NIACC's Ciochetto is World Exposure Report coach of year finalist

Todd Ciochetto guided NIACC to its second straight regional title.

March 24, 2020

NIACC women's basketball coach Todd Ciochetto is a finalist for the 2020 NJCAA Division II World Exposure women's college head coach of the year award it was announced on Tuesday.

Ciochetto is one of four finalists for the award. The other finalists are Mike Seney (CCBC-Essex), Alison Beasley (Wake Tech) and Mitch Rolls (Labette).

The winner will be announced on Friday.

Ciochetto's teams have won NJCAA Region XI titles in 2016, 2019 and 2020.

In the 2019-20 season, NIACC won the ICCAC regular season title with a perfect record of 16-0. The Lady Trojans advanced to the 2020 national tournament with a 93-75 win over Kirkwood in the NJCAA Region XI title game.

Ciochetto, who has a career record of 153-46, was selected as the 2019-20 NJCAA Region XI coach of the year.

Seney led CCBC-Essex to a perfect 12-0 league season and a berth in the national tournament as the No. 9 seed. The Knights qualified for the national tournament for the first time since 1978.

Beasley led Wake Tech to its first-ever regional championship.

Rolls led Labette to the national tournament with a record of 23-4 and his team allowed only 54.4 points per game.