St. Francis Lures Braica Back To Brooklyn

Glenn Braica, once an assistant at St. Francis, is now the head man at the Brooklyn school, replacing Brian Nash. (Photo courtesy of redstormsports.com)

After Norm Roberts was unceremoniously dismissed as head coach at St. John's on March 19th, few thought Roberts and any of his three assistants would catch on at a Division I program shortly thereafter. Today, a former opponent of St. John's that conducts its business in the same city made sure to disprove that theory, as former Roberts assistant Glenn Braica was announced as the new head coach at St. Francis College.

A former teammate of Roberts at Queens College, Braica comes to the Terriers after spending six seasons on the bench as an assistant coach with the Johnnies. He will replace Brian Nash, who unexpectedly resigned earlier this month, and will be introduced at the Brooklyn campus in an 11:30 a.m. press conference Thursday morning.

Braica is no stranger to St. Francis, having been a former associate head coach under Ron Ganulin, who preceded Nash at the helm of the Terriers. He is also the second new head coach in the Northeast Conference; joining Danny Hurley, the former St. Benedict's Prep head coach who filled the vacancy at Wagner College in Staten Island, replacing Mike Deane.