Ed Furman joined the Stevens Institute of Technology women's basketball program as an assistant coach prior to the 2013-14 season.
Furman brings 18 years of basketball coaching experience, most recently as the assistant coach for the Phillipsburg High School girls Varsity team for the past six years. He helped lead a dramatic program change that saw Phillipsburg improve from a one-win season in his first year on the staff to double-digit victories and the school’s first-ever county semifinal appearance.
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Prior to his stint at Phillipsburg, Furman spent five years as the head coach for the Mt. St. Dominic High School girls team in Caldwell, N.J., where he turned around the struggling program to lead the team back to the state tournament. He currently runs the Lady Lion Basketball Camp in Caldwell. Furman also served as an assistant coach for the Livingston Girls Basketball North 2 Group 3 Section Championship Basketball Team in 1995.
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A 1994 graduate of Wesley College in Dover, Del., Furman played four years of baseball for the Wolverines. He is currently in his 12th year as a Physical Education teacher at Union Township Elementary School in Hunterdon County, N.J. and resides in Easton, Pa. with his wife, Shelley, and their three children, Jack, Cole and Sofie.
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