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Eddie Stawinski

Head Coach

Eddie Stawinski begins his 13th season as the head coach of the Montclair State volleyball program in 2023.

Stawinski, who enters this year with a record of 217-141, is the program's all-time wins leader, a mark he reached in September 2019. Over the last nine seasons, Montclair State has registered 163 victories, appeared in four NJAC Championship matches over the last eight seasons continuing the most successful stretch since the inception of the team in 1989. He reached the 200 win plateau for his career when the Red Hawks topped Stockton in the NJAC Semifinals in 2021.

Career Overview

  • Named the fifth head coach in program history in 2011
  • Led Montclair State to the NJAC Championship and NCAA Division III Volleyball Championship in 2016
  • Has taken the Red Hawks to 10 NJAC Tournaments
  • Reached the NJAC Championship Match five times.

By the Numbers

  • Coached the only three AVCA All-Region players in program history and the only All-American (Carly Waterman – 2019, 2021 and Delaney St. Pierre - 2021)
  • Has seen four players earn Player of the Year awards from the NJAC
  • Has coached 32 All-NJAC selections
  • Has had one player selected to the prestigious CoSIDA Academic All-District Team.

Coaching Highlights

  • Became the all-time winningest coach in 2019 surpassing Sandy Sanchez-Lombeyda with a 3-0 win at Vassar on September 21.
  • Has led the Red Hawks to five of the eight 20-win seasons in program history (’12, ’16 ‘ 18 ‘ 19, '21)
  • Led MSU to single-season record 26 victories in 2016.
  • Guided Montclair to a perfect 13-0 record at home in 2016.

Milestone Victories

  • Victory No. 1 – vs. Bridgewater State, 3-0 (September 2, 2011)
  • Victory No. 50 – vs. Hartwick, 3-2 (November 1, 2013)
  • Victory No. 100 – vs. St. Joseph’s (LI), 3-2 (September 16, 2016)
  • Victory No. 160 – vs. Vassar, 3-0 (September 21, 2019)
  • Victory No. 175 -  vs. New Jersey City, 3-0 (March 4, 2021)
  • Victory No. 200 - vs. Stockton, 3-0 (November 4, 2021)

Education/Personal

  • Served as head coach for the men’s program at the University of New Haven and was an assistant coach at the University of Connecticut.
  • Earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Springfield College in 2005 and master’s in Physical Education from Springfield in 2008.
  • Played for Springfield helping the Pride to two Division III national championships.
  • Named a First-Team All-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association in 2004 and 2005.
  • Finished second all-time for digs (787) and digs per games (2.56).
  • Played professionally for three seasons with the Caribes de San Sebastian squad in the Puerto Rico Superior League