“The experience taught me to take responsibility for my team and to take ownership of my team. “I am part of a select group that I can say won a Group IV state title,” he said. Looking back, that championship is one of - if not the highlight of - my career other than playing on the national team and turning professional. “We had a lot of confidence going into the state tournament,” Gillen said, “and we were able to put it all together. On their way back to school, the Raiders were escorted by fire trucks. The Raiders won the title, downing Westfield in the final rain on the artificial surface at Trenton State College, now The College of New Jersey. We refused to be beaten by teams with a bunch of underclassmen.” and (assistant coach) John Crowley trying to motivate us by discussing the team banquet,” Gillen said. Hardly the record state championship dreams are made of.
The Raiders, Gillen recalled, were 11-5 at one point. “We had a senior dominated team,” said Gillen, who played sweeper, “and we trusted C.Z.” He captained the Raiders with Mike Ruhnke and Joe Flaherty when they won the title under first-year coach Bob Czarniewski, now an East assistant. Gillen showed early in his career that he had the stuff to be a leader. He has allowed me to have a smooth transition into North into a brand new teaching environment. “I am in the classroom with James each day,” Gillen said, “and he has made this experience tremendous. Cleveland keeps the clock at several of North’s home girls soccer matches. He reports to James Cleveland, the Mariners’ head boys basketball coach. Right now, I am trying to work through the first season. “I am pleased with them and proud of them. “I am very excited about what our girls have done,” he said. One of the Mariners’ biggest victories was a conquest of defending Group III champion Toms River South in a regular-season match. Under Gillen, North has qualified for the Shore Conference and NJSIAA tournaments. The Mariners struggled to a 6-9-3 record last season. It has turned out to be a very rewarding experience.”
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I have learned how to push their buttons and how to let up when I am supposed to. I coach soccer the way I have always coached it. They are different than boys in terms of their behavior. There are 21 girls standing in front of you. I am used to coaching collegiate players. “Coaching high school girls has been an eye-opening experience to say the least,” he said. This is Gillen’s first year of coaching girls at any level although he has worked with them at camps. “I enjoy coaching the girls and bringing back to the area a lot of what I have learned. Yes, Ted Gillen has been around - only to find there is no place like home. He has played in Canada, England, South America, Holland and Mexico. He coached collegiately at major universities. He played professionally for the New York-New Jersey MetroStars of Major League Soccer. He was a member of the Final 50 before being trimmed from the Olympic team bound for Seoul. He was a member of the United States National Team. He won honors at Penn State where he played under a coach named Walter Bahr, the father of former NFL kickers named Matt and Chris. He starred at Toms River East, helping the Raiders win the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association 1985 Group IV state title. A lot of my friends and family are still here.” I love to run (Gillen has completed three marathons in as many attempts) down here. The summer is too great to be away from this place. I have two nieces here who I enjoy immensely. “The more I was away, the more I felt I wanted to come back.
Gillen comes to North from Long Island, N.Y., where he worked as an annuity specialist for Merrill Lynch for the last six years. They’re more like it for the Toms River High School North head girls soccer coach. They were too much for Ted Gillen.Ĭorner kicks. TOMS RIVER - The business suit, the computers, the pressures of handling other people’s money. Published in the Ocean County Observer 10/31/02 “Back where he belongs: Gillen enjoys being at North” Ocean County Observer feature acticle on Boca alumni and men’s team member Ted Gillen – published October 31, 2002.
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