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July 10, 2007 |
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KURZINSKY NAMED HEAD MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH AT KEAN |
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“We are confident that
the men’s basketball program is in good hands,” stated Kean Director of
Athletics Glenn Hedden. “Rob has tremendous experience at all levels of
the game and is a proven recruiter who can attract quality
student-athletes to Kean.”
With 16 years of
experience, Kurzinsky most recently worked for a pair of tri-state area
Division I schools. He was the assistant men’s basketball coach and
recruiting coordinator at Saint Peter’s last season and the director of
men’s basketball operations at Columbia University in 2005-06.
Prior to his arrival at
the Ivy League school, Kurzinsky was the head men’s basketball coach and
assistant athletic director at Rockland Community College in Suffern, NY,
for five seasons. During his tenure at
Rockland, all 23 of his players graduated with associate degrees and
advanced to four-year institutions to continue their academic and athletic
careers. Kurzinsky helped revive a program that had won just nine games in
the four years prior to his arrival, steering
Rockland to a 40-38 in
Region XV play during his five seasons at the helm.
“This is a great
opportunity for me to coach in one of the strongest conferences in all of
Division III and to be part of a strong athletic department,” said
Kurzinsky. “Kean has enjoyed great success throughout the department and I
want to infuse that championship mentality into the men’s basketball
program.
“Our facilities are brand
new and better than anything I’ve seen in Division III,” he explained.
“And this university sits squarely in perhaps the most fertile ground for
basketball talent in the country. We have a lot to look forward to and I
can’t wait to get started.”
Kurzinsky began his
coaching career in 1992 as the assistant varsity boys’ basketball coach at
Church
Farms
School
in the suburbs of Philadelphia while completing his undergraduate degree
at West Chester
University.
Two years later, Kurzinsky moved to girls’ basketball when he was named
the assistant varsity coach at Unionville (PA) High School, a post he held
until 1996.
In 1996, Kurzinsky earned
his first collegiate coaching job when he was named the head coach of the
women’s basketball and softball teams at Bucks County Community College in
Yardley, PA. He then moved to Harcum College as the head coach of women’s
basketball and volleyball before making the jump to Division I Manhattan
College of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, where he was the
assistant women’s basketball coach and recruiting coordinator from 1998
until 2000. Kurzinsky is a 1994 graduate of West Chester University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Physical Education. |