Updated 8/1/23

Greg Ruttler is in his ninth year as the head men’s soccer coach at Stockton, his alma mater. Ruttler has gone 75-51-21 (.582 winning percentage) in his eight years at the helm, leading the Ospreys to an NJAC Tournament berth in seven of his eight seasons. 

Last year, Ruttler coached Stockton to a 10-6-3 record as his squad reached double figures in wins for the fourth time during his tenure. Stockton went 9-9-2 and snagged an NJAC Tournament berth in 2021 after the Ospreys played a COVID-shortened season in Spring 2021 and posted a 3-3 record

Ruttler guided Stockton to a 10-6-4 mark in 2019 for the third double-digit win total in his first five years. The Ospreys led the NJAC in goals against average and reached the semifinals of the NJAC Tournament. In 2018, Stockton posted eight wins with a tough schedule that included five games against teams that finished the season ranked in the top 25 nationally. Ruttler’s 2017 squad got off to an 8-0-1 start, the team’s best since 2000, on the way to a berth in the NJAC semifinals and a 14-4-4 record. 

A season earlier, Ruttler steered a young 2016 team that featured 16 newcomers to seven wins. Stockton showed promise by closing the regular season with five straight victories, including four in conference play. Ruttler made an impressive debut by leading the Ospreys to a 14-6-1 record and earning the NJAC Coach of the Year award in 2015. He helmed Stockton to second place in the conference standings and an ECAC tournament berth in his first year as a college head coach.

Ruttler moved up to the head coaching position after nine years as assistant and then associate coach for the Ospreys. During that time, the program’s record was 119-61-22 (.644 winning percentage) with two NCAA Tournament appearances.

Ruttler joined the staff at his alma mater in 2006 three years after getting his start in coaching at the high school level. He helped lead Stockton to at least 11 wins in all nine of his seasons, including NCAA Tournament berths in 2008 and 2010. During that time, the Ospreys also made seven ECAC tournament appearances and won the ECAC Metro title in 2013.

As a player, Ruttler helped propel the Stockton men’s soccer program to its greatest heights, winning the NCAA championship in 2001 and reaching the NCAA Final Four in 1999. He was a 2001 NSCAA Third Team All-American, three-time NSCAA All-Region, three-time NJAC First Team and the leading scorer on Stockton’s 2001 national champion squad.

Ruttler is tied atop Stockton’s all-time games played list (97) and stands third at Stockton in career points (125) and assists (39) plus fifth in goals (43). He earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Stockton in 2003. Ruttler was inducted into the Stockton Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011 and South Jersey Soccer Hall of Fame in 2013.