Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus Athletics

CAREER WRITE-UP
Gina Ferdinandi started her first year at FDU-Florham in the spring of 2024 as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach.

Ferdinandi comes to Madison, N.J. after serving as the Head Strength and Coach at Felician University where she headed the training of all their sports programs that included men's and women's basketball, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, baseball, golf, track and field, swimming and bowling teams. She wrote preseason, in-season, postseason and off-season programs as well as doing monthly testing of each individuals sprints, vertical jumps and change of direction. She also should passionate initiative to check in with athletes, coaches and athletic training staff about athletes' performance, injuries and how to adjust programing to their specific needs.
 
Before her time at Felician, she worked for the Pratt Performance Systems in Martinsville, N.J. and interned at Next Level Strength and Conditioning in Fairport, N.Y. At both places, she trained adults, young athletes and collegiate athletes. She also led warmups, speed sessions and main lifts. She was active in designing programs, had weekly meetings to go over techniques and coaching cues, as well as organizing the facility as a whole.
 
Ferdanandi brings Head Coaching experience to Fairleigh Dickinson University as she serves as the Head Gymnastics Coach for the Surgents Elite School of Gymnastics in Westfield, N.J. She coaches all events which includes the vault, beams, and floor routines. Gina works with all ages from middle school to collegiate athletes.
 
Early in her career, she interned with the Total Health, Medicine and Rehabilitation Center in Florham Park, N.J. where she shadowed physical therapists and worked with their patients in the rehabilitation portion of their recoveries and helped assist them with exercises.
 
Ferdanandi is a graduate of SUNY Brockport where she earned her B.S. in Exercise Science with a minor in Biology and also was a member of the school's gymnastics team.

COACHING EXPERIENCE
Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Fairleigh Dickinson University (2024-Present)
Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Felician University
Head Gymnastics Coach, Surgents Elite School of Gymnastics

PLAYING CAREER
SUNY Brockport Gymnastics Team (2017-2021)

EDUCATION
Bachelor's degree in Exercise Science with a minor in Biology from SUNY Brockport (2021)