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Greg Herenda (born April 2, 1961) is an American basketball coach and former player. He is currently an assistant coach at Elon.[1] He is the former head coach of the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball team.[2] and previously served as the head coach at UMass Lowell.[3]

Greg Herenda

Current position
Title	Assistant coach
Team	Elon
Conference	CAA
Biographical details
Born	(1961-04-02) April 2, 1961 (age 61) North Bergen, New Jersey, U.S.
Playing career
1980–1983	Merrimack College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1989	Merrimack (asst.)
1989–1994	Holy Cross (asst.)
1994–1997	Seton Hall (asst.)
1997–1999	Yale (asst.)
1999–2005	East Carolina (asst.)
2006–2007	Elgin CC
2007–2008	Cabrini
2008–2013	UMass Lowell
2013–2022	Fairleigh Dickinson
2022–present	Elon (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall	230–243 (.486)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NEC-10 tournament championship (2010) 2x NEC tournament championships (2016, 2019)
Awards
NABC District 18 Coach of the Year (2016)

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] This coaching performance earned him NABC District 18 Coach of the Year honors.[7]

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 (.621)	N/A
Cabrini College (Colonial States Athletic Conference) (2007–2008)
2007–08	Cabrini	12–14	N/A	N/A
Cabrini:		12–14 (.462)	N/A
UMass Lowell (Northeast-10 Conference) (2008–2013)
2008–09	UMass Lowell	21–8	16–6	2nd	NCAA Division II East Regional First Round
2009–10	UMass Lowell	20–12	13–9	7th	NCAA Division II East Regional First Round
2010–11	UMass Lowell	20–10	14–8	6th	NCAA Division III East Regional First Round
2011–12	UMass Lowell	19–11	13–9	4th	NCAA Division II 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) (2013–2022)
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 Division I First Four
2016–17	Fairleigh Dickinson	11–19	9–9	T–5th
2017–18	Fairleigh Dickinson	13–18	9–9	T–6th
2018–19	Fairleigh Dickinson	21–14	12–6	T–1st	NCAA Division I First Round
2019–20	Fairleigh Dickinson	11–19	9–9	T–5th
2020–21	Fairleigh Dickinson	9–15	8–10	8th
2021–22	Fairleigh Dickinson	4–22	5–13	T–8th
Fairleigh Dickinson:		105–164 (.390)	72–88 (.450)
Total:		230–243 (.486)
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

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