Greg Herenda

Greg Herenda
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Fairleigh Dickinson
Record 18-42
Biographical details
Born North Bergen, New Jersey
Playing career
1980–1983 Merrimack College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1989
1989–1994
1994–1997
1997–1999
1999–2005
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–2013
2013–present
Merrimack (asst.)
Holy Cross (asst.)
Seton Hall (asst.)
Yale (asst.)
East Carolina (asst.)
Elgin CC
Cabrini
UMass Lowell
Fairleigh Dickinson
Head coaching record
Overall 144–121

Greg Herenda is the head coach of the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball team.[1] He previously served as the head coach at UMass Lowell.[2] An avid music lover, Herenda's favorite songs include Van Halen's hit, "Jump" and "Jump Around" by House of Pain. He also is credited with a minor role in the 2007 film Stomp the Yard as an enthusiastic stomper and an ongoing role in the television show The Simpsons as the voice of Stampy the Elephant.

Biography

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.

Head coaching record

College

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
Fairleigh Dickinson: 18–42 (.300) 9–25 (.265)
Total: 144–121 (.543)

      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