Courtesy of Mark Mentone, Felician SID

RUTHERFORD, N.J. – First-year Felician College men’s basketball coach David DeFerrari has completed his 2009-10 coaching staff, naming Ivan Lewis of Passaic and Brandon Smith of East Orange as assistants.

Lewis was re-hired by DeFerrari, and tapped as the lead assistant, after serving on the Felician staff last season. Prior to joining the Golden Falcons, he served three years as the top assistant at Elmwood Park Memorial High School. Lewis is a cum laude graduate of Felician, earning a BA in marketing/management in 2004. He became the all-time leading scorer at Tompkins Cortland Community College before starting for two years at shooting guard for the Golden Falcons.

Smith enters his first collegiate coaching position. He comes to Felician after four years as the assistant varsity coach at East Orange High School, his alma mater. Smith began his collegiate playing career at SUNY-Cobleskill, then transferred to Caldwell College, where he was a two-year letterwinner at guard. He received a BA in communication arts from Caldwell in 2005, and is an attendance officer in the East Orange school district.

Felician, an NCAA Division II member, plays in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference. The Golden Falcons reached the semifinals of the CACC Tournament in 2008-09 and posted a won-lost record of 16-13.