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) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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