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[1][2][3][4]
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.[5]
In 1976, he was head coach of the New York Apollo of the American Soccer League.
| Preceded by Max Wosniak |
United States men's national soccer team head coach 1973 |
Succeeded by Gordon Bradley |
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