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- ↑ "FDU chooses Greg Herenda as new head men's basketball coach". April 24, 2013.
- ↑ "UMass Lowell - Coaching Staff". Archived from the original on December 8, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
- ↑ Pelzman, J.P. "FDU's Greg Herenda makes believers of his players, then leads them to NCAAs", The Record (Bergen County) , March 12, 2016. Accessed March 29, 2016. "When Greg Herenda was a teenager growing up in North Bergen, he and his brother Bill and their friends would play on an outdoor court across the street from their house."
- ↑ Hague, Jim. "Tasty Tidbits: North Bergen native Herenda tabbed as new FDU hoops coach; Union City baseball team recovers from slow start" Archived 2016-04-10 at the Wayback Machine , Hudson Reporter , April 28, 2013. Accessed March 29, 2016. "Herenda, who grew up in North Bergen, playing basketball at St. Peter’s Prep and later Merrimack College, said that it was tough to leave Lowell."
- ↑ "Men's Basketball vs Wagner on 3/8/2016 - Box Score".
- ↑ "#NECMBB Lands 10 on NABC All-District 18 Teams, Herenda Named Coach of the Year". northeastconference.org. Retrieved April 18, 2016.