Education
Gurnett graduated from Spencerport High School where he played on two Sectional Championship teams. He attended Monroe Community College where he played on nationally ranked teams. He graduated in 1977 with a degree in economics.
Gurnett graduated from Spencerport High School where he played on two Sectional Championship teams. He attended Monroe Community College where he played on nationally ranked teams. He graduated in 1977 with a degree in economics.
In 2009, he is coaching for his 32nd season. Gurnett stepped down from coaching in 2010 and was succeeded by his longtime assistant coach Thomas "Sike" Dardaganis. He transferred to the University of Rochester where he started for two seasons.
Right after graduation, he became a coach for Rochester"s women"s soccer.
Gurnett explained "I hadn"t the foggiest notion of what I was doing––and some will say I still don"t" in an interview in 2010. The team often plays at Rochester"s Edwin Fauver Stadium which has 5,000 seats, fieldturf, lights, a press box, locker rooms, and a training room.
While Gurnett was coaching, the Rochester women"s soccer teams were consistently ranked in the "top 25" in national polls. There were 33 consecutive years when the team had ten or more wins in the season.
At the end of the 2008 soccer season, he had 397 wins.
Gurnett has coached and worked at the University of Rochester while the office of the university"s president has changed six times. At that point, his overall record was 400 wins, 127 losses, and 60 ties. In November 2009, his team is working towards a playoff spot.
By September 2010, the record was 410 wins, 131 losses, and 62 ties totaling 603 games.
Gurnett commented on changes he"s witnessed during his lengthy career:
The biggest change has been in the respect given to female athletes and the way that female athletes are thought about. You don"t even have to say female athletes.
They"re athletes, and they represent the very highest ideals. -- Terry Gurnett, 2010.
He is Rochester"s Associate Director of Athletics for Advancement.
He lives in Spencerport, New New York
While at the university, he was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Gurnett is the National Chair of the NSCAA All-America Committee, a member of the Division III Ranking Committee, and a member of the ECAC Women's Soccer Tournament Selection Committee.