Kean University Men's Basketball

David Turco returns for his seven season in 2026-27. Coach Turco Highlights NJAC Tournament Appearance: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 Four All-MET Selections Three All-Region Selections One Regional Rookie of the Year Eight All-NJAC Selections Two NJAC Rookies of the Year Two CSC All-Academic Selections In 2025-26, Kean qualified for the NJAC playoffs for the fifth straight season under Coach Turco. Malachi Jeffers-Viera was named NJAC Rookie of the Year and an All-NJAC second team selection with Daniel Dextraze. Jeffers-Viera also earned All-Met Honorable Mention selections. In 2024-25, Kean qualified for the NJAC playoffs for the fifth straight season under Coach Turco. DJ Alicea was an All-NJAC second team selection and was named to the All-Met Honorable Mention.   In 2023-24, Kean qualified for the NJAC playoffs for the fourth straight season under Coach Turco. Tyler Spencer was named the NJAC Rookie of the Year along with being named the D3Hoops Region IV Rookie of the Year.  In 2022-23, Turco guided the Cougars to their best record since 2010-11 with a 18-8 overall record. The third year head coach helped Kean earn a third straight appearance in the NJAC Tournament. Newcomer Griffin Barker was selected to the All-MET First Team, All-ECAC First Team, NABC All-District Second Team, D3Hoops All-Region Second Team and All-NJAC First Team...Teammate Letrell West joined Barker as a All-MET second team selection and a All-NJAC First Team selection.  In 2021-22, Turco guided the Cougars to their best season record since 2013-14 with a 14-10 overall record. The second year head coach helped Kean earn a second straight appearance in the NJAC Tournament. Newcomer Letrell West became Turco's second All-NJAC selection.  In 2020-21, Turco tallied his first collegiate coaching victory during a COVID shortened season. In addition, JD Daniels became the first All-NJAC selection under the new coaching staff.   Turco comes to Kean with almost 500 wins to his credit while coaching the past 23 plus years in the state of New Jersey.  He boasts a combined .780 winning percentage while at the reigns in both the high school and collegiate levels.  For his efforts he was inducted into the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Hall of Fame.  In 21 seasons coaching at St. Joseph (Metuchen), South Brunswick and Carteret high schools, he won a combined 448 games.  In the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) he is the only coach to win five consecutive league championships (2010-2014). Most recently Turco was at Middlesex County College where he collected 48 wins in just two seasons.  Turco took over a team that only won 13 games the previous year and led them to a 27-7 record in his first season. The 2018-19 Blue Colts won the Region XIX Championship and appeared in the NJCAA National Tournament.  This accomplishment led him to being named the Region XIX Coach of the Year and Region VI National Coach of the Year.  This past spring he led the team to the Region XIX semifinals and had 10 players named All-Academic. Prior to his recent collegiate stint, he manned the sidelines at St. Joseph for 12 seasons with an impressive 285 wins (.828 win %).  His teams won three Parochial A State Championship titles with a Tournament of Champions crown.  Under his tutelage, 11 players crossed the 1,000 point plateau.  He coached many players who went on to impressive collegiate careers.  Furthermore, two of those players, Karl Anthony Towns and Wade Baldwin IV, advanced their careers into the professional realm in the NBA.   In the nine years prior to his time at St. Joseph he combined for 163 wins at South Brunswick and Carteret and qualified for the state tournament every year.  His teams added five divisional championships. He has never had a losing season in his 23 years of head coaching. Turco graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Moravian College after playing with the Greyhounds for four seasons. Head Coach David Turco Career Summary Year Record Postseason 2020-21 1-6* NJAC Tournament 2021-22 14-10 NJAC Tournament 2022-23 18-8 NJAC Tournament 2023-24 12-14 NJAC Tournament 2024-25 14-12 NJAC Tournament 2025-26 12-14 NJAC Tournament *-Season Shortened due to COVID-19 Pandemic  Updated 6-29-26

   Career Record  Years: 19  Overall Record: 279-217 (.562)  NJAC Record: 165-140 (.541)  NCAA Tournament Berths: 4  2010-11, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19  ECAC Tournament Berths: 9  2007-08, 2009-10, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14,  2015-16, 2019-20, 2024-25, 2025-26  NJAC Tournament Berths: 12  2010-11, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23  NJAC Championships: 2  2010-11, 2020-21  ECAC Championships: 1  2015-16  NJAC Regular-Season Championships: 1  2015-16  Honors & Awards  All-Met Division III Coach of the Year: 2  2012-13, 2018-19  D3hoops.com All-Region Coach of the Year: 2  2010-11, 2020-21  NJAC Coach of the Year: 4  2012-13, 2015-16, 2018-19, 2020-21  ECAC Division III Coach of the Year: 1  2015-16  2026 MBWA Good Guy Award  National/Regional Honors  D3hoops.com All-Americans: 2  D3hoops.com Preseason All-Americans: 2  D3hoops.com All-Region Player of the Year: 1  D3hoops.com All-Region Rookie of the Year: 3  D3hoops.com All-Region First Team: 4  D3hoops.com All-Region Second Team: 2  All-Met Division III Player of the Year: 2  All-Met Division III First Team: 6  All-Met Division III Second Team: 2  All-Met Division III Third Team: 1  All-ECAC Division III First Team: 4  All-ECAC Division III Second Team: 1  All-ECAC Division III Rookie of the Year: 3  All-Conference Honors  NJAC Player of the Year: 2  NJAC Defensive Player of the Year: 4  NJAC Rookie of the Year: 5  NJAC First Team All-Conference: 7  NJAC Second Team All-Conference: 13  NJAC Honorable Mention All-Conference: 8  Marc Brown is in his first season with Kean Jersey City and was previously at New Jersey City University as the head men’s basketball from 2007-2026. His first season was on an interim basis and he officially became the 10th head coach in NJCU men’s basketball history in the summer of 2009. Brown, the second-winningest coach in the program’s near-90-year history, replaced his own father, NJCU Hall of Famer and the court’s namesake, Charlie Brown – he won 483 games over his 25 years at the helm of the program.  The two Browns became just the third known father/son combination in the history of Division III to both win 100 career games when Marc captured his 100th career victory in an 80-68 win over Montclair State University on February 12, 2014. The other two father/son combos to each win 100 also did so at the same school currently in Division III — Page and Charlie Moir (Roanoke College) and Brian and Don Lane (Transylvania University).  Well known for his on-court accolades – he has eight Coach of the Year honors from various organizations entering the 2023-24 season – coach Brown also earned the 2015 BAAFSSO Stellar Service Award on May of 2015 as part of the 2015 Black Administrators, Alumni, Faculty, Students and Staff Organization's 29th annual Salute to Graduates of African Heritage program on campus. In the past, coach Brown has also served as the advisor for NJCU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and oversaw the athletic department’s community outreach initiatives.  Brown’s active playing career came to a close in 2007 after enjoying 16 standout seasons as a professional from 1991-2007 in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), as well as various major professional leagues throughout Europe and South America – most notably the French A League and the Brazilian Pro League. Brown coached during his offseason – guiding NJCU’s 2002 and 2007 Jersey Shore Professional Summer League teams to a Championship and Semifinalist finish, respectively – before eventually succeeding his father, Charlie, at NJCU.  As a collegiate player, Brown enjoyed a highly successful career with Division I Siena College. He remains the Saints’ all-time leading scorer with 2,284-career points spanning his four-year career from 1987-91. He was inducted into the Siena Athletic Hall of Fame in 1998. Brown was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Player of the Year as a senior in 1991 and was also selected as NCAA Division I Honorable Mention All-America by the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI). As a sophomore in 1989, The Sporting News also named Brown to the Honorable Mention All-America team. At the time of his graduation, Brown was also the all-time leader at Siena in assists (796) and made three-pointers (224). He remains the single-game leader in assists (15), the single-season leader in made field goals (289) and attempted (602) and the career leader in made field goals (850) and attempted field goals (1,766).  A two-time First Team All-MAAC and two-time First Team All-North Atlantic Conference (NAC) selection over his career, Brown had his #4 uniform retired by Siena on Dec. 13, 2010. Some of his career highlights including leading Siena to the 1991 National Invitational Tournament (NIT) quarterfinal round, the 1989 NAC Championship, the NAC Regular-Season Crown in 1988 and 1989, the 1991 MAAC Regular-Season title and – most notably – helped the Saints to a NCAA Tournament First Round upset in 1989 as #14 Siena topped #3 Stanford University, 80-78, thanks to his game-winning free throws and game-high/NCAA program-record 32 points. A two-time MAAC All-Tournament selection, Brown earned various regional honors as a collegian, as well. He was named Second Team All-East and Honorable Mention All-East by Eastern Basketball in 1991 and 1990, respectively, and was selected to the 1990 United States Basketball Writers Association (UBWA) All-District 2 squad.  Over his four-year Saints career, Brown helped his teams to an 89-34 record. As a senior, he averaged 23.3 points per game (816 total) to go with 179 assists, 139 rebounds and 70 steals in 35 games – he shot 48.0 percent from the floor and 79.9 percent from the foul line. As a junior, he finished with 16.9 points per game (489) to go with 196 assists, 94 rebounds and 49 steals over 29 games, shooting 44.6 percent from the floor and a career-best 81.1 from the line. His sophomore season saw him score 19.5 points per game (584) to go with 199 helpers, 98 boards and 59 steals over 30 games, shooting 48.4 from the floor and 78.9 from the line. His rookie campaign in 1987-88 saw him shoot 52.8 from the field, dish out a career-best 222 assists to go with 13.6 points per game (395), 43 steals, 41 rebounds and five blocks. He was 71.4 percent from the line that year.  In the professional ranks, Brown had a 16-year career spanning over six countries. He spent 1991-93 with the Albany Patroons of the CBA before heading over to Portugal in 1993-94 to play for Oliverense in Proliga. Brown spent 1994-95 back in the CBA with the Fort Wayne Fury. He then spent six seasons with the Brazilian league, the Confederacao do Basquete (CBB), from 1995-2001. He played for the Corinthians (1995-97), Flamengo (1997-98) and Uberlandia (1998-01). Brown spent 2001-02 with Marinos of the Ligue Profesional de Basket (LPB) in Venezuela and with Graveline of the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB) in France. After missing 2002-03 due to injury, Brown returned to Flamengo (CBB) for 2003-04 before he joined the Reims of the LNB in France in 2004-05. His final season in Brazil came with Telemer of the Nossa Liga in 2005 before returning to France in 2006 to play for Reims. He finished that year in Mexico with Xalapa of the Ligue Nacional de Basquetbol (LNBP) before closing out his professional career in 2007 with Hyerez-Toulon of the French LNB.   A 1991 graduate of Siena with a B.S. in Marketing, Brown negotiated his own contracts throughout his professional career. He also recruited and negotiated contracts for seven other Americans in the Brazilian Pro League. Additionally, some of his other offseason roles were as an assistant coordinator of the Summer Coaching Clinics for Students at Montclair State from 1996-02. He also spent 1993-94 as a summer supervisor for the Orange Recreation Department.  A three-year standout point guard at Columbia High School from 1984-87 for coach Tom Reilly, Brown was a First Team All-State, All-Essex County, All-Iron Hills Conference and All-Orange selection as a senior – he helped lead the Cougars to the conference championship and state section finals that season. On May 7, 2009, Brown was inducted to the Columbia High School Athletic Hall of Fame as part of the school’s fourth-annual ceremony.  A native of Orange, N.J., Brown resides in Union, N.J., with his wife, Marisa, and their two sons, Marc, Jr., and Mason. Marc, Jr., currently plays for Coach Brown on the Kean Jersey City men's basketball team and is part of the class of 2027.  Overall  NJAC  Year  W  L  W  L  Postseason  2007-08  14  12  6  7  ECAC Tournament (Quarterfinals)  2008-09  10  15  4  7  2009-10  13  13  5  8  ECAC Tournament (Quarterfinals)  2010-11  19  10  8  5  NJAC Tournament (CHAMPIONS)  NCAA Tournament (First Round)  2011-12  17  8  7  6  ECAC Tournament (Quarterfinals)  2012-13  15  13  9  9  NJAC Tournament (Quarterfinals)  ECAC Tournament (Semifinals)  2013-14  14  13  9  9  NJAC Tournament (Quarterfinals)  ECAC Tournament (Quarterfinals)  2014-15  13  14  9  9  NJAC Tournament (Semifinals)  2015-16  21  8  15  3  NJAC Regular-Season CHAMPIONS  NJAC Tournament (Semifinals)  ECAC Tournament (CHAMPIONS)  2016-17  21  8  13  5  NJAC Tournament (Finals)  NCAA Tournament (First Round)  2017-18  19  8  13  5  NJAC Tournament (Quarterfinals)  NCAA Tournament (First Round)  2018-19  20  8  14  4  NJAC Tournament (Semifinals)  NCAA Tournament (First Round)  2019-20  14  14  10  8  NJAC Tournament (Quarterfinals)  ECAC Tournament (Quarterfinals)  2020-21  7  1  5  1  NJAC Tournament (CHAMPIONS)  **Shortened season and no NCAA Tournament due to COVID-19 restrictions  2021-22  12  15  8  10  NJAC Tournament (Quarterfinals)  2022-23  12  14  7  11  NJAC Tournament (Quarterfinals)  2023-24  8  17  5  13  2024-25      14      13  8  10  ECAC Championship (Final)  2025-26  16  13  10  8  NJAC Tournament (Quarterfinals)  ECAC Championship (Final)  Overall  279  217  165  140  Updated 7-9-26

Jerry Henderson joins the men’s basketball staff for his sixth season in 2025-26. Henderson makes his way to Union from nearby Union County College, where he served as the Head Coach of the men’s basketball program for four seasons (2016-2020) and an assistant for one (2015-16). At UCC, he coached two NJCAA All-Americans, five All-Region players and eight All-Conference selections. Last season, Henderson guided the Owls to the conference championship and was named the GSAC Coach of the Year. Prior to UCC, Henderson was an assistant coach (2013-15) and the JV Head Coach (2012-13) at the Patrick School. Henderson played collegiately at Saint Paul College in Lawrenceville, Virginia and Ocean County College in Toms River. He is currently the Director of SRT at Youth Consultation Service. Updated 8-6-25