2008 Woodie Awards
Top Coach of the Fall
Jose Ortiz
Issue date: 11/13/03 Section: Opinion
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Deciding the Fall season's top coach honors was not as easy a decision as one might think. Beth Gottung and the field hockey team made it to the second round of the NCAA tournaments this season, and were only one of two MSU teams to make it to the Division III playoffs. Eileen Blair and the Women's soccer team beat TCNJ for the first time in school history, and were the runners up in this year's ECAC championship, and in the NJAC tournament. Of course football's Giancalo makes a serious case with his team making the NCAA division III tournament, and winning eight straight games, after losing their home opener, and returning from a 5 - 5 record in the previous year.
But Brian Sentowski and his boys on the soccer team had a remarkable season. After taking over the coaching job last season, Sentowski had to step in and replace the soccer team's most winning coach in history. Last season he coached his boys all the way to the ECAC championship game, and posted a 12 - 7 record overall.
You want to talk about a follow up year? The field general takes his boys to their best record in over 11 years and to their first ECAC championship in ten years and only the teams third overall.
The former soccer phenom, played in Rutgers-New Brunswick, and has been influenced by some great coaches along the way. Bruce Arena, coach of the national team, Rutgers coach Bob Reasso, and Bob Bradley from the Metrostars, are just of the coaches that have helped him and shaped Sentowski into the coach that he's become.
The leader of "The New World Order" of men's soccer says, "My ultimate goal is to coach professionally in Europe, or on the world cup team, but there is no time table, I love working here, I see myself here for many years."
Well that's good news for the Red Hawks, and bad news for the rest of division III. The 31-year-old coach is on a mission, and next season he's got his eyes set on that elusive national championship. Coach says the team will be better than ever, and NCAA playoff bid is in the cards. Till then, you can bet he'll be working meticulously around the clock to solidify the Red Hawk dynasty, under the Sentowski regime.
But Brian Sentowski and his boys on the soccer team had a remarkable season. After taking over the coaching job last season, Sentowski had to step in and replace the soccer team's most winning coach in history. Last season he coached his boys all the way to the ECAC championship game, and posted a 12 - 7 record overall.
You want to talk about a follow up year? The field general takes his boys to their best record in over 11 years and to their first ECAC championship in ten years and only the teams third overall.
The former soccer phenom, played in Rutgers-New Brunswick, and has been influenced by some great coaches along the way. Bruce Arena, coach of the national team, Rutgers coach Bob Reasso, and Bob Bradley from the Metrostars, are just of the coaches that have helped him and shaped Sentowski into the coach that he's become.
The leader of "The New World Order" of men's soccer says, "My ultimate goal is to coach professionally in Europe, or on the world cup team, but there is no time table, I love working here, I see myself here for many years."
Well that's good news for the Red Hawks, and bad news for the rest of division III. The 31-year-old coach is on a mission, and next season he's got his eyes set on that elusive national championship. Coach says the team will be better than ever, and NCAA playoff bid is in the cards. Till then, you can bet he'll be working meticulously around the clock to solidify the Red Hawk dynasty, under the Sentowski regime.