Washington State University Athletics
Soccer
Chris Citowicki
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- athletics.soccer@wsu.edu
Chris Citowicki was named the eighth head coach in WSU soccer program history, December 12, 2025, after eight seasons as the head coach at Montana.
In 2025, the Griz swept the Big Sky Conference regular season and tournament championships, advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time under Citowicki. Citowicki arrived to Missoula in May 2018 and led the Griz to nine Big Sky Championships, including three-consecutive regular-season titles and capped with the 2025 Big Sky Tournament Championship. The 2023 Big Sky Coach of the Year, Citowicki finished at Montana with a 79-39-32 record and four NCAA postseason appearances.
Montana had one of its best seasons in program history in 2023, going 13-3-3 and ending the season with an RPI of 96. The Griz repeated as Big Sky regular-season champions in 2024, going 6-0-2 in league to become the first program in Big Sky history to go unbeaten in back-to-back seasons.
Prior to arriving at Montana, Citowicki spent the 2017 season as the associate head coach at North Dakota. The Fighting Hawks had their most successful season as a Division-I member, finishing 6-8-4, a four-win improvement from the previous year.
Citowicki earned his first college head coaching position at Division-III St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota. He led the Wildcats for six seasons from 2011 to 2016. The Wildcats went 1-17 in Citowicki's first year and improved to 9-8 the following fall, the biggest turnaround that season in Division-III.
In 2016, in Citowicki's final season, the Wildcats went 11-6-2 and advanced to the semifinals of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) tournament for the first time in program history.
Citowicki was a graduate assistant at Division- II Bemidji State for the 2006 and 2007 seasons, then coached at Shattuck-St. Mary's School in Faribault, Minnesota. He was an assistant coach at Division-III Augsburg in 2010 before being hired by St. Catherine.
He spent eight years working in the Minnesota Olympic Development Program and coached five years for the Minnesota Thunder Academy, an ECNL club.
Citowicki earned an undergraduate degree in sports administration from Lock Haven in 2006 and a master's degree in sport studies from Bemidji State in 2008.
Originally born in Poznan, Poland in 1983, Citowicki left Poland as a two-year-old with his family to escape political unrest, living in a refugee camp in Italy before moving to South Africa and Australia during his childhood.
He and his wife, Aryn, have a daughter, Vivia, and a son, Sebastian.
In 2025, the Griz swept the Big Sky Conference regular season and tournament championships, advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time under Citowicki. Citowicki arrived to Missoula in May 2018 and led the Griz to nine Big Sky Championships, including three-consecutive regular-season titles and capped with the 2025 Big Sky Tournament Championship. The 2023 Big Sky Coach of the Year, Citowicki finished at Montana with a 79-39-32 record and four NCAA postseason appearances.
Montana had one of its best seasons in program history in 2023, going 13-3-3 and ending the season with an RPI of 96. The Griz repeated as Big Sky regular-season champions in 2024, going 6-0-2 in league to become the first program in Big Sky history to go unbeaten in back-to-back seasons.
Prior to arriving at Montana, Citowicki spent the 2017 season as the associate head coach at North Dakota. The Fighting Hawks had their most successful season as a Division-I member, finishing 6-8-4, a four-win improvement from the previous year.
Citowicki earned his first college head coaching position at Division-III St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota. He led the Wildcats for six seasons from 2011 to 2016. The Wildcats went 1-17 in Citowicki's first year and improved to 9-8 the following fall, the biggest turnaround that season in Division-III.
In 2016, in Citowicki's final season, the Wildcats went 11-6-2 and advanced to the semifinals of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) tournament for the first time in program history.
Citowicki was a graduate assistant at Division- II Bemidji State for the 2006 and 2007 seasons, then coached at Shattuck-St. Mary's School in Faribault, Minnesota. He was an assistant coach at Division-III Augsburg in 2010 before being hired by St. Catherine.
He spent eight years working in the Minnesota Olympic Development Program and coached five years for the Minnesota Thunder Academy, an ECNL club.
Citowicki earned an undergraduate degree in sports administration from Lock Haven in 2006 and a master's degree in sport studies from Bemidji State in 2008.
Originally born in Poznan, Poland in 1983, Citowicki left Poland as a two-year-old with his family to escape political unrest, living in a refugee camp in Italy before moving to South Africa and Australia during his childhood.
He and his wife, Aryn, have a daughter, Vivia, and a son, Sebastian.
WSU Soccer: "This Place is Special" | Chris Citowicki Introductory Press Conference | 1/26/26
Saturday, January 24
WSU Soccer: Highlights at Pacific | 11/8/25
Saturday, November 08
WSU Soccer: Highlights vs. San Francisco | 11/5/25
Thursday, November 06
WSU Soccer: "Really Proud of Zora, Jordyn" | HC Todd Shulenberger USF Postgame | 11/5/25
Thursday, November 06
