Gregory Russell Paulus (born July 3, 1986) is an American

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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

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and

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. Paulus is a former multi-sport athlete, playing

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as a

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on the

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men's

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and later

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Biography

Greg Paulus was born in

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, and grew up in

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, before moving to the

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suburb of

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. 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

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player

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41–35 in the title game at the

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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

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and Notre Dame. He also received basketball scholarship offers from Duke,

, Georgetown,

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and

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. He chose to play basketball and joined Duke.

Freshman

Paulus was a member of the Duke team that finished with a 32–4 record and won the

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(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

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. 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.

Sophomore

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 had a career high with 25 points against Virginia Commonwealth on March 15, 2007.

Junior

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

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Football

Paulus announced on May 14, 2009, that he would play

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. Paulus was named the starting

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for the 2009 season. 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.

Professional career

Paulus tried out with the

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in May 2010. Contrary to initial reports, he was not offered a contract. He got another shot with the Saints in June 2010 when he was again invited to minicamp.

Career statistics

Basketball

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Football

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Coaching career

Paulus was hired as an assistant basketball coach at

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in August 2010. Paulus was hired as the basketball video coordinator for Ohio State University in May 2011. Paulus was promoted to assistant coach for Ohio State University in the summer of 2013. In the fall of 2017, Paulus left Ohio State and was hired to be an assistant coach for the

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under interim head coach David Padgett. 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

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for the 2018–19 season and following this season, he returned to

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and joined the

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team to be an assistant coach on Patrick Beilein's staff. On October 24, 2019, Paulus was named Niagara's interim head coach after Beilein resigned for "personal reasons". It was later announced that Paulus would become the permanent head coach.

Head coaching record

Awards and honors

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

References

External links

Syracuse Orange bioESPN profileDuke Blue Devils bio
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Biography

College basketball

Freshman

Sophomore

Junior

Senior

Football

Professional career

Career statistics

Basketball

Football

Coaching career

Head coaching record

Awards and honors

See also

References

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