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Head Coach Enrico Mastroianni

Enrico Mastroianni completed his third season as Centenary's head men's basketball coach. In three years he has guided the team to 33 victories, including 24 conference wins, and two Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Tournaments.

The Centenary men’s basketball team finished their 2010-2011 season at 9-15 overall and 7-11 in the CSAC. Late in the season, five-straight home wins by the Cyclones nearly landed them in the playoffs for the third straight season. However, needing one more win to earn a berth to the conference tournament, CC came up short at Marywood in the season finale.

Senior guard Rob Urie received Second Team All-CSAC accolades and became Centenary's all-time leading scorer since the program became an NCAA affiliated organization. Urie also received the Centenary athletic department’s Cardy Gemma Award, which honors a graduating student-athlete that demonstrates outstanding athletic ability, attitude and leadership on and off the playing field. Junior Larry Lenahan tied a program record with five-straight games where he tallied a double-double. Off the court, men’s basketball received seven CSAC All-Academic Team accolades and two NABC Honors Court members.

The 2009-10 squad finished 11-15 overall and 9-9 in CSAC action, reaching the conference tournament as the sixth seed. Centenary achieved many individual and team milestones during the season. Ryan Kearney and Urie each passed the 1,000-point plateau and Centenary handed eventual CSAC-champion Cabrini its only conference loss, 81-80 at the Folkner Family Gymnasium. Kearney was named First Team All-CSAC, Third Team All-ECAC and Second Team All-Met.

Mastroianni’s first year was very successful, as he led the young Cyclones to a 13-13 overall record and an 8-8 mark in the CSAC. The team picked up more victories in 2008-09 than it had the last five seasons combined, and received the program’s first conference tournament berth in five years. Two student-athletes received All-CSAC accolades, as Andrew Baker was named to the Second Team and Kearney earned Honorable Mention honors.

Mastroianni came to Hackettstown after spending four seasons as the associate head coach at Misericordia University in Dallas, Pa. During his time with the Cougars, Mastroianni was also the head JV basketball coach, the Academic Coordinator for the Men’s Basketball team, top recruiter and major contributor to all strategic game-day and practice planning. 

Mastroianni is a 1999 graduate of Penn State University where he completed his undergraduate degree in Marketing and International Business. In 2007 he completed his Master’s Degree in Education at Misericordia University.

He has been instrumental in developing his players which is evident in their 13 All-Conference awards, including three First Team honors, four Second Team accolades and three Honorable Mentions. He was named Centenary's Coach of the Year in 2009 and has coached three 1,000-point scorers.

Mastroianni currently resides in Budd Lake, N.J., with his wife Jamie and their daughters, Angelina and Elena.

Assistant Coach Milan Vujicic

Milan Vujicic begins his first season as an assistant coach with the Centenary men’s basketball team. Vujicic joins the Cyclones after a spending one season as a head coach with NYC Phoenix Basketball in New York City, N.Y. Prior to that, he had two-year stint on the coaching staff at Feather River College in Quincy, Calif., where he was responsible for preparing technical and tactical drills as well as the strength and conditioning of the team. Feather River was Golden Valley co-champions each of his two years with the program.

Born in Belgrade, Serbia, Vujicic was a shooting guard for various teams overseas for 15 years, including five seasons with a number of professional squads. He played for FMP, one of the Serbian-European top teams, and Platie Basketball in France.

Vujicic received a Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education with a focus on Professional Basketball Coaching from the Coaching College of Belgrade in 2006. His mentor was one of the world’s best coaches, Dr. Milivoje Karalejic, and he also had the opportunity to learn under the tutelage of European coaching greats such as Vlade Djurovic,  Sasa Jakovljevic, Vlada Vukoicic and Nenad Trunic.

Vujicic has coaching experience with European teams FMP (Serbia) and Olympia Larissa (Greece). He is a member of both the Association of Basketball Coaches of Serbia and the World FIBA Coaching Association and he is currently pursuing his Master’s in Coaching Education at Ohio University.

Student Assistant Corey Kearny

Corey Kearny begins his first season as a student assistant for the Cyclones after playing as a four-year varsity starter for Centenary, including his last three under coach Mastroianni. During his time as a Cyclone, Kearny recorded a total 930 points, 386 rebounds, 91 steals, and 13 blocks in 101 games played.

Kearny is from North Arlington, N.J. and looks to complete his undergraduate studies to graduate this December with a degree in Sports Management.