1. Gregory Russell Paulus was born on July 3,1986 and is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team.
22 Facts About Greg Paulus
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Greg Paulus previously served as an assistant basketball coach for Louisville, Ohio State and George Washington University.
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Greg Paulus was born in Medina, Ohio, and grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin, before moving to the Syracuse suburb of Manlius, New York.
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Greg Paulus has six siblings: David, Matt, Dan, Chris, Mike and Sarah.
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Greg Paulus was named Gatorade Athlete of the Year due to his accomplishments in football and basketball.
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Greg Paulus was named New York State Mr Basketball following his senior season at CBA.
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Greg Paulus was ranked as the number one recruit out of high school.
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Greg Paulus received scholarship offers to play football at the University of Miami and Notre Dame.
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Greg Paulus received basketball scholarship offers from Duke, Syracuse, Georgetown, Florida and North Carolina.
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Greg Paulus was selected for the All-America freshman 2nd team.
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Greg Paulus had a career high with 25 points against Virginia Commonwealth on March 15,2007.
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Greg Paulus averaged 16 minutes a game, in part due to the development of sophomore guard Nolan Smith.
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Greg Paulus announced on May 14,2009, that he would play college football at Syracuse University.
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Greg Paulus was named the starting quarterback for the 2009 season.
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Greg Paulus 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.
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Greg Paulus tried out with the NFL's New Orleans Saints in May 2010.
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Greg Paulus got another shot with the Saints in June 2010 when he was again invited to minicamp.
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Greg Paulus was hired as an assistant basketball coach at Navy in August 2010.
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Greg Paulus was hired as the basketball video coordinator for Ohio State University in May 2011.
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Greg Paulus was promoted to assistant coach for Ohio State University in the summer of 2013.
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Greg Paulus was not retained for assistant under new Louisville head coach Chris Mack following the end of the season.
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On October 24,2019, Greg Paulus was named Niagara's interim head coach after Beilein resigned for "personal reasons".