Breaking high school boys basketball news: CBA coach Wicelinski announces retirement.
By TONY GRAHAM
STAFF WRITER
MIDDLETOWN - Ed Wicelin
ski, today, announced his re
tirement as head basketball coach at
Christian Brothers Academy after 27 seasons.
His decision ends a run that
began in 1980-81, during which
he amassed a career record of 625-116,
one of the highest totals com
piled by a Shore Conference
coach at one high school.
During his tenure, CBA
emerged as the dominant force
in Shore Conference basketball.
It won 14 Shore Conference
Tournaments and appeared in
20 of 25 championship games.
CBA was also also prominent
in NJSIAA Non-Public A com
petition. It won state championships in 1984, '85 and '95 and nine South Non-Public A sectional titles.
The Colts earned a national
ranking of No. 11 in USA To
day's final 1999-2000 rankings.
Wicelinski coached numer
ous players who have gone on
to play collegiately most nota
bly, 13-year NBA veteran John
Crotty, who attended the Uni
versity of Virginia in the
1980's, and is now a radio analyst for the defending NBA champion Miami Heat.
More recently, Wicelinski
coached Chris Kenny, a first-
year assistant coach at Mon
mouth University, and Dan
Werner who was a freshman
for the University of Florida's
2007 NCAA champions.
In addition to Crotty and Werner, Wi
celinski has coached Division I
standouts Tim Begley (Penn),
Geoff Billet (Rutgers, now an
assistant coach at Seton Hall),
Todd Billet (Virginia), Marc
Dowdell (Villanova), Keith Ku
rowski (Notre Dame), Joe Pa
terno (Fordham) and Mike
Skrocki (Richmond).
Joe Paterno was the leader of the Colts' back-to-back state championship teams in 1984 and '85 and Geoff Billet was the key player on CBA's last state championship in 1995.
There was no immediate
word as to his successor at
CBA, though Wicelinski is hop
ing the selection remains "in
house."
Kevin Boyle, coach of St. Pat
rick's High School of Elizabeth
which won the last two
NJSIAA Tournament of Cham
pions, is said to have expressed
interest in coaching CBA were
the job to open.
STAFF WRITER
MIDDLETOWN - Ed Wicelin
ski, today, announced his re
tirement as head basketball coach at
Christian Brothers Academy after 27 seasons.
His decision ends a run that
began in 1980-81, during which
he amassed a career record of 625-116,
one of the highest totals com
piled by a Shore Conference
coach at one high school.
During his tenure, CBA
emerged as the dominant force
in Shore Conference basketball.
It won 14 Shore Conference
Tournaments and appeared in
20 of 25 championship games.
CBA was also also prominent
in NJSIAA Non-Public A com
petition. It won state championships in 1984, '85 and '95 and nine South Non-Public A sectional titles.
The Colts earned a national
ranking of No. 11 in USA To
day's final 1999-2000 rankings.
Wicelinski coached numer
ous players who have gone on
to play collegiately most nota
bly, 13-year NBA veteran John
Crotty, who attended the Uni
versity of Virginia in the
1980's, and is now a radio analyst for the defending NBA champion Miami Heat.
More recently, Wicelinski
coached Chris Kenny, a first-
year assistant coach at Mon
mouth University, and Dan
Werner who was a freshman
for the University of Florida's
2007 NCAA champions.
In addition to Crotty and Werner, Wi
celinski has coached Division I
standouts Tim Begley (Penn),
Geoff Billet (Rutgers, now an
assistant coach at Seton Hall),
Todd Billet (Virginia), Marc
Dowdell (Villanova), Keith Ku
rowski (Notre Dame), Joe Pa
terno (Fordham) and Mike
Skrocki (Richmond).
Joe Paterno was the leader of the Colts' back-to-back state championship teams in 1984 and '85 and Geoff Billet was the key player on CBA's last state championship in 1995.
There was no immediate
word as to his successor at
CBA, though Wicelinski is hop
ing the selection remains "in
house."
Kevin Boyle, coach of St. Pat
rick's High School of Elizabeth
which won the last two
NJSIAA Tournament of Cham
pions, is said to have expressed
interest in coaching CBA were
the job to open.
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