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With a 3-1 victory over
McDaniel at the University of Scranton Invitational on September 15, NJCU
head women's volleyball Christopher Feliciano became the all-time
winningest women's volleyball coach in school history.
In 20004, Feliciano
inherited a program that had a 246-368 (.400) all-time record and just
five winning seasons in its first 21 years. Less than two and a half
seasons later, he has guided the Gothic Knights to an NJAC Championship
while breaking the school record for career coaching victories.
Currently with a
three-year record of 68-18 in 86 matches and a .790 winning percentage,
Feliciano broke the record of his former head coach, Frank Cella, who
owned a 64-63 ledger over 127 matches in four seasons from 1995-98.
A four-year star for
the Gothic Knights men's volleyball program, Feliciano was named the
10th coach in program history—has made a smooth and
successful transition from the court to the bench, since returning to
his alma mater for the 2004 men’s and women’s campaign.
Feliciano previously coached on the high school level, serving as
junior varsity coach at his alma mater—Union High School in Union,
NJ—where he led the girls to back-to-back Union County championships
in 2002 (19-1) and 2003 (22-1). Before becoming coach at Union, he was
a volunteer from 1997-2001.
Feliciano was a four-year star for the Gothic Knights at outside
hitter from 1999-2000, and 2002-2003, missing the 2001 season with a
right knee injury that required surgery. He was a two-year captain
from 2002-2003. He finished his career with 1,082 kills, the
second-highest total in the history of the men’s program, and fourth
most among men’s and women’s players at the institution.
Including kills, Feliciano graduated in the top 10 in six major
statistical categories, ranking second in total points with 1357 (1082
kills, 63 aces, 212 blocks), third in attack attempts (2465), fourth
in block assists (178), 10th in total blocks (212) and 10th
in digs (636). His 422 kills in 2003 are eighth on the single-season
charts. Meanwhile, the 4.49 kills per game average ranks third in a
single-season and he was fifth in points per game with 4.91 as a
senior.
Feliciano is a May 2003 graduate of NJCU with a bachelor of arts in
Media Art and a minor in Economics. In addition to his coaching
duties, he is in his fourth year teaching seventh grade language arts
and social studies at Newark’s Rafael Hernandez School of Performing
Arts.
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