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Greg Herenda
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamFairleigh Dickinson
ConferenceNEC
Record36–57
Biographical details
Born (1961-04-02) April 2, 1961 (age 63)
North Bergen, New Jersey
Playing career
1980–1983Merrimack College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1989Merrimack (asst.)
1989–1994Holy Cross (asst.)
1994–1997Seton Hall (asst.)
1997–1999Yale (asst.)
1999–2005East Carolina (asst.)
2006–2007Elgin CC
2007–2008Cabrini
2008–2013UMass Lowell
2013–presentFairleigh Dickinson
Head coaching record
Overall161–136
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NEC Tournament championship (2016)
Awards
2016 NABC District 18 Coach of the Year[1]

Greg Herenda (born April 2, 1961) is the head coach of the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball team.[2] He previously served as the head coach at UMass Lowell.[3]

Biography

Herenda grew up in North Bergen, New Jersey[4] and played high school basketball at St. Peter's Preparatory School.[5]

Coaching career

After playing at Merrimack College, where he set the single game record for assists in a game with 22, Herenda joined the Warriors coaching staff, where he stayed for four seasons before joining the staff at Holy Cross. He also had stints as an assistant with Seton Hall, Yale, and East Carolina before landing his first head coaching job at Elgin Community College in 2006–07.

In his one and only season with ECC, Herenda guided the team to an 18–11 record, helping the squad reach the Region IV District B Junior College Championship game for the first time in school history. After a one-year stop as the head coach of Division III Cabrini College, Herenda was hired at UMass Lowell, where he led the team to a 21–8 record and second place finish in the Northeast-10 Conference. It sparked a run of four-straight appearances in the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship, averaging 19 wins per season in his first five years at the helm.

On April 24, 2013, Herenda accepted the head coaching job at Fairleigh Dickinson, replacing Greg Vetrone. In his third year with Fairleigh Dickinson, Herenda coached a team who started no upperclassmen, (four sophomores and one freshman) to the school's first Northeast Conference Championship since 2005.[6]

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Elgin C.C. (Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference) (2006–2007)
2006–07 Elgin CC 18–11 N/A N/A
Elgin CC: 18–11 N/A
Cabrini College (Colonial States Athletic Conference) (2007–2008)
2007–08 Cabrini 12–14 N/A N/A
Cabrini: 12–14 N/A
UMass Lowell (Northeast-10 Conference) (2008–2013)
2008–09 UMass Lowell 21–8 16–6 2nd NCAA East Regional First Round
2009–10 UMass Lowell 20–12 13–9 7th NCAA East Regional First Round
2010–11 UMass Lowell 20–10 14–8 6th NCAA East Regional First Round
2011–12 UMass Lowell 19–11 13–9 4th NCAA East Regional First Round
2012–13 UMass Lowell 15–13 10–12 8th
UMass Lowell: 95–54 (.638) 66–44 (.600)
Fairleigh Dickinson (Northeast Conference) (2013–present)
2013–14 Fairleigh Dickinson 10–21 6–10 8th
2014–15 Fairleigh Dickinson 8–21 3–15 T–9th
2015–16 Fairleigh Dickinson 18–15 11–7 T-2nd NCAA First Four
2016–17 Fairleigh Dickinson 0–0 0–0
Fairleigh Dickinson: 36–57 (.387) 20–32 (.385)
Total: 161–136 (.542)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ^ "#NECMBB Lands 10 on NABC All-District 18 Teams, Herenda Named Coach of the Year". northeastconference.org. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  2. ^ http://www.nj.com/college-basketball/index.ssf/2013/04/fdu_chooses_greg_herenda_as_new_head_mens_basketball_coach.html
  3. ^ http://www.goriverhawks.com/coaches.aspx?path=mbball&rc=328
  4. ^ Pelzman, J.P. "FDU's Greg Herenda makes believers of his players, then leads them to NCAAs", The Record (Bergen County), March 12, 2016. Accessed March 29, 2016. "When Greg Herenda was a teenager growing up in North Bergen, he and his brother Bill and their friends would play on an outdoor court across the street from their house."
  5. ^ Hague, Jim. "TASTY TIDBITS: North Bergen native Herenda tabbed as new FDU hoops coach; Union City baseball team recovers from slow start", Hudson Reporter, April 28, 2013. Accessed March 29, 2016. "Herenda, who grew up in North Bergen, playing basketball at St. Peter’s Prep and later Merrimack College, said that it was tough to leave Lowell."
  6. ^ http://fduknights.com/boxscore.aspx?path=mbball&id=6245


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