Dr. Dave Masur

				Position: Associate Athletic Director, Head Coach Experience: 18th season

Dr. Dave Masur enters the 2007 season having reached unprecedented success in collegiate soccer throughout his 16 years at the helm of the St. John's men's soccer program. Over Masur's tenure, St. John's has won a national championship (1996), made two appearances in the NCAA finals (1996 and 2003) and reached 15 consecutive NCAA Tournaments. A testament to the program's consistent success, the Red Storm was the only program in the nation to make 10 consecutive national Rounds of 16 from Masur has instilled a team first focus and an emphasis in group leadership and overall preparation to a St. John's program that has risen to the upper echelon of collegiate soccer. The Red Storm has garnered numerous team, individual and academic achievements, and Masur has guided the team to an average of 15 wins per season.

The Red Storm has posted a 243-71-45 record in 16 seasons under Masur, and the 21st-year head coach has racked up a 296-92-51 career record. Between his coaching stops at Montclair State and St. John's, programs Masur helped build from the ground up, Masur has posted the third-highest winning percentage (.732) of any coach in Division I soccer.

Individual accomplishments are as varied for Masur as they are for the many highly decorated players he has coached. The Montclair, N.J., native has twice been named national coach of the year - by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) in 1996 and by Soccer America in 2001. He is also a two-time collegiate All-American, two-time BIG EAST and Northeast Region Coach of the Year and a member of the St. John's University, Rutgers University and Columbia High School halls of fame.

Chris Wingert won the 2003 Hermann Trophy as the nation's top collegiate player to highlight an impressive list of individual honors under Masur. Red Storm players have combined for 78 all-BIG EAST, 13 All-America and 31 Regional All-America nominations in the last 16 seasons, and 11 different players have earned selections in the Major League Soccer SuperDraft. In addition to his work on the sidelines, Masur has also practiced what he has preached and delivered a positive message in the classroom. He holds a doctorate in education administration supervision from St. John's, a master's degree in physical education from Montclair State and a bachelor of science in sports management from Rutgers and has instilled his value of an education to each of the hundreds of players he has coached.

Team leaders Wingert and Matt Groenwald have embodied the St. John's philosophy of winning, graduating and serving, as both have been named the CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year within the last four seasons. In seven seasons since Academic All-America and Academic All-District honors have been awarded, Red Storm players have racked up 11 All-District and eight All-America selections.

The results in the classroom have paralleled superior results on the field in the last 16 seasons. From the beginning of his tenure, Masur has led the St. John's program to landmark wins and stellar academic results. In 2006, Red Storm players continued both traditions, winning the BIG EAST Tournament championship and being recognized with the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Team Academic Award.

In St. John's run to the 2006 BIG EAST Championship, the Red Storm established new school records with seven straight shutouts and defeated West Virginia, 1-0, with 4.4 seconds left in overtime to earn a 15th consecutive bid to the NCAA Tournament. The win over the second-ranked Mountaineers was the Red Storm's fourth of five straight wins over nationally ranked competition. St. John's advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, where it would fall, 2-0, on the road to seventh-ranked Maryland in a fourth consecutive postseason trip to College Park, Md. A stellar run of success immediately followed Masur's arrival in 1991, as the Red Storm won a then-program record 12 games in his first season. In 1992, St. John's won its first ever BIG EAST Tournament championship and made its first ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Red Storm followed that up with BIG EAST Tournament titles in 1993, 1994 and 1995 as part of a run of four straight tournament crowns.

The next season, the 1996 team set new single-season records for wins (22), goals (80), assists (88) and points (248) on its way to the first national championship in St. John's University history. The Red Storm won the BIG EAST regular season title, but fell in the semifinals of the BIG EAST Tournament and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. St. John's ran through the tournament field with five straight wins and handled Florida International, 4-1, in the championship game to cap a 22-2-2 season with a national title.

A second straight BIG EAST regular season title followed in 1997 when the team went 18-4-2 and 9-1-1 in conference play. Where the 1996 national championship did it with the most dominant offensive effort in school history, the 1997 team did it with a stellar defense. The Red Storm shut out a school-record 15 opponents and allowed just 13 goals in 24 games on the way to the second-highest wins total (18) in school history. Records continued to be broken in 1998 when the Red Storm set a BIG EAST Conference mark with the fifth tournament championship in program history.

After the program's eighth and ninth straight NCAA Tournament appearance in 1999 and 2000, the 2001 team won the BIG EAST Tournament championship and advanced to the College Cup. The Red Storm won six consecutive postseason contests and defeated No. 1 Southern Methodist to advance to the national semifinals against Indiana. The Hoosiers prevailed, 2-1, in overtime to avenge a 1-0 season-opening win by St. John's and advance to the national championship game.

In 2002, the opening of Belson Stadium marked a season in which the Red Storm also earned the first No. 1 national ranking in school history. St. John's played Wake Forest to a 1-1 tie in front of a sellout crowd of 2,266 in the first game at Belson and went on to earn a No. 1 national ranking for the first time in school history.

For the third time in eight seasons, the Red Storm made a run to the College Cup after posting a 17-6-3 overall record. Wins over perennial national powers UC-Santa Barbara, Creighton and Maryland, St. John's faced a familiar foe Indiana again in the national semifinals. The Hoosiers scored twice in the first 20 minutes of the match and held on to win by a final score of 2-1. A trip to the quarterfinals of the 2004 NCAA Tournament was the end result of a challenging regular season schedule. The Red Storm played seven contests against nationally ranked teams, then defeated No. 6 UCLA, 2-1, on the road in the third round of the NCAA Tournament. St. John's again went on the road in the quarterfinals, falling at No. 3 Maryland, 1-0. The 2005 team posted a 4-1-2 record against ranked teams and went on to finish the year with an 11-6-5 overall record and a 10th straight trip to the NCAA Tournament Round of 16. The Red Storm led the BIG EAST with five first and second team All-BIG EAST selections and had a school record three ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District choices.

Prior to his remarkable success at St. John's, Masur began his career as a head coach at Montclair State in 1987. As a rookie coach, Masur nearly doubled the Redhawks win total from the season before, finishing with a 7-5-2 overall mark. Montclair State went 17-4-3 and won the ECAC New York-New Jersey Regional Championship in 1988 and followed that up with a 13-8-1 record, a New Jersey Athletic Conference championship and an NCAA Tournament berth in 1989. In his final season at Montclair State in 1990, Masur led the Redhawks to 16-4-0 overall record and a second berth in the NCAA Tournament.

Masur began his coaching career at his alma mater, Rutgers University, in 1984. He was an assistant to his former coach, Bob Reaso, for two seasons, before taking the job at Montclair State in 1987.

As a player at Rutgers, Masur was a two-time All-American and just the third soccer player in school history to be inducted into the Rutgers Olympic Sports Hall of Fame. The only Scarlet Knight player to be named an All-American in back-to-back seasons, Masur earned national distinction in 1983 and 1984 as well as all-region honors from 1982-84.

Following his graduation from Rutgers, Masur was drafted by the New York Cosmos and went on to play professionally with the Chicago Sting, Toledo Pride, New Jersey Eagles, Penn Jersey Spirit and New Jersey Imperials.

Masur's most recent Hall of Fame induction came at Columbia High School, where he was a Parade All-American and New Jersey State Player of the Year, in May 2006. Prior to that, Masur was inducted into the St. John's Athletics Hall of Fame in May 2004 and saw his jersey retired by Rutgers University in 1989. Masur, and his wife, Shannon, have three daughters, Samantha, Jessica and Sidney, and a son, Christopher David. They reside in Montclair, N.J.