Stockton University Athletics

Updated 8/11/25

Greg Ruttler is in his 11th year as the head men’s soccer coach at Stockton, his alma mater. Ruttler has gone 95-61-32 (.587 winning percentage) in his 10 years at the helm, leading the Ospreys to NJAC Tournament berths in nine of his 10 seasons. He ranks second in program history in victories.

Last year, Ruttler led the Ospreys to nine wins and their first NJAC championship game appearance since 2004. During the season, Ruttler surpassed Tim Lenahan for second in Stockton history in wins. He coached Stockton to an 11-4-5 record in 2024 for the team’s highest win total since 2017, hitting double figures in wins for the fifth time in his tenure.

Stockton posted a 10-6-3 mark in 2022 after going 9-9-2 a year earlier. The Ospreys played a COVID-shortened season in Spring 2021 and went 3-3. Ruttler guided Stockton to a 10-6-4 mark in 2019. The Ospreys led the NJAC in goals against average and reached the semifinals of the NJAC Tournament. In 2018, Stockton recorded eight wins against a tough schedule that included five games against teams that finished the season ranked in the top 25. 

Ruttler’s 2017 squad got off to an 8-0-1 start, the team’s best since 2000, on the way to a 14-4-4 record. A season earlier, Ruttler steered a young 2016 team with 16 newcomers to seven wins. Stockton showed promise by closing the regular season with five straight victories. 

Ruttler made an impressive debut in 2015 by leading the Ospreys to a 14-6-1 record and earning the NJAC Coach of the Year award. 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 Stockton to at least 11 wins in all nine of his seasons, including NCAA Tournament berths in 2008 and 2010. 
 
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.