STORRS — UConn will look for a new men’s soccer coach after athletic director David Benedict announced Friday that Chris Gbandi will not return.
Gbandi went 44–31–17 in five seasons. His 2025 team reached the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2018 and advanced to the round of 16.
Gbandi helped UConn win the 2000 national championship as a player and won the Hermann Trophy that year. He returned to Storrs as head coach in December 2021 after Ray Reid retired.
UConn said the national search would begin immediately and that Stefan Defregger would stay on the coaching staff during the transition.