Chris Gerlufsen
Chris Gerlufsen (born September 16, 1976)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: San Francisco Dons
Current conference: West Coast Conference (WCC)
Hawaii record: 8-5 (.615)
San Francisco record: 43-25 (.632)
Overall record: 51-30 (.630)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2024)
- WCC Regular Season Champion: 0
- WCC Tournament Champion: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-present | San Francisco |
| 2021-2022 | San Francisco (assoc. HC) |
| 2019-2021 | Hawaii (asst) |
| 2020-2021 | Hawaii (acting HC) |
| 2015-2019 | San Diego (asst) |
| 2013-2015 | Hartford (assoc. HC) |
| 2006-2013 | Hartford (asst) |
| 2002-2006 | The Citadel (asst) |
| 2000-2002 | The Citadel (grad. asst) |
| 1999-2000 | Southwestern (asst) |
| 1998-1999 | Washington College (asst) |
Chris Gerlufsen Facts
- Chris Gerlufsen
- Born September 16, 1976
- Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Alma Mater: Randolph-Macon College (BS, 1998)
- His father, Ron Gerlufsen, was head men’s basketball coach at UMass (1983-88), D-II Shepherd and D-III SCAD
- Played for head coach Hal Nunnally at D-III Randolph-Macon (VA), serving as team captain as a junior and senior
- Started his coaching career with one-year stints at Washington College (MD) and Southwestern (KS), working under head coaches Tom Finnegan and Brad Horstman, respectively
- Was a graduate assistant and assistant coach for six total seasons at The Citadel under head coach Pat Dennis
- Arrived at Hartford in 2006, spending the next four years as an assistant under Dan Leibovitz; stayed on board under the new head coach, John Gallagher, and was later elevated to associate head coach in 2013
- Headed out West in 2015, spending four seasons at San Diego – three under Lamont Smith and one under Sam Scholl
- Joined Eran Ganot‘s staff at Hawaii as an assistant coach in 2019, working in that capacity for two seasons
- Stepped in as acting head coach for 13 games in the 2019-20 season while Ganot was on medical leave
- Became Todd Golden‘s associate head coach at San Francisco in 2021 and in March 2022, was promoted to head coach
- Won 20 games in his first season at the helm and then improved to 23 wins and a NIT bid the following year
Chris Gerlufsen Coaching Tree
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