Head Coach
J.P. Andrejko
3rd Season
570-208-5900, ext 5769
jpandrej@kings.edu
During the summer of 2004, J.P. Andrejko was named the head golf coach at King's College after serving as a Monarch assistant for two seasons. Andrejko has been an avid golfer for numerous years, competing in several area tournaments. He also serves as King's head men's basketball coach and assistant director of athletics.
Andrejko is known for his positive and enthusiastic approach and is regarded as a "players coach" in terms for his ability to relate to, teach, and communicate with his charges as individuals. Having worked with the golf team for two years prior to taking over the helm, Andrejko has a firm grip on the program.
On the basketball court, he has led King's playoff berths in every seasons, including the conference championship in 2005 and 2007. His 2004-05 team reached the NCAA Division III National Tournament "Elite Eight". He uses the same successful mentoring approach in coaching the Monarch golf team.As a student at the University of Scranton from 1984-88, Andrejko enjoyed one of the finest careers in Royals' history. In his four-year varsity career, he led the Royals to a 89-30 record and three Middle Atlantic Conference overall championships. As a senior, he led the Royals to a 29-3 record and a second-place in the Division III National Tournament. Additionally, he was named to the 1988 NCAA Final Four "All-Tournament Team".
Andrejko was a three-time MAC first-team all-star as well as a three-time Eastern College Athletic Conference all-star. He was also the first player to receive three consecutive most valuable player awards in the Scranton Holiday Tournament. He still stands near the top of the University of Scranton record books in several categories, including scoring where he ranks fourth all-time with 1,731 career points.
An outstanding student at Scranton, Andrejko became the first player in school history to be named academic all-American as well as a basketball all-American in the same year and was presented an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
Andrejko enjoyed a brief professional career as part of the Harlem Globetrotter World Tour, playing with the Washington Generals.
He was inducted into the Plains Hall of Fame in 1996 and the University of Scranton Wall of Fame in 1997.
Andrejko graduated from Scranton in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing. He completed his Master's degree in School Counseling from Scranton in 1991 and had been employed as a guidance counselor at Pocono Mountain High School for 10 years prior to his arrival at King's
updated: 04/12/07
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