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Peter Gallagher enters his tenth season as football coach and is
the 27th head coach in the program’s 114-year history.
He led the Bears to a 6-5 record in 2009, with a 6-2 mark in
conference play. Those six wins were the most in Centennial play
for the Bears since 1999. The Bears qualified for the ECAC
playoffs. He currently holds a 40-52 record at Ursinus.
In 2007, Gallagher led the Bears to a 7-3 finish and a 5-3 mark in
Centennial Conference play. That marked the first time Ursinus had
back-to-back winning seasons since 2000-01. The five wins in
conference play were the most by Ursinus since the 2000 season.
The 2006 season marked the first time under Gallagher that the
Bears made their first postseason appearance, competing in the ECAC
Southwest Bowl. The 8-3 squad also tallied a 4-2 Centennial
Conference mark, finishing second in the CC.
In 2001, Gallagher guided the Bears to a 6-4 record, their third
consecutive winning season. In doing so, Gallagher became the first
Bears’ coach since 1931 (Jack McAvoy) to post a winning mark
in his rookie season. Gallagher’s 2001 squad produced the
nation’s leading rusher, two All-Americans, and the
school’s first-ever Gagliardi Trophy finalist, given annually
to the top player in Division III football.
Gallagher came to Collegeville from the University of Rochester,
where he served as the Yellowjacket’s defensive coordinator.
In 2000, Gallagher’s defense was ranked nationally in all
four major categories, including scoring defense, rushing defense,
total defense, and pass efficiency defense. The Yellowjacket
defense broke two school records, produced an All-American, and had
a player named rookie of the year in three conferences.
Prior to his appointment at Rochester, Gallagher enjoyed
successful coaching stints at Dartmouth College, Wagner College and
Georgetown University. Gallagher received his baccalaureate degree
in business and government from West Virginia Wesleyan College in
1993. He earned his M.B.A. from Wagner College in 1997. While at
Wesleyan, Gallagher earned All-West Virginia Athletic Conference
honors and was a preseason All-American. He resides in New Hanover
Township with his wife Stacy and two daughters, Kaleigh and
Madison.
Rusiewicz is in his ninth year on the staff at Ursinus. Before the 2007 season, he was promoted to associate head coach. He spent his first two years on the staff coaching the secondary, before being promoted to defensive coordinator in 2003.
In his tenure at Ursinus, he has coached four All-Americans and 36 all-conference players, as well as posting 12 career shutouts. In 2009, Rusiewicz was finalist for the 2009 AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year. In 2007, the Ursinus College defense was ranked among the leaders in the Centennial Conference in both passing and rushing defense.
His other coaching experience includes a stint as founder, owner, general manager and offensive coordinator of the Scorpions semi-professional football team in Eastern Pennsylvania.
Rusiewicz played one year at Shippensburg University, before receiving a bachelor’s degree in sports management from DeSales University in 2001. He presently resides in Royersford with his Wife Tara and daughters Brooke (3) and Natalie (9 Months).”
Now in his 13th season on the Bears’ staff, Gavlick has
over 20 years of coaching experience, with stints at Pennsbury and
Neshaminy High School in Bucks County. He has served in various
roles on the staff, including kickers and punters coach last
season, offensive line coach when Ursinus advanced to the NCAA
Players and the ECAC Playoffs in 1999 and 2000, respectively. He
will be coach the tight ends this season. He earned a
master’s degree in Spanish from Kutztown University and lives
in Langhorne with his wife Kathy and son Bernie, a 2001 graduate of
Ursinus.
Goldstein is back for his second year at Ursinus, coaching the linebackers. He previously coached at Ursinus in 1981 and from 2006-07. He brings 20-plus years of college football experience having made stops at Swarthmore, Villanova, Cheyney and Valley Forge. He was the head coach at Yeadon High School from 1975-79, where he was an assistant in 1972. He also coached at the Haverford School in 1973.
Following a 2 ½ year tour of duty in Vietnam, he taught in the William Penn School District from 1972 to 2004. A 1969 graduate of West Chester with a degree in Health and Physical Education, he earned his master’s from WCU in 1973.
Coach Ortman was elevated to offensive coordinator in 2008, after serving as tight ends coach. He came to Ursinus in 2007 after serving as head football coach at Morrisville High Shool and Council Rock High School. He recently was the head coach at Council Rock North from 2002-06.
Quigley is in his seventh season as a member of the Ursinus coaching staff and will coach the offensive line again this season. Quigley was a standout offensive lineman at Georgetown University where he was a first-team All-American and a two-time all-conference selection. A native of California, Quigley spent three years as an analyst with Cushman & Wakefield in Los Angeles before entering coaching. He now resides in Collegeville, Pa.
Terlesky is in his third year on the staff at Ursinus. He recently coached football and track at Upper Dublin High School for four years, and is currently a health and physical education teacher at Friends Select School. He was a tight end at West Virginia University, where he went to two bowl games (Insight and Music City). He finished his career at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and went to two national playoffs.
Zach Zullinger is in his third season at Ursinus, coming to Collegeville from Randolph-Henry High School in Virginia where he was an assistant coach for the varsity team. He was a two-year starter on the line at Hampden-Sydney College, where he graduated from in 2007.
