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]
 Gerlufsen coaching at the University of San Francisco in 2022 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | San Francisco |
| Conference | WCC |
| Record | 43–25 (.632) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 16, 1976 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1994–1998 | Randolph–Macon |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1998–1999 | Washington College (GA) |
| 1999–2000 | Southwestern (KS) (assistant) |
| 2000–2002 | The Citadel (GA) |
| 2002–2006 | The Citadel (assistant) |
| 2006–2013 | Hartford (assistant) |
| 2013–2015 | Hartford (assoc. HC) |
| 2015–2019 | San Diego (assistant) |
| 2019–2021 | Hawaii (assistant) |
| 2021–2022 | San Francisco (assoc. HC) |
| 2022–present | San Francisco |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 51–30 (.630) |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NIT) |
Early life and college
editGerlufsen 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
editEarly coaching career
editGerlufsen 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
editGerlufsen 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
editOn 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
editGerlufsen 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
editGerlufsen 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
edit| 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 | 23–11 | 11–5 | 3rd | NIT First Round | ||||
| San Francisco: | 43–25 (.632) | 18–14 (.563) | |||||||
| Total: | 51–30 (.630) | ||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ 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
edit- ^ Hawaii Basketball [@HawaiiMBB] (September 16, 2019). "Happy birthday to the newest member of our program - @CoachCeeGee! #HawaiiMBB #BirthdayBow" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "Chris Gerlufsen Promoted to Head Men's Basketball Coach". University of San Francisco Athletics.
- ^ a b "Hawai'i coach Ganot on medical leave of absence". ESPN.com. November 7, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
- ^ "Chris Gerlufsen Coaching Record". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
- ^ "Gerlufsen steps down as hoops, tennis coach". Central Jersey. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ a b "Gerlufsen Joins Men's Basketball Staff". University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
- ^ "Gerlufsen Promoted to Full-Time Status; Grant Named Third Assistant". The Official Website of The Citadel Athletics. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ Anthony, Mike. "Hartford's Gerlufsen Promoted To Associate head coach". courant.com. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
- ^ "Toreros Add Gerlufsen to Basketball Coaching Staff". University of San Diego Athletics. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
- ^ Tsai, Stephen (September 3, 2019). "University of Hawaii basketball team names new assistant coach". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
- ^ Tsai, Stephen (December 28, 2019). "Eran Ganot returns to his team after 51 days away on medical leave". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
- ^ Tsai, Stephen. "Hawaii men's basketball team loses assistant coach Chris Gerlufsen to San Francisco". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved May 30, 2021.