Dr. Robert Cincotta will enter his seventh season of coaching the Molloy Women's Bowling program in the 2021-22 season.
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Career Record (2006-13)
273-226 (.547)
Record at Molloy (2015-Pres.)
127-128 (.498) |
The program most recently returned to the lanes in an abbreviated 17-game, three tournament season following the COVID-19 pandemic. The program still managed to make history in the shortened amount of time, with Amanda Kreush being named the program's first All-Conference recipient.
Cincotta's keglers were on pace to set a program-record in wins, boasting a record of 45-40 before the remainder of the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ahead of the East Coast Conference Championship and the United States Bowling Congress Sectionals tournaments. The 2019-20 season also saw success off the lanes as the program celebrated its first-ever graduating class.
In 2018-19, the squad went a program-record 46-30 in NCAA play, Along the way, the team captured four team titles, advanced to the semifinal round of the East Coast Conference Tournament for the first time, returned to the Intercollegiate Team Sectionals for the second time (first since 2015-16), and had six members recognized by the United States Bowling Congress as Academic All-Americans. Molloy ended the season ranked ninth in the National Tenpin Coaches Association Division II/III poll and 30th in the NCBCA poll, the second-highest NCAA program behind McKendree.
Cincotta's team captured the Eastern Intercollegiate Bowling Congress (EIBC) Championship for the first time during the 2016-17 season. Throughout the year, multiple keglers were nationally ranked by the National Tenpin Coaches Association. The following season, the Lions went .500 in NCAA play and won five USBC tournaments.
In the program's inaugural season, the team finished second in the EIBC and brought home the program's first-ever trophy when Maria Lucente won the All-Events title at the Suffolk Community College Invitational.
Cincotta has also had a number of bowlers recognized for their excellence and off the lanes, including having the team be recognized by the NTCA as an All-Academic team all five years of the program's existence. Cincotta has also seen the program earn 29 All-Acadmic Scholar-Athlete selections by the NTCA.
Dr. Cincotta was no stranger to starting a varsity program, as he was previously the head women's bowling coach at Adelphi from 2006 - 2013. Cincotta helped the Panthers capture the program's first-ever Northeast Conference Championship in 2013 to cap one of the finest seasons in Adelphi bowling history. The Panthers set program records for the most wins over .500 (79-37), fewest losses and best winning percentage (.681). The Brown and Gold defeated 17 of 18 nationally-ranked opponents, including top-ranked Nebraska and has now defeated every team that has won the NCAA Championship since its inception. Senior captain Samantha Morlack was named NEC Tournament MVP and an NTCA All-American, eight bowlers made the NEC Academic Honor Roll, seven landed on Academic All-NTCA teams, and the Panthers were lauded by the NTCA as one of 23 squads to compile a team grade point average of 3.2 or better.
Cincotta led the Panthers to another successful season in 2012, posting a 73-54 overall record. The squad claimed the team title at the 2012 ECAC Bowling Invitational, and finished the regular season ranked third in the NEC. The team finished fifth as the USBC Sectionals, narrowly missing the cut for the USBC Intercollegiate Championship.
Cincotta guided the Panthers to another standout season in 2010-11 which culminated in a third-place finish at the USBC Intercollegiate Bowling Championship, the highest team finish at a major competition. After an 81-53 regular season mark, Adelphi made a run at the NEC Championship and finished as runners-up after bowing out to Farleigh Dickinson.
The 2009-10 was the one of the most successful season in the program's history. Cincotta led the Panthers to a program record 85 wins, which was the most regular season wins in the NCAA among D-II institutions, and third in the entire NCAA. The Panthers' .616 winning percentage was also a single-season best. Cincotta also guided the Panthers to their highest ranking (11th) in the final NTCA poll, and in the final IBC poll (25th), hleping him be recognized as a finalist for the NTCA D-II Coach of the Year.
During the 2008-09 season, four bowlers were named to the NTCA Academic All-American team. He also coached the squad to a perfect 300 baker game; the third in NCAA Women's bowling history, which also placed them second at the ECAC Tournament. The season ended with a 78-68 record, with the Panthers ranking 15th in the nation.
Cincotta's duties at Adelphi included all aspects of the NCAA Division II program including coaching, recruiting, scheduling and budget as well as other duties as assigned by the athletics director. He also served as a member of the NCAA Bowling Committee from 2007-2011.
Cincotta has over 20 years of collegiate coaching experience, assisted in developing 18 All-Americans while at Nassau Community College and has helped produce 58 NTCA All-Academic selection. He is also the winner of numerous coaching and teaching awards. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Pace University in 1980 and his master's in physical education from Adelphi in 1982. He received his J.D. from British-American University in 1999 and his SJD from Northwestern California University School of Law in 2008.
Cincotta was selected to serve on the National Committee for the second time entering the 2020-21 season.
Cincotta currently resides in Massapequa Park, N.Y., with his wife, Margaret.
