Education
Masur graduated from Columbia High School in 1980.
Masur graduated from Columbia High School in 1980.
He is the head coach of the Saint John"s University men"s soccer team Youth
He was a multi-sport athlete at Columbia, playing on the basketball and lacrosse team He had his greatest success as a three year starter on the Columbia soccer team, winning the Group IV State Championship his junior and senior seasons.
In May 2006, Masur was elected to the Columbia High School Hall of Fame.
In 1979, the New York Cosmos drafted Masur out of high school, but he elected to attend Rutgers University where he played on the men"s soccer team from 1981 to 1984. He was the team"s 1982 and 1983 Most Valuable Player, and served as team captain from 1982 to 1984.
Masur made the All-Regional team as a sweeper from 1982 to 1984. Masur became the third soccer player to be inducted into the Rutgers Olympic Sports Hall of Fame.
In 1989, Rutgers retired his jersey.
Professional
In June 1985, the Chicago Sting selected Masur in the second round of the Major Indoor Soccer League draft. He played one season with Chicago before being released during the 1986 off season. In October 1986, Masur signed with the expansion Toledo Pride in the American Indoor Soccer Association.
The Pride folded at the end of the season.
In August 1987, he became head coach of Montclair State. In March 1988 Masur returned to playing when he signed with the New Jersey Eagles of the American Soccer League.
He played both the 1988 and 1989 seasons with the Eagles. In 1990, Masur moved to the Penn-Jersey Spirit of the American Professional Soccer League.
He played for the Spirit again in 1991.
From 1994–2000, he played for the North Jersey Imperials in the USISL.
In 1984, Masur became an assistant coach with Rutgers, a position he held for two seasons. In August 1987, he became the head coach at Montclair State which had just finished its season at 4–10. Masur turned the program around and over four seasons compiled a 53–21–6 record, taking the team to three National Collegiate Athletic Association post-season tournaments.
On January 30, 1991, he became the head coach of the Saint John"s University men"s soccer team
The Red Storm also reached ten consecutive National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament Rounds of sixteen from 1996 to 2005. Masur was inducted into the Saint John's Athletics Hall of Fame in May 2004.
Masur also coaches youth soccer. Doctor Masur received his masters degree from Montclair State and his Doctorate in Education Administration and Supervision and Leadership from Saint Johns.