Jump to content

Greg Paulus: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
(982 intermediate revisions by more than 100 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|American basketball and football player (born 1986)}}
'''Greg Paulus''' (born [[September 21]][[1986]] in [[Syracuse, New York]], [[New York]]) is a starting [[point guard]] on the [[2005]]-[[2006|06]] [[Duke University]]'s men's [[basketball]] team. In his freshmen season, Paulus is a member of a highly recruited class that has helped Duke attain the top ranking nationally. Currently, Paulus leads the team in assists, and all freshmen in minutes per game (28.3). He set career highs in rebounds and assists (seven and eight,respectively) against Memphis in the NIT Season Tip-off finals in Madison Square Garden.
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Greg Paulus
| image = Greg Paulus.jpg
| caption = Paulus with Duke in 2009
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 180
| team = Niagara Purple Eagles
| position = Head coach
| league = [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1986|7|3}}
| birth_place = [[Medina, Ohio]], U.S.
| high_school = [[Christian Brothers Academy (DeWitt, New York)|Christian Brothers Academy]]<br/>([[DeWitt, New York]])
| college = [[Duke Blue Devils men's basketball|Duke]] (2005–2009)
| career_position = [[Point guard]]
| career_number = 3, 2
| coach_start = 2010
| cyears1 = 2010–2011
| cteam1 = [[Navy Midshipmen men's basketball|Navy]] (assistant)
| cyears2 = 2011–2017
| cteam2 = [[Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball|Ohio State]] (assistant)
| cyears3 = 2017–2018
| cteam3 = [[Louisville Cardinals men's basketball|Louisville]] (assistant)
| cyears4 = 2018–2019
| cteam4 = [[George Washington Revolutionaries men's basketball|George Washington]] (assistant)
| cyears5 = 2019–present
| cteam5 = [[Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball|Niagara]]
| highlights = '''As player:'''<br/>
* Third-team [[List of All-Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball teams|All-ACC]] (2008)
* [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] All-Freshman team (2006)
* [[McDonald's All-American Game|McDonald's All-American]] ([[2005 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|2005]])
* Second-team [[Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team|''Parade'' All-American]] (2005)
* {{nowrap|[[Gatorade Player of the Year awards|Gatorade National HS Athlete of the Year]] (2005)}}
* [[New York Mr. Basketball]] (2005)
<!--'''As head coach:'''<br/>-->}}
'''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|Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team]]. He previously served as an assistant basketball coach for [[Louisville Cardinals men's basketball|Louisville]], [[Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball|Ohio State]] and [[George Washington Revolutionaries men's basketball|George Washington University]]. Paulus is a former multi-sport athlete, playing [[college basketball]] as a [[point guard]] on the [[Duke University]] men's [[Duke Blue Devils men's basketball|team]] and later [[College football|football]] at [[Syracuse University]].


==Biography==
Paulus is credited with a savvy court sense and sweet shooting touch. His precision passing, court awareness, and ability to penetrate enable him to be an effective point guard. Paulus' shooting percentages (42% FG, 90% FT, 54% 3PT) express his shooting accuracy, as he excedes the normal percentages of other players. Paulus will be an important factor in deciding Duke's fate for the 2005-2006 basketball season.
Greg Paulus was born in [[Medina, Ohio]], and grew up in [[Appleton, Wisconsin]], before moving to the [[Syracuse, New York|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 (DeWitt, New York)|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 Mr. Basketball Award|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===
Many people know of Greg Paulus for [[football]] instead of basketball. Paulus is originally from Syracuse, NY, where he attended [[Christian Brothers Academy]]. While there he played basketball and football, earning all-state honors in each sport three times. Paulus played [[quarterback]] and led his football team to two straight Class-A state championships during his junior and senior season. Following his senior season in 2004, he was named Gatorade's National High School Football Player of the Year. Paulus received numerous scholarship offers to play football at several powerhouse programs such as the [[University of Southern California]], [[Miami University]], [[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]], and [[Florida State University]]. He also received scholarship offers to play basketball from Duke University, [[Syracuse University]], and [[Michigan State University]]. In the end, his love of basketball and Duke caused him to sign a letter of intent with the Blue Devils. Greg Paulus has the unique distinction of being the first Gatorade National High School Football Player of the Year to not play football at the collegiate level.
Paulus received scholarship offers to play football at the [[University of Miami]] and [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nieto |first=German |date=2009-08-29 |title=Greg Paulus Announced Starting QB, But Should We Really Be Suprised? [sic] |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/241856-greg-paulus-announced-starting-qb-but-should-we-really-be-suprised |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=Bleacher Report |language=en}}</ref> He also received basketball scholarship offers from Duke, [[Syracuse Orange men's basketball|Syracuse]], [[Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball|Georgetown]], [[Florida Gators men's basketball|Florida]] and [[North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball|North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=12332|title=BasketballRecruiting.Rivals.com|access-date=February 18, 2017|archive-date=February 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218224711/https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=12332|url-status=dead}}</ref> He chose to play basketball and joined Duke.


====Freshman====
[[Category:College basketball players|Paulus, Greg]]
Games: 36, PPG: 6.7, RPG: 2.8, APG: 5.2<ref name="DukeBio">{{cite web |title=Greg Paulus bio |url=https://goduke.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/greg-paulus/4312 |access-date=July 5, 2024 |website=goduke.com}}</ref>

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 Beacons men's basketball|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 (basketball)|Jay Williams]] (220 in 2000) among the freshman assist leaders in Duke history.<ref name="DukeBio"/>

====Sophomore====
Games: 33, PPG: 11.8, RPG: 2.2, APG: 3.8, FG%: 45.6<ref name="cnn">{{cite web |title=Greg Paulus |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/ncaa/men/players/46500/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119122143/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/ncaa/men/players/46500/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 19, 2013 |access-date=March 16, 2007 |work=CNNSI.com}}</ref>

Paulus injured his foot during the preseason. After the season, associate coach [[Chris Collins (basketball)|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 [[2006–07 VCU Rams men's basketball team|Virginia Commonwealth]] on March 15, 2007.

====Junior====
Games: 34, PPG: 11.4, RPG: 2.1, APG: 3.2<ref name="DukeBio"/>

Paulus led Duke to a 28–6 record including an 89&ndash;78 victory over rival [[2007–08 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team|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 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|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]].<ref name="cbs_news">{{cite web |last=Parrish |first=Gary |date=November 11, 2008 |title=Putting Paulus on bench a risky move for Coach K |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/sportsline/main11098344.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313042959/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/sportsline/main11098344.shtml |archive-date=March 13, 2009 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 14, 2009 |work=CBS News}}</ref>

===Football===
Paulus announced on May 14, 2009, that he would play [[college football]] at [[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse University]]. Paulus was named the starting [[quarterback]] for the [[2009 Syracuse Orange football team|2009 season]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Bennett |first=Brian |date=August 17, 2009 |title=Paulus named the Orange's starting QB |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=4406074 |access-date=July 5, 2024 |work=ESPN}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Florida 34-20 Syracuse (Oct 3, 2009) Box Score |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore/_/gameId/292760183 |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=ESPN }}</ref>

==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.<ref name="nbc_saints">{{cite news |date=May 11, 2010 |title=Greg Paulus is not a member of the Saints |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/greg-paulus-is-not-a-member-of-the-saints |access-date=July 5, 2024 |work=NBC Sports}}</ref> 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 Midshipmen men's basketball|Navy]] in August 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Paulus Joins Coaching Ranks |url=http://community.foxsports.com/goodmanonfox/blog/2010/08/02/paulus_joins_coaching_ranks;_10_college_guys_headed_to_nyc |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100805111351/http://community.foxsports.com/goodmanonfox/blog/2010/08/02/paulus_joins_coaching_ranks;_10_college_guys_headed_to_nyc |archive-date=August 5, 2010 |access-date=August 4, 2010 |website=foxsports.com}}</ref>

Paulus was hired as the basketball video coordinator for Ohio State University in May 2011.<ref name=dispatch_video>{{cite web|last=Baptist|first=Bob|title=Ohio State men's basketball program hires Paulus as video coordinator|url=http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2011/05/26/ohio-state-basketball-hires-greg-paulus.html?sid=101|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121132938/http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2011/05/26/ohio-state-basketball-hires-greg-paulus.html?sid=101|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 21, 2013|work=[[Columbus Dispatch]]|access-date=May 27, 2011}}</ref> Paulus was promoted to assistant coach for Ohio State University in the summer of 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's Basketball – Greg Paulus bio |url=https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/greg-paulus/52 |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=ohiostatebuckeyes.com}}</ref>

In the fall of 2017, Paulus left Ohio State and was hired to be an assistant coach for the [[Louisville Cardinals men's basketball|Louisville Cardinals]] under interim head coach [[David Padgett]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Greer |first=Jeff |date=2017-10-19 |title=Louisville names Greg Paulus as an assistant basketball coach on David Padgett's staff |url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/louisville/2017/10/19/louisville-basketball-assistant-coach-greg-paulus-david-padgett/779798001 |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=courier-journal.com}}</ref> Paulus was not retained for assistant under new Louisville head coach [[Chris Mack (basketball)|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<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gwsports.com/news/2018/6/13/Paulus_Named_Assistant_Coach_for_Men_amp_8217_s_Basketball.aspx |title=Paulus Named Assistant Coach for Men's Basketball |publisher=George Washington University |date=2018-06-13 |access-date=2019-05-13|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190514043955/https://gwsports.com/news/2018/6/13/Paulus_Named_Assistant_Coach_for_Men_amp_8217_s_Basketball.aspx | archive-date = May 14, 2019 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ditota |first=Donna |date=2019-04-30 |title=Patrick Beilein hires Greg Paulus as Niagara basketball assistant coach |url=https://www.syracuse.com/orangesports/2019/04/patrick-beilein-hires-greg-paulus-as-niagara-basketball-assistant-coach-report.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514045512/https://www.syracuse.com/orangesports/2019/04/patrick-beilein-hires-greg-paulus-as-niagara-basketball-assistant-coach-report.html |archive-date=2019-05-14 |access-date=2019-05-13 |website=syracuse.com |publisher=Syracuse.com}}</ref> On October 24, 2019, Paulus was named Niagara's interim head coach after Beilein resigned for "personal reasons".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-24 |title=Greg Paulus Named Interim Head Coach |url=https://purpleeagles.com/news/2019/10/24/mens-basketball-greg-paulus-named-interim-head-coach.aspx |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Niagara University Athletics}}</ref> It was later announced that Paulus would become the permanent head coach.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lenzi |first=Rachel |date=2019-11-06 |title=Greg Paulus to become Niagara's permanent head men's basketball coach |url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/niagara-to-promote-greg-paulus-as-head-mens-basketball-coach/article_ea2518d0-7fdd-5806-a4ad-8846d1581a2e.html |access-date=2019-11-07 |website=The Buffalo News |language=en-us}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
{{CBB Yearly Record Start
| type = coach
| conference =
| postseason =
| poll = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball|Niagara Purple Eagles]]
| conference = [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference]]
| startyear = 2019
| endyear =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2019–20]]
| name = [[2019–20 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team|Niagara]]
| overall = 12–20
| conference = 9–11
| confstanding = T–6th
| championship =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2020–21]]
| name = [[2020–21 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team|Niagara]]
| overall = 9–11
| conference = 7–9
| confstanding = 5th
| championship =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2021–22]]
| name = [[2021–22 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team|Niagara]]
| overall = 14–16
| conference = 9–11
| confstanding = 5th
| championship =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2022–23]]
| name = [[2022–23 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team|Niagara]]
| overall = 16–15
| conference = 10–10
| confstanding = T–5th
| championship =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2023–24]]
| name = [[2023–24 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team|Niagara]]
| overall = 16–16
| conference = 11–9
| confstanding = 6th
| championship =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2024–25]]
| name = [[2024–25 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team|Niagara]]
| overall = 6–7
| conference = 1–1
| confstanding =
| championship =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Niagara
| overall = {{winpct|73|85|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|47|50|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{winpct|73|85|record=y}}
| poll = no
| polltype = no
}}

==Awards and honors==
Awards are for basketball unless otherwise noted.
*[[Gatorade Male Athlete of the Year]] (all sports)<ref name="DukeBio"/>
*2005 Gatorade New York state Player of the Year<ref name="DukeBio"/>
*Four-time all-state<ref name="DukeBio"/>
*All-America status in 2005 according to McDonald's, [[Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team|''Parade'']], EA and Student Sports<ref name="DukeBio"/>
*New York State Mr. Basketball as a senior<ref>{{cite web |title=NYSSWA reference section: Mr. Basketball awards |url=http://www.newyorksportswriters.org/reference/awards-mr-basketball-boys.shtml |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=newyorksportswriters.org}}</ref>
*National High School Coaches Association senior athlete of the year<ref name="DukeBio"/>
*2004 Gatorade National Football Player of the Year<ref name="usatoday_gatorade">{{cite web |date=2004-12-16 |title=QB wins Gatorade award, will play hoops at Duke |url=https://www.espn.com/sports/news/story/_/id/1947742 |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=ESPN.com |publisher= |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
*USA Basketball Junior National Select team for the 2005 Nike Hoops Summit<ref name="DukeBio"/>
*2005–06 Freshman All-America Second Team<ref name="DukeBio"/>
*2006 ACC All-Tournament Second Team<ref name="DukeBio"/>
*2007–08 Third team All-ACC selection<ref name="DukeBio"/>
*2008 Third team Academic All-America<ref>{{cite web |date=2008-02-26 |title=Paulus Named Third Team Academic All-America |url=https://goduke.com/news/2008/2/26/1398115.aspx |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=goduke.com}}</ref>
*2009 Third team Academic All-America<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESPN THE MAGAZINE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® TEAM |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/cosida.com/documents/2009/2/25/2008-09MBBAAATeams.pdf |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=cosida.com |page=4}}</ref>
*Three-time ACC All-Academic team<ref>{{Cite web |last=Greer |first=Jeff |date=2009-03-18 |title=The NCAA Tournament's Best Students: Duke's Greg Paulus |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/articles/2009/03/18/the-ncaa-tournaments-best-students-dukes-greg-paulus |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=usnews.com}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[2009 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
*[https://cuse.com/sports/football/roster/greg-paulus/6694 Syracuse Orange bio]
*[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/27023 ESPN profile]
*[https://goduke.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/greg-paulus/4312 Duke Blue Devils bio]

{{Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball coach navbox}}
{{Navboxes| list1 =
{{Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball coach navbox}}
{{Gatorade Football Player of the Year}}
{{Gatorade National Athlete of the Year}}
{{Syracuse Orange quarterback navbox}}
}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paulus, Greg}}
[[Category:1986 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American football quarterbacks]]
[[Category:American men's basketball coaches]]
[[Category:American men's basketball players]]
[[Category:Basketball coaches from New York (state)]]
[[Category:Basketball coaches from Ohio]]
[[Category:Basketball players from New York (state)]]
[[Category:Basketball players from Ohio]]
[[Category:College men's basketball head coaches in the United States]]
[[Category:Duke Blue Devils men's basketball players]]
[[Category:George Washington Revolutionaries men's basketball coaches]]
[[Category:Louisville Cardinals men's basketball coaches]]
[[Category:McDonald's High School All-Americans]]
[[Category:Navy Midshipmen men's basketball coaches]]
[[Category:Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball coaches]]
[[Category:Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball coaches]]
[[Category:Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)]]
[[Category:People from Manlius, New York]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Onondaga County, New York]]
[[Category:People from Medina, Ohio]]
[[Category:Point guards]]
[[Category:S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumni]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Greater Cleveland]]
[[Category:Syracuse Orange football players]]
[[Category:Christian Brothers Academy (DeWitt, New York) alumni]]

Revision as of 21:15, 29 December 2024

Greg Paulus
Paulus with Duke in 2009
Niagara Purple Eagles
PositionHead coach
LeagueMetro 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 schoolChristian Brothers Academy
(DeWitt, New York)
CollegeDuke (2005–2009)
PositionPoint guard
Number3, 2
Coaching career2010–present
Career history
As coach:
2010–2011Navy (assistant)
2011–2017Ohio State (assistant)
2017–2018Louisville (assistant)
2018–2019George Washington (assistant)
2019–presentNiagara
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.

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
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Niagara Purple Eagles (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (2019–present)
2019–20 Niagara 12–20 9–11 T–6th
2020–21 Niagara 9–11 7–9 5th
2021–22 Niagara 14–16 9–11 5th
2022–23 Niagara 16–15 10–10 T–5th
2023–24 Niagara 16–16 11–9 6th
2024–25 Niagara 6–7 1–1
Niagara: 73–85 (.462) 47–50 (.485)
Total: 73–85 (.462)

      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.

  • Gatorade Male Athlete of the Year (all sports)[3]
  • 2005 Gatorade New York state Player of the Year[3]
  • Four-time all-state[3]
  • All-America status in 2005 according to McDonald's, Parade, EA and Student Sports[3]
  • New York State Mr. Basketball as a senior[17]
  • National High School Coaches Association senior athlete of the year[3]
  • 2004 Gatorade National Football Player of the Year[18]
  • USA Basketball Junior National Select team for the 2005 Nike Hoops Summit[3]
  • 2005–06 Freshman All-America Second Team[3]
  • 2006 ACC All-Tournament Second Team[3]
  • 2007–08 Third team All-ACC selection[3]
  • 2008 Third team Academic All-America[19]
  • 2009 Third team Academic All-America[20]
  • Three-time ACC All-Academic team[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ Nieto, German (August 29, 2009). "Greg Paulus Announced Starting QB, But Should We Really Be Suprised? [sic]". Bleacher Report. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  2. ^ "BasketballRecruiting.Rivals.com". Archived from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Greg Paulus bio". goduke.com. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  4. ^ "Greg Paulus". CNNSI.com. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2007.
  5. ^ Parrish, Gary (November 11, 2008). "Putting Paulus on bench a risky move for Coach K". CBS News. Archived from the original on March 13, 2009. Retrieved April 14, 2009.
  6. ^ Bennett, Brian (August 17, 2009). "Paulus named the Orange's starting QB". ESPN. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  7. ^ "South Florida 34-20 Syracuse (Oct 3, 2009) Box Score". ESPN. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  8. ^ "Greg Paulus is not a member of the Saints". NBC Sports. May 11, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  9. ^ "Paulus Joins Coaching Ranks". foxsports.com. Archived from the original on August 5, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
  10. ^ Baptist, Bob. "Ohio State men's basketball program hires Paulus as video coordinator". Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
  11. ^ "Men's Basketball – Greg Paulus bio". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  12. ^ Greer, Jeff (October 19, 2017). "Louisville names Greg Paulus as an assistant basketball coach on David Padgett's staff". courier-journal.com. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  13. ^ "Paulus Named Assistant Coach for Men's Basketball". George Washington University. June 13, 2018. Archived from the original on May 14, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  14. ^ Ditota, Donna (April 30, 2019). "Patrick Beilein hires Greg Paulus as Niagara basketball assistant coach". syracuse.com. Syracuse.com. Archived from the original on May 14, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  15. ^ "Greg Paulus Named Interim Head Coach". Niagara University Athletics. October 24, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  16. ^ Lenzi, Rachel (November 6, 2019). "Greg Paulus to become Niagara's permanent head men's basketball coach". The Buffalo News. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  17. ^ "NYSSWA reference section: Mr. Basketball awards". newyorksportswriters.org. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  18. ^ "QB wins Gatorade award, will play hoops at Duke". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 16, 2004. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  19. ^ "Paulus Named Third Team Academic All-America". goduke.com. February 26, 2008. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  20. ^ "ESPN THE MAGAZINE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® TEAM" (PDF). cosida.com. p. 4. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  21. ^ Greer, Jeff (March 18, 2009). "The NCAA Tournament's Best Students: Duke's Greg Paulus". usnews.com. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Greg Paulus.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Greg_Paulus&oldid=1266046236"