Chris Gerlufsen
Gerlufsen coaching at the University of San Francisco in 2022
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamSan Francisco
ConferenceWCC
Record40–20 (.667)
Biographical details
Born (1976-09-16) September 16, 1976 (age 47)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
1994–1998Randolph–Macon
Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998–1999Washington College (GA)
1999–2000Southwestern (KS) (assistant)
2000–2002The Citadel (GA)
2002–2006The Citadel (assistant)
2006–2013Hartford (assistant)
2013–2015Hartford (assoc. HC)
2015–2019San Diego (assistant)
2019–2021Hawaii (assistant)
2021–2022San Francisco (assoc. HC)
2022–presentSan Francisco
Head coaching record
Overall48–25 (.658)

Chris Gerlufsen (born September 16, 1976)[1] is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the San Francisco Dons men's basketball team.[2] He served as the acting head coach for Hawaii during their 2019–20 season while head coach Eran Ganot took a leave of medical absence, compiling an 8–5 record during that period.[3][4]

Early life and college

Gerlufsen is a native of Philadelphia, and the son of former University of Massachusetts head coach Ron Gerlufsen.[5]

Gerlufsen played at Randolph–Macon College in Ashland, Virginia where he was a guard and a captain on teams that made the NCAA Division III tournament twice. Gerlufsen graduated from Randolph–Macon with a degree in business and economics in 1998.[6]

Coaching career

Early coaching career

Gerlufsen began his coaching career at Washington College in Maryland as a graduate assistant in 1998, before spending a season at Southwestern. He joined The Citadel in 2000, where he was a graduate assistant for a year before joining the staff full-time in 2001.[7] He was promoted to lead assistant before the start of the 2003–04 season. He left after the 2005–06 season to join the coaching staff at Hartford.

Hartford

Gerlufsen spent seven years as an assistant coach at Hartford before being promoted to associate head coach at the start of the 2013–14 season.[8] He also served as the team's recruiting coordinator during his tenure there.

San Diego

On April 28, 2015, it was announced that Gerlufsen would be joining the University of San Diego's men's basketball program as an assistant coach.[9] He spent four seasons there, three as an assistant on Lamont Smith's staff, and one year as an assistant on Sam Scholl's staff, where he was instrumental in turning a 9 win team into a 21 win team. Gerlufsen left after the 2018–19 season to join the coaching staff at Hawaii.

Hawaii

Gerlufsen was introduced as the new assistant coach for Hawaii on September 3, 2019, serving as the team's lead assistant and de facto offensive coordinator.[6][10] On November 6, he was named acting head coach after head coach Eran Ganot took a medical leave of absence.[3] He compiled an 8–5 record as acting head coach, relinquishing head coaching duties on December 28 when Ganot returned from medical leave.[11]

San Francisco

Gerlufsen joined San Francisco in 2021 as their associate head coach.[12] After Todd Golden's departure to take the head coaching position at Florida, Gerlufsen was elevated to head coach.[2]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (Big West Conference) (2019)
2019–20 Hawaii 8–5 [n 1]
Hawaii: 8–5 (.615)
San Francisco Dons (West Coast Conference) (2022–present)
2022–23 San Francisco 20–14 7–9 T–5th
2023–24 San Francisco 20–6 9–2
San Francisco: 40–20 (.667) 16–11 (.593)
Total: 48–25 (.658)

Notes

  1. ^ Served as acting head coach from November 6, 2019 to December 28, 2019 due to head coach Eran Ganot's medical leave of absence.

References

  1. ^ Hawaii Basketball [@HawaiiMBB] (September 16, 2019). "Happy birthday to the newest member of our program - @CoachCeeGee! #HawaiiMBB #BirthdayBow" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ a b "Chris Gerlufsen Promoted to Head Men's Basketball Coach". University of San Francisco Athletics.
  3. ^ a b "Hawai'i coach Ganot on medical leave of absence". ESPN.com. 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  4. ^ "Chris Gerlufsen Coaching Record". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  5. ^ "Gerlufsen steps down as hoops, tennis coach". Central Jersey. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Gerlufsen Joins Men's Basketball Staff". University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  7. ^ "Gerlufsen Promoted to Full-Time Status; Grant Named Third Assistant". The Official Website of The Citadel Athletics. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  8. ^ Anthony, Mike. "Hartford's Gerlufsen Promoted To Associate head coach". courant.com. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  9. ^ "Toreros Add Gerlufsen to Basketball Coaching Staff". University of San Diego Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  10. ^ Tsai, Stephen (2019-09-03). "University of Hawaii basketball team names new assistant coach". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  11. ^ Tsai, Stephen (2019-12-28). "Eran Ganot returns to his team after 51 days away on medical leave". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  12. ^ Tsai, Stephen. "Hawaii men's basketball team loses assistant coach Chris Gerlufsen to San Francisco". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

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Hawaii Rainbow Warriors head basketball coaches
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