Abdul Madison, `99, a 2006 inductee into the New Jersey City University Athletics Hall of Fame after a standout career for the Gothic Knights, has returned to his alma mater as an assistant men’s basketball coach for the 2013-14 campaign, head coach Marc Brown has announced.

Madison, a three-time All- New Jersey Athletic Conference selection, will be serving in his first collegiate coaching position. For the past four years (2009-13), he has been a head coach for 15-16 year olds at the Athletes of Tomorrow (AOT) basketball camps.

“I’m excited because he’s someone we’ve wanted to add to the staff for the past three years,” said Brown. “With his full-time job, he didn’t have the time [before] but now he’s created the time. We’re happy to have him. He was a great player here—obviously a Hall-of-Famer—who played for my father. He was one of the best on-the-ball defenders to ever come out of this program.”

“He obviously can help on the defensive side of things and that has been what we’ve concentrated on. We’ve been one of the top defensive programs in the conference since I’ve been at the helm. I’m looking for him to also help in recruiting. He knows the area, especially Essex County.”

In a four-year standout career for the Gothic Knights from 1993-97, Madison proved to be among the top all-around guards in school history. The 6-foot-2 swingman scored 1,457 points (13.6 per game) and grabbed 624 rebounds (5.8 per game), while graduating as the then all-time steals leader (216). Today he still ranks in the Top 10 in school history in scoring.

A First-Team All-NJAC selection and First-Team New Jersey Collegiate Basketball Association pick in 1996-97, Madison earned Second-Team All-NJAC distinction in 1994-95 and 1995-96, and was the 1993-94 co-Rookie of the Year, with a nod to the NJAC All-Rookie Team. He was a two-time Second-Team All-Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (Met) (1995, 1997) honoree. As a junior in 1996, he was Second-Team All-Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Metro and Third-Team All-Met.

Among the many honors he secured in his career, Madison was a two-time NJAC Player of the Week, a three-time NJAC Rookie of the Week and a NJBCA Player of the Week. He was also named to the weekly ECAC Honor Roll.

At the time of his Hall of Fame induction, Madison ranked second all-time in assists (372), fifth in free throws made (324), seventh in blocks (66), ninth in points and field goals made (547), and 13th in rebounding. He played three positions in his career: strong forward, shooting guard, and point guard.

The talented player was also a distinguished team leader. Madison, a four-year player and three-year starter, who played in 107 games (90 starts) in his career, served as team co-captain as a junior and was the only captain as a senior. NJCU flourished with him on the floor, as the Gothic Knights went 71-38 in his career, highlighted by winning the 1993-94 ECAC Metro crown and the 1994-95 NJAC championship. The club advanced to the NJAC and NCAA Division III tournaments in each of his final three seasons. When he scored his 1000th point as a junior, he became the 19th member of that prestigious club.

Madison graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. Since graduating, Madison has been employed as a unit manager by Community Education Centers for 11 years, providing offender re-entry and treatment services at the Essex County Jail.

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