Dominic Percia enters his fourth season as an assistant coach for the Gents.

Percia, a native of Sterling, Mass. and grew up in Orlando, Fla., is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he earned a dual Master’s in Sport Management and Master of Business Administration. He earned an undergraduate degree in Marketing from Florida State University in 2018.

Percia has helped lead the Gents to one of their most successful three-year periods in program history highlighted by an 18-9 season in 2022-23 in which the Maroon and White went 10-6 in conference play and tied the division III era (2012-present) single-season record for wins.

Centenary earned the No. 3 seed in the SCAC Tournament as the Maroon and White made their 10th-straight appearance in the event where they defeated Southwestern in the quarterfinals before falling to host and No. 2 seed Trinity in the semifinals.

The Gents finished the season as one of the top defensive clubs in the country in division III last season. The Gents finished the regular season ranked 21^st nationally in scoring defense, allowing just 62.8 PPG, and in the top 55 in both field goal percentage defense and 3-point FG % defense. The Gents ranked 20^th nationally in turnover margin as they forced their opponents into an average of 19.9/game during the regular season.

Centenary also proved to be a very balanced team on both sides of the ball, as the Maroon and White finished the regular season in the top five in the conference in turnover margin, scoring defense, free throw %, steals, FG % defense, 3-point FG % defense, scoring margin, blocked shots, and 3-point FG made. The Gents finished the season holding 23 of their 27 opponents to 70 points or less, 60 or less 11 times, and to 55 or less 10 times.

Centenary has now finished .500 or better in all three seasons in Percia’s time as the Gents have established themselves as one of the most successful programs in the conference, winning 55 regular-season conference games and their 38 wins from 2017-21 led the conference in that span. The Gents are now an impressive 35-19 in their last 54 regular-season conference games dating back to Jan. 25, 2020.

Percia worked as Director of Player Management for Premier Sports Agency, helping place professional players while at UMass. He also interned with the West Coast Conference’s league office, conducting a Men’s Basketball transfer study and it a two-year member of Rising Coaches.

Percia is the son of Salvatore and Jill Percia and is the second-youngest of six as he has two brothers (Ben and Cam), and three sisters; Veronica, Lizzie, and Ana.