Coaching Staff
Matt Giufre
Head Coach
Head coach Matt Giufre enters his eighth season at the helm for the Hawks in 2009. Over the past seven seasons, Giufre has built the Hawks into one of the rising programs in the region. He has coached 23 All-State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) selections, four East Division Player of the Year (2002, 2005, 2006, and 2007) and two Rookie of the year (2004 and 2006), three all-regional players and one All-American. Coach Guifre has compiled an overall record of 172-100 (.632%) in his seven years and has earned SUNYAC coach of the year recognition in 2004 and 2006.
He has coached his team to the SUNYAC Tournament the past five years, and in 2008 the squad earned the program’s first-ever NCAA Tournament bid. New Paltz won their first three matches to be crowned the NCAA Regional Champions to advance to the Elite Eight before losing to eventual NCAA Runner-up LaVerne College. The Hawks ended their season with a 32-10 record, the highest win total in the history of the volleyball program.
Prior to his appointment at SUNY New Paltz, Giufre spent four years as the assistant women's volleyball coach at perennial national championship contender SUNY Cortland. During that time, the Red Dragons compiled an impressive 132-34 record, reached the NCAA Division III Tournament all four years and advanced to the quarterfinals in 1998 and 2000.
In addition to his coaching duties, Giufre is an active member of the NCAA Regional Advising Committee, the AVCA Top 25 Voting Committee and the AVCA All-America Awards Committee.
Giufre is a 1998 graduate of SUNY Cortland where he earned a degree in physical education. He received his master's degree in health education from SUNY Cortland in 2002.
Contact Matt Giufre at ext. 3919 or giufrem@newpaltz.edu.
Jamie Kraus
Assistant Coach
Jamie Kraus begins her first year as the assistant coach for the women’s volleyball team in 2009.
Prior to joining the women’s volleyball staff, Jamie was the assistant to the theater manager at Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, New York. Her responsibilities included managing the box office, handling ticket orders, hospitality for artists, assisting with bookings and creating marketing materials.
At Potsdam, Jamie played four years for the volleyball team and earned SUNYAC All-Academic Team from 2004-2007 and SUNYAC Commissioner’s List from 2005-2007. In the spring of 2007, Jamie was inducted into the Phi Kappa Lambda (National Music Honor Society).
A graduate of SUNY Potsdam Crane School of Music in 2008, Jamie earned her bachelor’s degree in Music Business with a concentration in trumpet.
Contact Jamie Kraus at ext. 3919 or jkjk88@gmail.com.