Gyau and Mulrooney take over as head coaches
- by Soccer America , Aug 29, 2014
Gyau is returning to his alma mater, replacing Michael Lawrence after a 1-17-0 season.
Mulrooney was an assistant with the Tigers when he was hired to replace Richie Grant, who left to take over at Bakersfield.
-- Less than three weeks before the start of the season, Paul Holocher, another U.S. international, resigned as coach at Cal Poly to a new role as director of development with Maui United Soccer Club in Hawaii. Assistant coach Phil Ruskin was named interim head coach at Cal Poly.
2014 Men's Coaching Changes:
Belmont out: Earle Davidson; in: Bryan Green (Drexel associate)
Cal Poly out: Paul Holocher; in: Phil Ruskin (Cal Poly assistant)
Cal State Fullerton out: Bob Ammann; in: George Kuntz (UC Irvine)
CSU Bakersfield out: Simon Tobin (San Jose State); in: Richie Grant (Memphis)
Eastern Illinois out: Adam Howarth; in: Mark Hansen (Eastern Illinois GK coach)
ETSU out: Scott Calabrese (FIU); in: Bo Oshoniyi (Penn State assistant)
FIU out: Kenny Arena (LA Galaxy assistant); in: Scott Calabrese (ETSU)
Howard out: Michael Lawrence; in: Phillip Gyau
Jacksonville out: Ryan Pratt; in: Mauricio Ruiz (UCF associate coach)
Loyola, Md. out: Mark Mettrick; in: Steve Nichols
Memphis out: Richie Grant (CSU Bakersfield); in: Richard Mulrooney (Memphis assistant)
San Francisco out: Eric Visser; in: Eddie Soto (UCLA assistant)
San Jose State out: Gary St. Clair; in: Simon Tobin (CSU Bakersfield)
SIU Edwardsville out: Kevin Kalish (SLSG MO TD); in: David Korn and Brian Jones
UC Irvine out: George Kuntz (Cal State Fullerton); in: Chris Volk (UC Irvine assistant)
Note: Veteran coaches Sam Koch (Massachusetts) and Logan Fleck (Stetson) died within a day of each other this summer. Devin O'Neill is the UMass interim coach. Indiana assistant Ernie Yarborough is the new Stetson coach.
