The second-winningest active Division I head men's soccer coach by victories (468), Dr. Dave Masur completed his 39th season as a head coach in 2025 with a 468-213-118 (.660) overall record that includes a 415-192-112 (.655) mark in 35 seasons at St. John's. During his tenure in Queens, St. John's has won a national championship (1996), made four appearances in the NCAA College Cup (1996, 2001, 2003 and 2008) and reached 23 NCAA Tournaments, including 15-straight from 1992-2006. A testament to the program's consistent success, the Red Storm was the only program in the nation to reach 10-consecutive NCAA Tournament Rounds of 16 from 1996-2005. With Masur on the sidelines, the Red Storm has won a conference-record nine BIG EAST Tournament titles as well as seven BIG EAST regular season crowns, and has earned 31 BIG EAST Tournament berths.

Masur has instilled a team-first focus and an emphasis on group leadership and overall preparation to a St. John's program that has risen to the upper echelon of collegiate soccer. The Red Storm has garnered numerous team, individual and academic achievements, and Masur has guided the squad to an average of nearly 12 wins per season (11.9).

Individual accomplishments are as varied for Masur as they are for the many highly decorated players he has coached. The Montclair, N.J., native has twice been named national coach of the year - by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/United Soccer Coaches in 1996 and by Soccer America in 2001. He is also a two-time collegiate All-American, a four-time BIG EAST Coach of the Year and a six-time Northeast Region Coach of the Year. Masur is also a member of the St. John's University, Rutgers University, Columbia High School, New Jersey Soccer and Columbia Soccer halls of fame.

Chris Wingert's 2003 MAC Hermann Trophy as the nation's top collegiate player highlights an impressive list of individual honors for Masur's student-athletes. Red Storm players have combined for 15 All-America, 74 All-Region and 112 All-BIG EAST selections in his tenure. Additionally, players have been selected in the Major League Soccer SuperDraft.

In addition to his work on the sidelines, Masur has excelled in the academic realm. He holds a doctorate in education administration supervision from St. John's, an M.A. in physical education from Montclair State and a B.S. in sports management from Rutgers and has instilled his value of education to each of the hundreds of players he has coached.

Wingert and Matt Groenwald were both named College Sports Communicators (CSC), formerly CoSIDA Academic All-Americans of the Year. Since CoSIDA began awarding Academic All-America and Academic All-District honors, Red Storm players have racked up 23 All-District and 11 All-America selections. Wingert and Groenwald earned Academic All-America honors three times each, while Jeff Stepan earned Academic All-America accolades twice. As a team, the squad has earned the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Team Academic Award 14 times. In 2025, Bjorn Nikolajewski became the CSC Academic All-America First Team selection since Stepan in 2007.

The Red Storm made its return to the NCAA Tournament in 2025 for the first time in four years, earning an at-large bid out of a five-bid BIG EAST Conference. The Johnnies finished the campaign with a 9-6-4 record and tallied a win and two ties over top-20 opponents. Guilherme Gomes became the fourth player in program history to be named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year recording nine goals and two assists (20 points). Three Johnnies- Bjorn Nikolajewski (First Team), Gomes (Third Team) and Godwin Partey (Third Team) earned All-BIG EAST honors.

In 2024, Masur led the Johnnies to another BIG EAST Tournament berth behind 14-goal scorer and All-BIG EAST First Team selection Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau. The striker went on to be selected in the third round of the MLS SuperDraft by the Vancouver Whitecaps. Masur also guided the likes of All-BIG EAST Second Team selection Macoumba Ba in his first season after transferring in from Louisville as well as Third Team honoree goalkeeper Alec McLachlan.

In 2021, St. John’s reached the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three opportunities and the 22^nd time overall in program history after finishing third in the BIG EAST. The Johnnies turned in an overall record of 11-6-3, advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament against Oregon State after taking down Princeton in the opener at Belson Stadium. After the season, BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year Luka Gavran became the first St. John’s player to be named an All-American since 2008 and was one of three Johnnies alongside Lucas Bartlett and Tani Oluwaseyi to be selected in the MLS SuperDraft. Bartlett, a First Team All-BIG EAST selection, became the highest draft pick in program history after going sixth overall to FC Dallas.

St. John's reemerged as a national contender in 2019, returning to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2013 and earning a national seed (no. 16) for the ninth time in program history. The team reached the NCAA Round of 16 for the 12th time under Masur after rising as high as no. 4 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll and no. 1 in the RPI in late October. Masur led the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year while Tani Oluwaseyi was named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year and Jan Hoffelner took home BIG EAST Co-Goalkeeper of the Year honors. Four other Johnnies earned spots on All-BIG EAST Teams, as Brandon Duarte and Skage Simonsen made the second team while Brandon Knapp and Einar Lye took home third team designation.

After a four-year absence from 2013-16, the Red Storm has qualified for the six-team BIG EAST Men’s Soccer Championship in each of the past four of the past five seasons. In 2017, BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year Harry Cooksley and BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year David Enstrom captained St. John’s to a 5-2-2 conference mark and a third place finish in the regular season standings. The Red Storm downed Creighton in the quarterfinals before falling to Georgetown in its first semifinal appearance since 2011. In 2018, Masur guided Skage Simonsen to BIG EAST Freshman of the Year honors, as the 6-foot-3 Norwegian became the first St. John’s player to claim the award since Wojtek Krakowiak in the national championship season of 1996.

Following the 2014 season, Tim Parker was chosen by Vancouver Whitecaps FC with the 13th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. The first player in program-history to be selected in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft, Parker capped his standout four-year Red Storm career by earning both third team NSCAA All-Region accolades and unanimous First Team All-BIG EAST honors as a senior.

The 20th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history highlighted the 2013 season as St. John's advanced to the Second Round and posted an 11-7-2 record. Tim Parker earned First Team All-BIG EAST honors as the squad had four all-conference selections for the second-straight season. St. John's also had three players earn NSCAA All-Northeast Region honors for the second-straight season as Parker, a first team honoree, was joined by third team selections Rafael Diaz and Jimmy Mulligan. The team also earned the NSCAA Team Academic Award, while Mulligan garnered third team NSCAA/adidas Scholar All-America accolades.

St. John's finished 10-5-4 in 2012 and capped the season by advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in five seasons and 19th time in program-history. Led by a quartet of All-BIG EAST selections, including first teamers Jack Bennett and Rafael Diaz, and second team honorees Tim Parker and Jamie Thomas, the Red Storm posted eight shutouts and a 0.75 goals against average. Bennett, Diaz and Parker also earned NSCAA All-Northeast Region honors as the Red Storm garnered its most all-region selections since 2008.

A conference-record ninth BIG EAST Tournament crown highlighted a 2011 season that also featured the 18th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history. Connor Lade earned both first team NSCAA All-Region and second team All-BIG EAST honors and Pablo Punyed was named the BIG EAST Co-Midfielder of the Year, the fourth St. John's player to earn the award. Masur recorded both his 350th head coaching win and his 300th St. John's win as the squad finished with a 14-7-2 mark. Lade signed a homegrown contract with the New York Red Bulls following the season, while Punyed and Walter Hines were both selected in the MLS Supplemental Draft.

St. John's finished 10-6-2 in 2010 and had four players earn All-BIG EAST honors, including first team selection Tadeu Terra. Second team NSCAA All-Region and third team All-BIG EAST selection Connor Lade led a defense that posted 10 shutouts, while goalkeeper Rafael Diaz earned both second team Soccer America All-Freshman honors and BIG EAST All-Rookie accolades.

St. John's won its conference-record eighth BIG EAST Tournament title in 2009 and reached the NCAA Tournament for the 17th time in program history. Five All-BIG EAST selections, including one first team honoree and four second team choices, helped lead the squad to a 9-3-9 record. In a 2-0 win against Georgetown on Sept. 18, the night St. John's unveiled new mascot Johnny Thunderbird, the attendance of 2,518 set a new Belson Stadium record.

The 2008 season featured the fourth College Cup appearance in program-history, a BIG EAST regular season title and a No. 4 ranking in the season's final NSCAA poll. Joel Gustafsson earned both All-America and All-Region honors, and was the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year, while Nelson Becerra earned All-Region honors and was named the BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year. A total of six players earned All-BIG EAST honors to pace the squad to a 19-3-3 mark. Stalwart defense and stellar goalkeeping gave the team a school-record and nation-leading 16 shutouts. Capped by three home wins in the NCAA Tournament, the Red Storm finished the year with a 12-0-0 record at Belson Stadium. St. John's earned its trip to the College Cup with a 3-2 overtime win against then-No. 12 Indiana, a game in which the Red Storm erased a 2-0 deficit with less than ten minutes in regulation.

In its run to the 2006 BIG EAST Tournament title, the Red Storm established a new school-record with seven-straight shutouts and defeated then-No. 2 West Virginia, 1-0, with 4.4 seconds left in overtime to earn a 15th-consecutive bid to the NCAA Tournament.

The 2005 team reached the NCAA Round of 16 for the 10th-straight season and finished with an 11-6-5 record, including a 4-1-2 mark against ranked teams. The Red Storm led the league with five All-BIG EAST selections, including three first team choices and two second team honorees, and Jason Landers became St. John's first-ever BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year.

A trip to the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals capped a 2004 season in which the Red Storm finished 12-6-4.

The Red Storm made its third College Cup appearance in 2003 and finished with a 17-6-3 record. With wins over perennial national powers UC Santa Barbara, Creighton and Maryland, St. John's faced familiar foe Indiana again in the national championship. The Hoosiers scored twice in the first 20 minutes of the match and held on to win by a final score of 2-1.

The opening of Belson Stadium highlighted a 2002 season in which St. John's also reached No. 1 in the national rankings. St. John's played then-No. 1 Wake Forest to a 1-1 draw in front of a sellout crowd of 2,242 in the first game at Belson.

After the program's eighth and ninth-straight NCAA Tournament appearances in 1999 and 2000, the 2001 team won the BIG EAST Tournament championship and advanced to the College Cup. The Red Storm won six-consecutive postseason contests and defeated then-No. 1 Southern Methodist to advance to the national semifinals against Indiana. The Hoosiers prevailed, 2-1, in overtime to avenge a 1-0 season-opening win by St. John's.

The Red Storm set a BIG EAST Conference record in 1998 by winning the fifth tournament championship in program-history.

St. John's won a second-straight BIG EAST regular season title in 1997 as the team went 9-1-1 in league play and finished 18-4-2 overall. The Red Storm posted a school-record 15 shutouts and allowed just 13 goals in 24 games on its way to the second-highest win total in program-history.

The 1996 team set new single-season records for wins (22), goals (80), assists (88) and points (248) on its way to the first NCAA national championship in St. John's University history and a BIG EAST regular season title. St. John's handled Florida International, 4-1, in the championship game to cap a 22-2-2 season.

A stellar run of success immediately followed Masur's arrival in 1991, as the Red Storm won a then-program record 12 games in his first season. In 1992, St. John's won its first-ever BIG EAST Tournament championship and made its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Red Storm followed that up with BIG EAST Tournament titles in 1993, 1994 and 1995 as part of a run of four-straight tournament crowns.

Prior to his remarkable success at St. John's, Masur began his career as a head coach at Montclair State in 1987. As a rookie coach, Masur nearly doubled the team's win total from the season before, finishing with a 7-5-2 overall mark. Montclair State went 17-4-3 and won the ECAC New York-New Jersey Regional Championship in 1988 and followed that up with a 13-8-1 record, a New Jersey Athletic Conference championship and an NCAA Tournament berth in 1989. In his final season at Montclair State in 1990, Masur led the Redhawks to a 16-4-0 overall record and its second berth in the NCAA Tournament.

Masur began his coaching career at his alma mater, Rutgers University, in 1984. He was an assistant to his former coach Bob Reasso for two seasons before taking the job at Montclair State.

Following his graduation from Rutgers, Masur was drafted by the New York Cosmos and went on to play professionally with the Chicago Sting, Toledo Pride, New Jersey Eagles, Penn Jersey Spirit and New Jersey Imperials.

As a player at Rutgers, Masur was a two-time All-American and just the third soccer player in school history to be inducted into the Rutgers Olympic Sports Hall of Fame. The only Scarlet Knight player to be named an All-American in back-to-back seasons, Masur earned national distinction in 1983 and 1984, as well as all-region honors from 1982-84.

As part of a playing career at Columbia High School, Masur was a Parade All-American and earned New Jersey State Player of the Year accolades.

Masur, and his wife, Shannon, have three daughters, Samantha, Jessica and Sidney, and a son, Christopher David. They reside in Montclair, N.J.

Name	Title	Phone	Email Address
Dr. David Masur	Associate Athletics Director/Men's Soccer Head Coach	6197	masurd@stjohns.edu
David Janezic	Associate Head Coach	2098	janezicd@stjohns.edu
Seth Roland	Assistant Coach
Bjorn Nikolajewski	Volunteer Assistant Coach

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