New Jersey City University Athletics

Career Record Years: 2 Men's Record: 9-6 (.600) Women's Record: 10-13 (.435)

NJCU Record Years: 1 Men's Record: 6-1 (.857) Women's Record: 2-6 (.25)

Conference Championships NJAC Men: 2021

Honors & Awards NJAC Coach of the Year Men: 2021

Men's All-Conference Honors NJAC Player of the Year: 1 NJAC Rookie of the Year: 1 NJAC All-Conference Selections: 7

Women's All-Conference Honors NJAC All-Conference Selections: 1

Last Updated: June 14, 2021

Nick Margiasso IV was appointed to the position of head men's and women's tennis coach at New Jersey City University in April 2020 following a national search. After a long hiatus for both programs at the varsity level, Margiasso helped guide completed his first season at the helm of the two programs in 2020-21.

Both teams excelled in their inaugural seasons, with Margiasso guiding each squad to the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Tournament. The women picked up a win in the first round, 5-0 over William Paterson, before falling in the quarterfinal to end their season at 2-6 overall, including 1-5 in NJAC play. The men achieved the improbable and captured the NJAC East Division Championship after going 6-1 overall and 3-0 in conference play and earning the No. 1 overall season in the tournament.

Individually, sophomore Giada Zorzan picked up First Team All-NJAC honors on the women's side, while the men's collected a bevy of honors. Margiasso himself was named NJAC East co-Coach of the Year, while junior Theo Bourghelle and freshmen Nico Teynie, Toni Cabot and Jordi Julia all earned First Team All-NJAC accolades (all in singles and doubles, except for Julia in just doubles). Bourghelle was also named NJAC East Player of the Year, while Teynie was named Rookie of the Year. The pair swept NJCU's annual awards for Male Athlete and Newcomer of the Year, as well.

Margiasso came to Jersey City after serving as head coach at Division II University of the Sciences in Philadelphia since April 2019. He helped guide the Devils' men's program to its first Division I team in program history, Mount Saint Mary’s. On the women's side, USciences picked up eight wins and advanced to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) semifinals.

Prior to his time in the City of Brotherly Love, Margiasso served as the men's and women's assistant tennis coach at the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) during the 2018-19 season. The women, who went 12-4 were ranked as high as No. 5 in the NAIA and reached the NAIA quarterfinals, while individually, he helped guide the season of NAIA Rookie of the Year Priya Sukkanha, who was ranked as high as No. 4 nationally.

Before his time at SCAD, Margiasso led the Nightingale-Bamford School — a prestigious all-girls prep school in New York City — to a perfect season and City Championship in 2017-18.

Margiasso has also spent time coaching at the Penn Tennis Camp, Team Babolat, IMG Academy and the USTA Regional Traning Site in Georgia. He also owned and operated NM4PR Tennis & Media from 2011-17, training top pro and junior players, including Nick Kyrgios, Ryan Harrison, Chris Eubanks, Trent Bryde and more. He also worked in PR for the ATP, the Atlanta Open and the USTA.

A 2004 graduate of the University of South Florida with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications, he played one season for the Division I Bulls’ program, earning a roster spot as a walk-on. He later briefly played professionally on the ITF Pro Circuit in 2009. He is also a 1999 alum of Eau Gallie High School in Melbourne, Fla. He was a four-year varsity tennis player for the Commodores, earning All-State honors while helping lead Eau Gallie to back-to-back Florida State championships in 1998 and 1999. He also played four seasons of baseball (two varsity) and two years of varsity football (1998-99).

A native of Long Island, N.Y., Margiasso [MAR-gee-AH-so], 39, resides in Rutherford, N.J., with his fiancé, Maggie, and their three young children, Nico, Mackenzie and McCartnie.
 

Men's Tennis
	Overall		Conference
Year	W	L	W	L	Postseason
2019-20 (USciences)	3	5	0	0	Season Incomplete
2020-21 (NJCU)	6	1	3	0	NJAC Tournament (Champions)
Overall	9	6	3	0

 

Women's Tennis
	Overall		Conference
Year	W	L	W	L	Postseason
2019-20 (USciences)	8	7	7	2	Season Incomplete
2020-21 (NJCU)	2	6	1	5	NJAC Tournament (Quarterfinals)
Overall	10	13	8	7

What They're Saying:

"It might sound a little cliché, but becoming the new coach at NJCU is really a dream job for me and my family. I've worked and lived all over the world but my roots are all in the greater New York-New Jersey area, so coming back to focus on building a college tennis program at home at a university on the rise is really coming full circle."
“We are excited to welcome Nick Margiasso into the NJCU athletics family as our new men’s and women’s tennis coach. Nick comes to Jersey City with good experience at two different levels of collegiate tennis. With his teaching background, knowledge of the game, communication skills and recruiting network, he has the pedigree and hunger to build a competitive tennis program. He has already hit the ground running and we anticipate continual growth of the program as we debut in Fall 2020, and in years ahead.”