Coaching Experiences
Head Coach, Fairleigh Dickinson University (2002-present) --
Head Coach, William Paterson University (1983-1992)
Head Coach, Northern Valley Regional High School
Honors and Accomplishments
2004 EIBC Coach of the Year
2005, 2006, 2007 NEWCBC Coach of the Year
2006, 2011, 2012 NTCA Coach of the Year
2011, 2012 Northeast Conference Coach of the Year
Two NCAA National Championships (2006, 2010)
Career record of 1,399-490, with a .741 win percentage
First coach in NCAA women's bowling history to achieve 1,000 career victories
Education
Bachelor’s degree, Sociology, William Paterson (1997)
At FDU
LoPresti currently holds a career record of 1,399-490, with a .741 win percentage and two NCAA National Championships (2006, 2010). He is the NCAA's all-time leader in victories and is the only person to ever win national championships at two different schools (FDU and William Paterson). On February 1, 2014, LoPresti became the first coach in NCAA women's bowling history to achieve 1,000 career victories, after the Knights claimed the ECAC Championship.
LoPresti is the first and only coach in program history as the University added the sport as the 18th intercollegiate varsity program for the 2002-03 school year. LoPresti’s arrival made an immediate impact as the Knights’ varsity program began with just five freshmen. In the squad’s first year, he took his youthful squad to a No. 17 national ranking, qualified for the United States Bowling Congress (the National Governing Body of bowling) post season Sectional tournament and narrowly missed advancing to the USBC National Championship tournament.
The following season, the Knights won their first-ever Eastern Intercollegiate Bowling Conference (EIBC) Championship crown and finished ranked fourth in the country. LoPresti was rewarded by being voted EIBC Coach of the Year.
In 2004-2005 LoPresti led the Knights to the school’s second-consecutive EIBC crown and second-straight NCAA Championship appearance. LoPresti coupled FDU’s hardware with his second EIBC Coach of the Year award in as many years.
In 2005-06, after the Knights brought home the National Championship trophy, LoPresti was named NTCA Division I Coach of the Year for his success in guiding the team to a 4-1 win over Alabama A&M in Houston, TX to win the NCAA championship.
The Knights once again brought home the NCAA championship trophy in the 2009-10 season. LoPresti led FDU over the defending champions, Nebraska.
During the 2010-11 season, LoPresti guided the Knights to their second NEC championship in three seasons. He also led the team to the Final Four at the NCAA National Championship Tournament for the seventh time in eight seasons. After leading the team to an 111-21 record, LoPresti was selected as the NEC Coach of the year and NTCA Division I Coach of the Year.
In 2014-15, LoPresti and the Knights won seven tournament titles including the; NJ Jamboree, NEC Tournament and ECAC Championship. He led Fairleigh Dickinson to a seventh straight NCAA Tournament. The 94 wins are the most for the program since they won 113 in 2012--when they were national runners-up. In NEC play the Knights went 17-4, including 3-1 in the postseason on their way to the tournament title.
In 2015-16, won the Bowie State Invitational and recorded 79 wins. Morgan Walsh was named to the Northeast Conference All-Rookie Team and Nicolette Sarin was named First Team All-NEC. However, for only the second time ever, the Knights did not qualify for the NCAA Tournament.
The 2016-17 campaign saw LoPresti guide the Knights to the program's fourth Northeast Conference Tournament title and a return trip to the NCAA Championships, which were held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where the Knights finished seventh. The Knights were ranked inside the top ten of the NTCA Poll for a majority of the season. Laura Branch was named NEC Rookie of the Year and four other Knights collected All-NEC acclaim.
Prior To FDU
LoPresti, who has seen three perfect games at FDU, brought a strong coaching background with three decades of professional and volunteer experience at all levels to the Knight’s program. The veteran coach began his career at William Paterson University, where he initiated the men’s bowling program in 1983 and the women’s program in 1986. He led the Pioneers until the spring of 1992, guiding his teams to a combined eight conference titles, six Northeast sectional crowns, seven national tournament berths and over 70 team titles. In 1992 he coached the men’s team to a National Collegiate Bowling Championship.
During his tenure at William Paterson, LoPresti coached eight National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association All-Americans and three Collegiate Bowlers of the Year. He was responsible for putting together the Eastern Singles Classic for six seasons and the Metro Collegiate Championships for 10 years, while also directing the EIBC for seven seasons.
LoPresti continued to stay involved in bowling, at Northern Valley Regional High School, where he served as head coach for both the girl's and boy’s varsity and junior varsity squads. During that time he guided the girls varsity team to a remarkable 110-10 (.917 winning percentage) record and captured two of the last three NBIL Division I titles while coaching several All-NBIL and All-Bergen performers.
His coaching expertise reaches beyond the bowling alleys and onto the baseball diamond. After a two-year varsity career with the Pioneers in which he pitched in the 1982 NCAA Division III World Series and was named All-State, he served as assistant baseball coach at his alma mater from 1985-87. LoPresti turned around the Bergen Community College baseball program as head coach from 1993-95 and has also served as assistant baseball coach at Northern Valley Regional High School from 1999-2011.
Bowling Career
LoPresti was a member of the varsity bowling team at William Paterson, where he captained the first official squad to an EIBC Championship. He was named All-Conference after maintaining the third-highest conference average.
Personal
LoPresti, a social studies teacher at Fort Lee High School, earned his bachelor’s degree in Sociology from William Paterson in 1997. He was an editorial sports clerk for The Record of North Jersey for 10 years.
LoPresti and his wife, Nancy, a history teacher at Midland Park High School, currently reside in Wyckoff, N.J. The couple has one son, Anthony.
