Drew to recognize veteran soccer coaches Saturday

Morristown Daily Record

Lenny Armuth is the head men's soccer coach at Drew University. (Courtesy of Drew University)

Drew men's and women's soccer head coaches Lenny Armuth and Christa Racine will each be recognized for 25 years of service on Saturday.

Armuth and Racine will be honored in a separate ceremonies during halftime of their respective games versus Elizabethtown. Members of both 1994 soccer teams, their first at Drew, are expected to attend.

Armuth arrived after one season as an assistant coach at Rutgers and a highly successful stint as the Kean women's soccer head coach. He has guided the Rangers to eight conference championships, three ECAC titles, and nine appearances in the NCAA Division III Tournament.

Armuth has a career record of 364-125-50 (.723). Entering the 2019 season, he ranked as the 11th-winningest active Division III men's soccer coach.

Long-time Drew women's soccer coach Christa Racine will become athletic director on July 1.

Just months after graduating from Rutgers, Racine signed on as an assistant coach of the Rangers women's soccer team. She became the head coach a year later, and transformed the fledgling program into a consistent winner. The Rangers have made the conference playoffs 15 times, as well as their first MAC title and NCAA Division III tournament appearance, an ECAC championship in 2010 and a Landmark Conference title and another NCAA berth in 2013.

Racine has recorded a 258-199-45 record, and ranked 43rd in career victories among active Division III women's soccer coaches entering the season. She has also served as Drew's director of athletics since the spring of 2017.