Christopher Feliciano joins the Fordham volleyball coaching staff for the 2010 season after a very successful coaching career at New Jersey City University.
A recipient of the AVCA 30 under 30 Award, Feliciano was the winningest coach in NJCU history with a 117-28 record in 145 matches for a .807 winning percentage and was the 2007 New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Coach of the Year. NJCU appeared in the postseason in each of Feliciano's years as head coach--the only four years the Knights have ever appeared in a post-season tournament. In that first season, the Knights won 30 matches for the first time ever, finishing 30-6, and qualified for the first post-season tournament in the first 22 years of the program's existence. NJCU was selected to the ECAC Division III South Tournament for the first time, and won the Association of Division III Independents championship.
NJCU returned to the NJAC in 2005 after one year as an independent, and during the next three years, Feliciano led the Knights to a combined 23-1 in conference play, winning the league's regular season title and #1 seed in the NJAC Tournament in 2005 and 2007, appearing in the NJAC championship match in three consecutive seasons. The 2005 season culminated with the first NJAC volleyball crown in school history, as well as the first for any women's sports team, and a berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament. In 2006, NJCU won a single-season school record 33 matches. After finishing second in the conference and losing in the finals, the Knights were the No. 1 seed in the ECAC Tournament and won the championship of the eight-team regional event hosted in Jersey City.
In 2007, NJCU was 28-6, won another NJAC regular season title with an 8-0 ledger, before falling in the finals. NJCU was the No. 2 seed in the ECAC Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals. Feliciano earned NJAC Coach of the Year honors for the first time in his career for his efforts. The club won 30 consecutive games and 47-of-48, while stringing together a 16-match winning streak. Feliciano also served as head men's volleyball coach at NJCU for four years from 2004-07, finishing with a mark of 72-54 (.571). He was named the 2005 North East Collegiate Volleyball Association Metro Division Coach of the Year. After leaving NJCU, Feliciano coached one season at Bloomfield College before coming to Rose Hill.
Feliciano is a 2003 graduate of New Jersey City University with a bachelor of arts in Media Arts and a minor in Economics. He was a four-year standout on the men's volleyball team from 1999-2003, finishing his career with 1,082 kills, one of only four men's players to have reached the 1,000-kill club in their careers.