James Luginsland begins his inaugural season at Stevens after producing the most successful throwing seasons for Adidas Garden State Track Club. While working with Adidas GSTC, Luginsland coached at USA Indoor Nationals in 2014 at Albuquerque, NM following a breakthrough 2013 season with helping coach the mens team to its first ever USATF Club National Championship. His throwers at Adidas GSTC either set or broke the clubs records in all throwing events during his tenure as the clubs Head Throws Coach.
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Previously, Luginsland coached at Essex County College and Montclair State University, boasting several NCAA, NJCAA & Penn Relay appearances from his athletes. Luginsland gives a lot of credit to his coaching success through the continuous tutelage of Monmouth University Throws Coach Abraham Flores & his old MSU throws coach, Pierpaolo Mancarella.
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While studying at Montclair State, James was seasoned Shot put and Discus thrower, becoming a finalist in the New Jersey Athletic Conference.  Luginsland graduated from Montclair State University with a Bachelor’s in Chemistry and will be finished his Master's in Chemistry at Fairleigh Dickinson University in February 2015.
