Wesleyan University

Greg Cumpstone is entering his third season with the Wesleyan men's soccer team in 2023 and first as associate head coach. Cumpstone grew up in Killingworth, Connecticut and attended Haddam-Killingworth High School before starring for Hofstra University for four years.
 
In addition to his role at Wesleyan, Cumpstone is the Technical Director and Director of Coaching for CT Rush, a local club out of North Branford, CT. At CT Rush Cumpstone oversees the Select program which pools the best talent from within and outside the club into regional-based teams. 
 
At the high school coaching level, Cumpstone is a two-time New Haven Register Coach of the Year (2018, 2020) as he served as the head coach for Daniel Hand for three seasons (2018-20). Cumpstone certainly left his mark with the program as he led Daniel Hand to two Class L State Championships as well as an SCC Tournament Championship in the pandemic-shortened 2020-21 campaign. 
 
In his collegiate playing days, Cumpstone starred for Hofstra University, ranking second all-time in career shutouts with 16 clean sheets. He was named to the CAA All-Rookie Team in 2008 while a two-year team captain in his junior and senior years. He graduated in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree as a dual major in arts, history and secondary education.
 
With his remaining year of eligibility, Cumpstone pursued his master’s degree while playing soccer for Southern Connecticut State. He achieved a masters of arts degree from SCSU in history in 2016.
 
Cumpstone holds numerous coaching accreditations including a USSF B License (2023) USC Advanced National Diploma (2021), NSCAA Small Sided Games Diploma (2015), La Liga Methodology III Diploma (2016) and several United Soccer Coaches diplomas including sports performance (2021), performance analysis (2021), key moments in the game (2019), defending principles of play (2019), attacking principles of play (2019) and 11v11 formations and systems (2019)