mason Patriots | ||
Greg Andrulis (born February 15, 1958) is an American retiredsoccer coach.
Andrulis grew up inLitchfield, Connecticut where he graduated fromLitchfield High School in 1976. He was an All-State high school soccer and basketball player and was inducted into the Litchfield High School Hall of Fame in 2007. He then attendedEastern Connecticut State University where he was agoalkeeper on the school's soccer team. He graduated in 1980 with a bachelor's degree in psychology. In 2005, ECSU inducted Andrulis into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.[1]
In 1980, he served as an assistant coach with theEastern Connecticut State University men's soccer team. He then moved toSpringfield College where he coached the junior varsity and freshmen teams while working on his master's degree in counseling. In 1983, he became an assistant coach atClemson University. In 1985, he became the head coach atWright State University. Over twelve seasons, he compiled a 134–72–28 record. On May 28, 2002, he was inducted into the WSU Athletics Hall of Fame.[2][3] In 1996, theColumbus Crew ofMajor League Soccer hired Andrulis as the top assistant to head coachTom Fitzgerald. Andrulis became the Crew's interim coach midway through the 2001 season, after Fitzgerald was fired. He was hired as permanent head coach after the season. In 2002, he led the Crew to its first title, theU.S. Open Cup. In 2004, Andrulis took the Crew on a league-record streak without a loss, and was namedMLS Coach of the Year. Following up on a disappointing playoff appearance in 2004, in 2005, Columbus got off to a slow start at 4–10–2, and Andrulis was fired. His assistant,Robert Warzycha led the team for the remainder of the 2005 season in an interim role.
On August 17, 2005,George Mason University hired Andrulis as head coach of the men's soccer team.[4] In 2006, he led George Mason to its first NCAA tournament bid in 20 years.