Greg Paulus

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Greg Paulus
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Paulus with Duke in 2009
Niagara Purple Eagles
PositionHead coach
League Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Personal information
Born (1986-07-03) July 3, 1986 (age 38)
Medina, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school Christian Brothers Academy
(DeWitt, New York)
College Duke (2005–2009)
Position Point guard
Number3, 2
Coaching career2010–present
Career history
As coach:
2010–2011 Navy (assistant)
2011–2017 Ohio State (assistant)
2017–2018 Louisville (assistant)
2018–2019 George Washington (assistant)
2019–present Niagara
Career highlights and awards
As player:

Gregory Russell Paulus (born July 3, 1986) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team. He previously served as an assistant basketball coach for Louisville, Ohio State and George Washington University. Paulus is a former multi-sport athlete, playing college basketball as a point guard on the Duke University men's team and later football at Syracuse University.

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Biography

Greg Paulus was born in Medina, Ohio, and grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin, before moving to the Syracuse suburb of Manlius, New York. He has six siblings: David, Matt, Dan, Chris, Mike and Sarah. He was named Gatorade Athlete of the Year due to his accomplishments in football and basketball. Paulus was the quarterback of the 2004 Christian Brothers Academy football team, which won the New York State Championship by defeating New Rochelle High School and future NFL player Ray Rice 41–35 in the title game at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse. Paulus was also named New York State Mr. Basketball following his senior season at CBA. He was ranked as the number one recruit out of high school.

College basketball

Paulus received scholarship offers to play football at the University of Miami and Notre Dame. [1] He also received basketball scholarship offers from Duke, Syracuse, Georgetown, Florida and North Carolina. [2] He chose to play basketball and joined Duke.

Freshman

Games: 36, PPG: 6.7, RPG: 2.8, APG: 5.2 [3]

Paulus was a member of the Duke team that finished with a 32–4 record and won the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) regular-season and tournament championship. Paulus led the ACC in assists per game at 5.2. He set a Duke freshman record for assists in a game with 15 (with three turnovers) in a 104–77 home victory over Valparaiso on December 18, 2005; that assist total was only one away from the all-time single-game Duke record of 16, set by NCAA career assist leader Bobby Hurley. He was selected for the All-America freshman 2nd team.

His 187 assists ranked third behind Bobby Hurley (288 in 1990) and Jay Williams (220 in 2000) among the freshman assist leaders in Duke history. [3]

Sophomore

Games: 33, PPG: 11.8, RPG: 2.2, APG: 3.8, FG%: 45.6 [4]

Paulus injured his foot during the preseason. After the season, associate coach Chris Collins said Paulus struggled because he had a tarsal coalition, and it was corrected through surgery; he has since fully recovered. He had a career high with 25 points against Virginia Commonwealth on March 15, 2007.

Junior

Games: 34, PPG: 11.4, RPG: 2.1, APG: 3.2 [3]

Paulus led Duke to a 28–6 record including an 89–78 victory over rival UNC in which Paulus led Duke in scoring with 18 points. He led the Atlantic Coast Conference in assist-to-turnover ratio during the 2007–08 season and shot over 42 percent from beyond the arc on his way to making 82 three-point field goals.

Senior

After being the starting point guard for three years, Paulus started only five games during his senior season. Paulus averaged 16 minutes a game, in part due to the development of sophomore guard Nolan Smith. [5]

Football

Paulus announced on May 14, 2009, that he would play college football at Syracuse University. Paulus was named the starting quarterback for the 2009 season. [6]

He won four games and lost eight during his lone season at Syracuse, completing 67.7 percent of his passes and throwing for 2,025 yards and 13 touchdowns, and threw a school- and Big East-record five interceptions in one game against South Florida. [7]

Professional career

Paulus tried out with the NFL's New Orleans Saints in May 2010. Contrary to initial reports, he was not offered a contract. [8] He got another shot with the Saints in June 2010 when he was again invited to minicamp.

Coaching career

Paulus was hired as an assistant basketball coach at Navy in August 2010. [9]

Paulus was hired as the basketball video coordinator for Ohio State University in May 2011. [10] Paulus was promoted to assistant coach for Ohio State University in the summer of 2013. [11]

In the fall of 2017, Paulus left Ohio State and was hired to be an assistant coach for the Louisville Cardinals under interim head coach David Padgett. [12] Paulus was not retained for assistant under new Louisville head coach Chris Mack following the end of the season.

Paulus was then hired as an assistant coach for the George Washington Colonials men's basketball for the 2018–19 season [13] and following this season, he returned to New York State and joined the Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team to be an assistant coach on Patrick Beilein's staff. [14] On October 24, 2019, Paulus was named Niagara's interim head coach after Beilein resigned for "personal reasons". [15] It was later announced that Paulus would become the permanent head coach. [16]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Niagara Purple Eagles (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)(2019–present)
2019–20 Niagara 12–209–11T–6th
2020–21 Niagara 9–117–95th
2021–22 Niagara 14–169–115th
2022–23 Niagara 16–1510–10T–5th
2023–24 Niagara 16–1611–96th
2024–25 Niagara 4–61–1
Niagara:71–84 (.458)47–50 (.485)
Total:71–84 (.458)

      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

Awards and honors

Awards are for basketball unless otherwise noted.

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