![]() Head Coach Josh Huber
Josh Huber wrapped up his 13th season with the Centenary College golf program. During his tenure with the team, the Cyclones have competed as an independent school and within the Skyline and PAC Conferences. The team is entering its fourth season as a member of the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC). In 2011, the team continued its steady improvement with a fifth-place finish in the CSAC Tournament after two-straight seasons of finishing in sixth. Junior John Manos tied for third overall in the event to take home First Team All-CSAC honors, the first All-Conference award of his career and the first for a Cyclone since current assistant coach Brian Flexer received All-Skyline honors in 2005. Manos shot a 79 on the first day and a career-best 76 on the second. Sophomore Brian Criscuolo carded a career and team-season-high 74 on the first day of the Championship, eventually tying for 14th-place. Huber led the 2011 squad to one of the best seasons in program history. The team placed 11th out of 19 teams in the Moravian Invitational and followed that with a sixth-place finish out of 17 teams in the Lebanon Valley Invitational that saw senior Sean Kelley tie for sixth overall out of 86 golfers. CC then placed seventh out of 14 teams in the Susquehanna Invitational thanks to Manos, who tied for fourth overall with a 77. Off the course, four golfers earned CSAC All-Academic Team honors. The 2010 campaign saw the team twice set program-records in scoring, first with a 328 in the Centenary Quad Tournament on April 9 and then with a 313 in a win over Purchase on April 20. Against PC, Kelly and freshman Brian Criscuolo each shot a 76, a personal-best score for each. The Cyclones finished sixth in the CSAC Tournament for the second consecutive season. In 2009, Huber led the team to a sixth-place finish in the conference tournament. With all of his starters returning for the 2009-10 campaign, Centenary golf looks to build on its success of the past year. During his tenure, Huber has had one player qualify for the ECAC Golf Championships as an individual (Fall, 2004) and another finish as the runner-up in the Skyline Conference (Fall, 2005). Huber took over the Centenary program in 1998, when he was hired as the school’s Sports Information Director. Prior to coming to Centenary, he was a three-year letterwinner for the Allentown College golf team and graduated from there in 1998 with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Sports Management. This past year he took on the mantle of Assistant Athletic Director at Centenary. He currently resides in Bethlehem, Pa., with his wife Stef and their sons Jacob and Landon. Assistant Coach James FoxJames Fox enters his first season as assistant coach of the Centenary golf team. Fox arrives in Hackettstown with a broad background in both playing and teaching golf. A graduate of Pope John XXIII Regional High School in Sparta, Fox went on to study at the University of South Carolina and continued on to the International Junior Golf Academy of Hilton Head Island to advance his game and experience. Fox will assist head coach Josh Huber in all aspects with the Cyclones. Fox is a proven instructor, working as a certified personal coach with GolfTEC in Woodland Park, N.J. Fox has served as an assistant golf professional and director of outside operations with Alpine Country Club, host of the 2008 N.J. State Open. Assistant Coach Brian Flexer
Brian Flexer enters his sixth season on the Centenary coaching staff. Flexer joined the staff five years ago, one year removed from the competition side. As a player, he was Centenary’s top competitor in both his junior and senior seasons. Following his graduation in December of 2007, Flexer chose to continue working with the Cyclone program. During his two-plus seasons as player for Centenary, Flexer led the team in scoring average in both the fall and spring seasons. At the 2005 Skyline Conference Championships he finished second overall at the two-day event, shooting 77 in consecutive days en route to his 154 two-day total. Assistant Coach Sean KelleySean Kelley joins the Centenary coaching staff after competing for four seasons on the Cyclones golf team. In his senior season, he finished with a team second-best 82.5 stroke average and was named to the CSAC All-Academic Team. Throughout his career, Kelley also received CSAC Weekly Honor Roll and Team MVP honors as a golfer. He most recently graduated from Centenary college in 2011 and now looks to gain experience as an assistant coach under his former coach Josh Huber. |