 Dr. Gerry DiBartolo
Men's Soccer
Email:
grdibartolo@salisbury.edu
Head Coach Gerry DiBartolo led Salisbury University to its 14th straight winning season
in 2005, finishing 17-3-1 on the season. The team was denied its sixth
consecutive CAC Championship when York College defeated Salisbury, 1-0, in
early November. Despite not winning the conference title, the Sea Gulls
returned to the NCAA tournament for the seventh straight year. The team
advanced as far as the second round, when they were defeated, 1-0, by the
Stevens Institute of Technology.
In 2005, the Sea Gulls began the season by shutting out the opponent for
the first eight games of the season and remained unbeaten in its first 15
games. The Sea Gulls were led offensively by senior captain Bill
Whittington, who scored a time-high 14 goals and six assists, good for 34
points. Whittington was named CAC Player of the Year for his efforts.
SU's
trademark defense, traditionally one of the nation's stingiest, once again
finished among the national leaders in 2005. The Gulls were seventh
nationally in goals against average (0.47) while also recording 13
shutouts during the year. Salisbury had the nation's top-ranked defense in
2002, when the Gulls set new team records for fewest goals allowed in a
season (7) and most consecutive shutouts (5). SU led the nation with a
0.36 goals against average that year.
Championships, playoffs and national rankings have become a staple with
the Sea Gull program in recent seasons. DiBartolo has piloted the Sea Gulls
to five conference championships and five NCAA
Tournament bids since 1999. The Sea Gulls have also been consistently ranked among the national elite,
with numerous rankings in the national top 10 poll, topped by a #6
ranking during the 2002 season and the #3 ranking in 2004.
Always among the most competitive programs in the South Region, the Sea Gulls
made their first major splash on the national scene during a memorable 1999
campaign in which Salisbury finished with an 18-4-1 record and advanced to
the national quarterfinals (final eight) of the NCAA Tournament. The Gulls established 12 new team
and individual records that season while claiming their first Capital Athletic
Conference championship and first NCAA South Region title.
The Sea Gulls have won 11 or more games each year since 1992. The Sea Gulls are the only conference team to have played in the Capital Athletic
Conference's
championship game every year since 1994. DiBartolo has been named the
conference's Coach of the Year four times, winning the honor in 1994, 1999,
2000 and 2004. He has also been recognized as the NSCAA's
South Region Coach-of-the-Year five times (1992, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004)
including his third straight award in 2004. DiBartolo completed his 23rd season in
2004 with a 261-137-32 career mark and ranks as the all-time
winningest coach in the program's 68-year history. He reached the 250-win career
milestone during the 2004 season with a 3-2 victory at Goucher
College.
Honors and awards are nothing new for the well-respected Sea Gull mentor.
DiBartolo was recognized as the Maryland Small College Coach of the Year in 1983 and 1984 as the
Gulls captured the Maryland State Championship both seasons. He also led Salisbury
to the
Eastern States Athletic Conference (ESAC) championship in 1987 and 1992, and was recognized
as the ESAC's Coach-of-the-Year in 1992.
A 1975 graduate of Frostburg State University, where he played for four seasons and captained
the team as a senior, DiBartolo worked two years as the assistant coach there before moving to
the Eastern Shore. He served as a Sea Gull assistant for three seasons before taking over as head
coach in 1982. During his tenure, DiBartolo has served as chair of the ECAC's Division III
South Tournament selection committee and has also served as a member of the NCAA Division
III Tournament selection committee. He is currently regional chair of the NCAA's Men's
Soccer Committee.
In addition to his soccer duties, DiBartolo also serves on the faculty in Salisbury's Franklin P. Perdue School of
Business. DiBartolo earned his D.B.A. from The
George Washington University in 1995. He and his wife, Mary, have two children, Dominic and
Anthony, and reside in Salisbury.
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