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Andriy Budnyy

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    Volunteer Assistant, Men's Soccer

2022 will mark Andriy Budnyy’s first year on staff with the Warriors. He comes to Stan State after serving as the assistant coach at Azusa Pacific University from 2015-2021. He served as the lead assistant to the Cougar team that during his tenure, became one of the premier NCAA D2 soccer programs on the West Coast. 

No stranger to Head Coach Morgan Cathey, Budnyy and Cathey were collegiate teammates at APU from 2004-2006, in which they went on to finish runners up in the NAIA National Championship in 2005. 

In 2002, Budnyy attended Bard College. He transferred to San Jose State University in 2002. He then transferred to Azusa Pacific University, where he earned the 2005 Golden State Athletic Conference and Region II Player of the Year award. 

During his college years he also played two seasons with Cascade Surge in the USL Premier Development League, helping the team to two PDL Northwest Division titles, and being named to the PDL All-Western Conference teams in both 2004 and 2005. 

Having spent much of the early part of 2006 training with Chivas USA of Major League Soccer, Budnyy signed his first professional contract with Charlotte Eagles of the USL Second Division on 28 June 2006 and subsequently played in 8 games for the team, scoring 1 goal 

Budnyy returned to his homeland of Ukraine in 2006, playing initially for Arsenal Bila Tserkva and then for Obolon Kyiv. He was the top scorer for Obolon's reserves, FC Obolon-2 Kyiv, in the Ukrainian Second League in 2007–2008, with 20 goals 

Budnyy returned to the United States in early 2009, and joined Carolina RailHawks of the USL First Division in April 2009. On 22 July 2009, the RailHawks sent him on loan for one game to the Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL Second Division. On 22 February 2010 Carolina announced the re-signing of Budnyy to a new contract for the 2010 season. Budnyy then joined USL Pro club Wilmington Hammerheads in February 2011. 

Budnyy and his wife Julie have two children.

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