Christian Portera joined the Rutgers University-Newark coaching staff in the fall of 2014 with a quickly growing resume. He is currently in his third season on the Newark bench.
He helped the Scarlet Raiders to a 22-10 mark in 2015, guiding the program to the 'Elite Eight' of the NCAA Tournament and a CVC title. Portera worked with second-team AVCA All-American Cody Chidsey as a total of three Scarlet Raiders earned all-conference honors in what was a magical season for the program.
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The head girls’ volleyball coach at East Brunswick High School in 2014 while helping the St. Joseph’s High School boys’ junior varsity to records of 13-2 in 2013 and 14-1 in 2014, Portera was a charter member of the Kean University men’s volleyball program in 2011.
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A two-year team captain at Kean, Portera helped the Cougars to an NCAA D-III final eight appearance as the team’s MVP as a senior in 2012. Kean went 25-11, taking the Skyline Conference regular season and tournament titles with Portera earning first-team all-conference honors.
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At East Brunswick High School, he earned All-State first team honors as a senior in 2008 after helping the Bears to a 2007 NJSIAA championship as a junior.
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Portera received his bachelor of arts in physical education from Kean in 2012 and is a physical education teacher at East Brunswick.
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