Chris Grassie

Biography

Chris Grassie was named Marshall University’s head men’s soccer coach on Jan. 10, 2017. In 2023, Grassie took Marshall to its fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance as the team won its most games in a season at 18. He coached players to several awards including Matthew Bell who earned the Sun Belt Conference Player and Offensive Player of the Year awards, Defensive Player of the Year Morris Duggan and Goalkeeper of the Year Gabriel Perrotta. Bell, Duggan and Perrotta were All-Sun Belt First-Team selections with Taimu Okiyoshi being a second-team selection. During the 2022 season, The Herd earned its fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament berth along with its fourth straight season with double digit wins going 11-4-4. Grassie coached the squad to several awards in the program's first season in the Sun Belt seeing Milo Yosef named the SBC Player and Offensive Player of the Year, Matthew Bell being named SBC Freshman of the Year and Adam Aoumaich being named the league's Newcomer of the Year. Marshall had four all-conference first-team selections with Bell, Yosef, Vinicius Feranades and Gabriel Alves along with a pair of second-team honorees in Aoumaich and Oliver Semmle. In 2021, Marshall won double-digit matches for the third-straight year, program’s longest streak since 1995-98, with 11 more wins. The Herd was ranked in the top 25 throughout the season and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Marshall’s defense set two more team records with seven-straight clean s