Chris Apple is heading into his 20th season this fall at the helm of perennial men’s Division III playoff contender University of Rochester. The 1989 and 1991 All-Americangraduated cum laude in 1992 from UR and then played in Germany’s 4th division and with the Raleigh Flyers of the USISL. Following coaching stints at Harvard University, North Carolina WesleyanCollege, and Notre Dame, he returned to upstate New York in 2001 to take charge of his alma mater.

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