Fateen Belfield enters his second season as a member of the Rutgers University-Newark men's basketball coaching staff in 2018-19. Belfield - a former Scarlet Raider player - also has been a member of the women's basketball coaching staff and has plenty of inside knowledge about Rutgers University-Newark basketball.
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He was a key player for the Scarlet Raider men’s basketball team which reached the New Jersey Athletic Conference title game and earned an at-large berth to the NCAA D-III Championship Tournament in 2013.
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The Irvington native started in 19 games in 2012-13, using his 6-foot-8 frame to block 23 shots and help control the lane for the Raider men who came just two points shy of notching the first conference championship in program history.
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After an all-star career at Irvington High School, Belfield was a first-team All-Region 19 and All-Garden State junior college player at Essex County College from 2009 to 2011.
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As a junior at St. Catharine College in Kentucky, he was named to the Mid-South Conference All-Academic team while playing in 27 games for the 13-15 Patriots.
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Belfield completed his bachelor of arts in sociology with a minor in criminal justice from Rutgers University-Newark in October of 2015.
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