Kean University Men's Volleyball

Ginex enters his fourth season as head coach of the Kean men's volleyball program in the 2016-17 school year. Ginex led Kean to its fifth-straight Skyline title in 2016, and picked up an NCAA Tournament victory over Endicott College in the opening round of the Tournament. The Cougars were one of just two programs nationally to eclipse the 30-win mark in 2016 the other was National Champion SUNY New Paltz. Two Cougars were named All-Americans, and Kean will enter the 2017 season with a 65-match Skyline Conference winning streak, including the postseason. The Cougars have been a consistent national power, attaining a national No. 1 ranking, a program-best 31 victories and its fourth-consecutive Skyline Conference title in 2015. In his second season as the head of the Kean program, Coach Ginex was named the Skyline Coach of the Year for the second-straight time. In his first season at the helm in 2014, the Cougars finished the season with their highest-ever ranking No. 9 in the AVCA national poll and took the national runner-up to five sets on their home floor in the NCAA Championship Quarterfinals. Ginex was named the Skyline Coach of the Year in his debut. Kean ended the season with a 26-8 record, tying the 2013 squad with the best mark in the four-year history of the program. The Cougars completed the first perfect (14-0) regular season in Skyline Conference history and won their third-consecutive Skyline Conference regular season and tournament championships. He was named the head coach of the mens volleyball program in the summer of 2013.  He served the previous two years as assistant coach of the Kean men's team, where he helped lead the newborn program to two Skyline Conference Championships and a pair of berths in the NCAA Tournament. Prior to his arrival at Kean, he was assistant coach at Division I Rutgers-Newark in 2010-11 and coached in the New Jersey High School ranks for 10 years prior. He was named the 2010 Daily Record Girls Volleyball Coach of the Year and the 2008 Easton Express Times Girls Volleyball Coach of the Year. While at the prep level, Ginex turned around both the Hackettstown and Randolph High School programs. He led Hackettstown to a winning season in his first year after taking over a 3-24 squad, and led the school to their first conference title and state tournament victory. At Randolph, he took over a losing program and led the Rams to a 45-16 record in his two seasons there. Prior to that, he was an assistant for the East Brunswick High School boys team that won two state championships in 2003 and 2004. Ginex earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Health and Exercise Science from Rowan University in 2000.

Former All-American Besmir (Bez) Arslani was promoted to Head Coach in Sept. 2022 after serving as an Assistant Coach and Acting Head Coach during the 2022 season. Prior to last season, Arslani was a student assistant during the 2017 season.  Arslani enters his fifth full season as head coach in 2027. Coaching Highlights CVC Playoff Appearances: 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026 NJAC Championship: 2026 NJAC Coaching Staff of the Year: 2026 One Player of the Selection Three Defensive Player of the Year Selections One Libero of the Year Selection Three Rookie of the Year Selections 19 All-Conference Selections One Academic All-American In 2026, Arslani guided the Cougars to a career season best 19 wins, four major awards and an NJAC Championship. Kean captured their first NJAC Championship since 2019 as Chris Mitchell earned Player of the Year, Tyler Quinn collected his third straight Defensive Player of the Year award and Coach Arslani along with his staff took home the Coaching Staff of the Year award. On the CVC side, Quinn was the conferences Libero of the Year as the Cougars qualified for their second straight CVC Tournament.  In 2025, Tyler Quinn was named the NJAC Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight season. The Cougars had two All-CVC selections and three All-NJAC selections as Kean qualified for the CVC Tournament for the third time in four seasons.   In 2024, Tyler Quinn was named the NJAC Defensive Player of the Year. In 2023, Chris Mitchell was named the NJAC Co-Rookie of the Year as the Cougars qualified for the CVC Tournament. In 2022, Meulens was named the CVC and NJAC Rookies of the Year as the Cougars qualified for the CVC Tournament. After graduation, Arslani played professional volleyball in the National Volleyball Association (NVA) with Team Freedom.   Arslani was the program’s inaugural First-Team All-American in 2015. He was a Second-Team All-American in 2014. He was named the Skyline Conference Player of the Year, First-Team All-ECAC and First-Team All-Skyline in both seasons as well. He was also the first Cougar ever named a CoSIDA Academic All-American, a distinction he achieved in 2015. Despite playing just two seasons with the Cougars, Arslani is peppered throughout the Kean record book and in the Top-5 all-time in kills (667), hitting percentage (.295) and aces (67). Arslani started his collegiate career at NJAC rival New Jersey City University, where he tallied 826 kills over two seasons.  He has previously been the head coach for Side-Out Sports’ 17s club team Union High School’s junior varsity team and Wayne Valley's JV boys and girls teams. He graduated with a B.S. in Physical Education from Kean in 2015.  Head Coach Bez Arslani Career Summary Year Record Postseason 2022 5-5* CVC Tournament 2023 14-15 CVC Tournament 2024 13-15 2025 13-12 CVC Tournament 2026 19-12 CVC Tournament, NJAC Champions * - Named Acting Head Coach on Mar 15th, 2022 Updated 6-29-26