Gene Chyzowych
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Gene Chyzowych is a former professional soccer player and coach, who is now the coach of the Columbia High School
soccer team in Maplewood, New Jersey
. He has the second most wins of any active scholastic soccer coaches in the United States, and has compiled a 730-188-70 record in 46 years at Columbia High School through 2009. He has led his teams to four New Jersey state high school soccer championships, 24 conference titles and 16 state sectional crowns. A two-time NSCAA Boys High School National Coach of the Year (1986 and 1990), Chyzowych received the association’s Robert W. Robinson Award for long-time service to interscholastic soccer in 1999. He also maintained a 227-0 record while coaching volleyball and helped lead Columbia on to a 10 year winning streak
Chyzowych was the head coach of the United States men's national soccer team
in 1973, coaching the team to a 3-2-0 record.
In 1976, he was head coach of the New York Apollo
of the American Soccer League
.
Columbia High School (New Jersey)
Columbia High School is a four-year comprehensive regional public high school located at 17 Parker Avenue in Maplewood, New Jersey, which serves students in grades nine through twelve within the South Orange-Maplewood School District, which includes Maplewood and South Orange Townships...
soccer team in Maplewood, New Jersey
Maplewood, New Jersey
Maplewood is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 23,867.-History:...
. He has the second most wins of any active scholastic soccer coaches in the United States, and has compiled a 730-188-70 record in 46 years at Columbia High School through 2009. He has led his teams to four New Jersey state high school soccer championships, 24 conference titles and 16 state sectional crowns. A two-time NSCAA Boys High School National Coach of the Year (1986 and 1990), Chyzowych received the association’s Robert W. Robinson Award for long-time service to interscholastic soccer in 1999. He also maintained a 227-0 record while coaching volleyball and helped lead Columbia on to a 10 year winning streak
Chyzowych was the head coach of the United States men's national soccer team
United States men's national soccer team
The United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international association football competitions. It is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF...
in 1973, coaching the team to a 3-2-0 record.
In 1976, he was head coach of the New York Apollo
New York Apollo
The New York Greeks was an American soccer club based in New York City that was a member of the American Soccer League.The team began as the amateur Greek-Americans. The club played lower Premier Division of the German American Soccer League which was based in the New York metropolitan area...
of the American Soccer League
American Soccer League
The American Soccer League has been a name used by three different professional soccer leagues in the United States. The first American Soccer League was established in 1921 by the merger of teams from the National Association Football League and the Southern New England Soccer League. For...
.