CALDWELL, N.J. - Caldwell College men's basketball coach Mark A. Corino announced today that Joe Scott will re-join his staff as an assistant coach. Scott, who spent the past four seasons as the head coach at Union County College in Cranford, N.J., was a member of Corino's staff from 1998 to 2005.

"It is great to have Joe come back to Caldwell as an assistant coach," Corino said. "He did an outstanding job for us in the past, and I know he learned a lot during his time as a head coach. His ability as a recruiter as well as his knowledge of the game will definitely help our program."

Scott had a record of 48-70 at Union, including a 42-53 mark against fellow Division 3 junior colleges. During his tenure, six players received all-Garden State Athletic Conference honors and one player received the 2008 Robert Zifchak Award as the outstanding male scholar-athlete in the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 19. Two of his players moved on to play at four-year colleges.

During Scott's time at Caldwell, the Cougars experienced some of their best seasons, including the 2001-02 campaign in which Caldwell went 25-6, captured the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference title and won its first-round game in the NAIA national tournament. The Cougars also won a CACC crown and advanced to the national tournament in 1999, Scott's first year with the team. He then spent the 2000-01 season as the head coach at Union Catholic High School before returning to Caldwell in 2001. Scott also was instrumental in recruiting Jean Georges, an all-CACC first team guard on Caldwell's 2007 squad that won the CACC Tournament, and Manny Perez, the program's second-leading scorer and a four-time all-CACC forward.

Scott joins Dean Johnson and David DeFerrari as assistants on Corino's staff.