ERRY SCHULTE

Schulte has a career record of 103-93-1 between head coaching stints at Mater Dei, Wall and Rumson-Fair Haven. During his head coaching tenure at Rumson from 2016-21, the Bulldogs went 50-15 and won two state titles, a regional championship and four division titles. They also reached the state finals in 2017, 2019 and 2021.

Also a member of the New Jersey Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Schulte began his head coaching career at Mater Dei from 1980-84. He then served as Wall’s head coach from 1990-99, leading the Crimson Knights to six winning seasons.

Schulte is best known for his tenure at Rumson-Fair Haven, where he initially served as the defensive coordinator under former coaches Shane Fallon and Bryan Batchler during the Bulldogs’ rise to perennial state title contenders. He has been an assistant or head coach for all seven of Rumson’s state titles in its history, which have all come since 2010.

He became known for his masterful defensive game plans in state finals, including a 14-6 win over a previously unbeaten Weequahic team that came into the 2013 Central Jersey Group II championship game averaging 39.9 points per game. Schulte’s defense also held previously undefeated Matawan to 7 points in 2010 when the Bulldogs won their first state title.

In 2016, Rumson became just the third Shore Conference program to win four straight sectional titles.

Schulte’s son, Jeremy, took over as head coach of Rumson-Fair Haven this past fall and upheld the family’s winning tradition. Jeremy led the Bulldogs to the South Jersey Group II title and a berth in the inaugural NJSIAA Group II championship game in his first season with Jerry as one of his assistants.