David Wright

After 16 years as a coach and administrator at Gettysburg, David Wright assumed the role of Director of Athletics on June 1, 2002. Since that time, the Bullet athletic program has reached new heights in its athletic tradition, including the construction of The Center for Athletics, Recreation and Fitness which opened its doors in the fall of 2009.

A native of Goshen, N.Y., Wright joined Gettysburg in 1986 as head men’s soccer coach and assumed administrative duties as assistant director of athletics in 1990 before becoming associate director of athletics in 1996. Wright returned to the coaching fold as the acting head coach for the 2010 season.

His Bullet soccer teams were 221-99-26 in 18 seasons and won three Centennial Conference championships and a pair of ECAC South Region titles. In addition, his teams appeared in the NCAA tournament in seven of his final 10 seasons and he coached four All-Americans and five CC Players of the Year. He was named Middle Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year in 1992 and he has been named NSCAA Middle Atlantic Region Coach of the Year three times (1991, 1993, 1997).

Wright is a 1982 graduate of the State University of New York (SUNY) at Cortland with a master’s degree from Brigham Young University. He was a first-team All-America soccer player at SUNY Cortland and, in 1981, was a Senior Bowl participant and nominated for the Hermann Trophy, given to the nation’s top soccer player.

At Gettysburg, Wright serves on a number of committees, including marketing, recreational/fitness facility and enrollment management. His professional affiliations include former chair of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Division III Men’s Soccer Rankings Committee, and membership in the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.