Kristina Danella Camps

Who is Kristina Danella?

• Coach Kristina Danella has been with Breakthrough Basketball for the last five years, traveling all over the Northeast as a lead clinician.

• Danella is currently the Head Girls Basketball Coach at Glen Ridge High School. In 2025 she won a NJ State Sectional Championship and was named the Essex County Coach of the Year. She also earned the title of NJ Mid-Season Coach of the Year.

• Previous jobs include Head Varsity coach at Mount Olive HS and Sparta HS. Prior to becoming a high school coach and teacher, Danella was a collegiate basketball coach. She was the Head Women's Basketball Coach at Keystone College, San Francisco State University, Caldwell University and Urbana University. Danella’s collegiate career coaching record is 125-73 after seven active seasons.  Danella was also in charge of Game Day Management at Keystone College.

• Danella was named the 2020 CSAC Coach of the Year after winning the 2020 CSAC Championship. This marked the first ever conference championship for Keystone College. With this victory, Keystone made their first ever NCAA Tournament appearance. Keystone ended their historic 2019-2020 run with a record of 21-7 and 19-1 in conference.

• Additionally at Caldwell, Danella served as the Associate Director of Athletics and Senior Woman Administrator, where she served on the Gender and Equity Committee for the Central Atlanta Athletic Conference, and oversaw Caldwell's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, helping fundraise for charities such as Make-A-Wish.

• Danella graduated from Marist College in 2013 after winning three MAAC Championships with the Red Foxes. Danella scored over 1000 points in her career and was the MAAC Sixth Player of the Year as a senior. Before Marist, Danella played two years for UMass and was an Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Selection and Second Team All-Conference Player.

• The Manalapan, N.J. native starred at Red Bank Catholic High School, graduating as the school's all-time leading scorer and rebounder with 1,773 points and 1,156 rebounds. A three-time All-State First Team selection, she was a two-time Shore Conference Player of the Year and the 2007 Asbury Park Press Player of the Year. She will be inducted into the Red Bank Catholic Hall of Fame in June of 2023.Danella is currently an elementary special education teacher in Clifton, NJ. She received her Master’s Degree in Special Education in January 2022.