Chris Gerlufsen

Chris Gerlufsen (born September 16, 1976)[1] is an American college basketball coach currently serving as an assistant coach for the University of Hawaii. 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.[2][3]

Chris Gerlufsen
Current position
TitleAssistant coach
TeamHawaii
ConferenceBig West
Biographical details
Born (1976-09-16) September 16, 1976
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Playing career
1994–1998Randolph–Macon
Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998–1999Washington College (GA)
1999–2000Southwestern (assistant)
2000–2002The Citadel (GA)
2002–2006The Citadel (assistant)
2006–2013Hartford (assistant)
2013–2015Hartford (associate HC)
2015–2019San Diego (assistant)
2019Hawaii (acting HC)
2019–presentHawaii (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall8–5 (.615)

Early life and college

Gerlufsen is a native of Philadelphia, and the son of former University of Massachusetts head coach Ron Gerlufsen.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6] 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 7 years as an assistant coach at Hartford before being promoted to associate head coach at the start of the 2013–14 season.[7] 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.[8] 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.[5][9] On November 6, he was named acting head coach after head coach Eran Ganot took a medical leave of absence.[2] He compiled an 8–5 record as acting head coach, relinquishing head coaching duties on December 28 when Ganot returned from medical leave.[10]

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)
Total:8–5 (.615)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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. "Hawai'i coach Ganot on medical leave of absence". ESPN.com. 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  3. "Chris Gerlufsen Coaching Record". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  4. "Gerlufsen steps down as hoops, tennis coach". Central Jersey. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  5. "Gerlufsen Joins Men's Basketball Staff". University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  6. "Gerlufsen Promoted to Full-Time Status; Grant Named Third Assistant". The Official Website of The Citadel Athletics. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  7. Anthony, Mike. "Hartford's Gerlufsen Promoted To Associate Head Coach". courant.com. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  8. "Toreros Add Gerlufsen to Basketball Coaching Staff". University of San Diego Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  9. stsai@staradvertiser.com, By Stephen Tsai; Sept. 3, 2019 (2019-09-03). "University of Hawaii basketball team names new assistant coach". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 2020-02-03.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. stsai@staradvertiser.com, By Stephen Tsai; Dec. 28, 2019 (2019-12-28). "Eran Ganot returns to his team after 51 days away on medical leave". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 2020-02-03.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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