Greg Andrulis

Greg Andrulis

Personal information
Date of birth	(1958-02-15) February 15, 1958
Place of birth	Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	George Mason Patriots (head coach)
Youth career
Years	Team
1976–1979	Eastern Connecticut State Warriors
Managerial career
1980	Eastern Connecticut State Warriors (assistant)
1981–1982	Springfield College (assistant)
1983–1985	Clemson Tigers (assistant)
1985–1996	Wright State Raiders
1996–2001	Columbus Crew (assistant)
2001–2005	Columbus Crew
2005–	George Mason Patriots

Greg Andrulis (born February 15, 1958 in Waterbury, Connecticut) is an American soccer coach, currently the head coach at George Mason University.

Andrulis grew up in Litchfield, Connecticut where he graduated from Litchfield 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 attended Eastern Connecticut State University where he was a goalkeeper 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.

In 1980, he served as an assistant coach with the Eastern Connecticut State University men's soccer team. He then moved to Springfield 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 at Clemson University. In 1985, he became the head coach at Wright 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. In 1996, the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer hired Andrulis as the top assistant to head coach Tom 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, the US Open Cup. In 2004, Andrulis took the Crew on a league-record streak without a loss, and was named MLS 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. In 2006, he led George Mason to its first NCAA tournament bid in 20 years.

External links

• Sept. 5 Video Interview with Mason UnLtd
• George Mason University profile

Preceded by Tom Fitzgerald

Columbus Crew Head Coach 2001–2005

Succeeded by Robert Warzycha (Interim)