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Rutgers University Director of Athletics announced that the contract of head women's volleyball coachwill not be renewed. Werneke spent 12 seasons as the head coach guiding the program through the transition from the Big East to the American and the Big Ten."We would like to thank CJ for his time and service at Rutgers and his dedication to our student-athletes, including navigating the program through conference realignment to join the nation's best volleyball conference," said Director of Athletics. "After evaluating the program, I felt a change in leadership was appropriate at this time." ­­­In addition to competing at the highest level on the court, Werneke's teams established elite academic standards off the court having received four consecutive NCAA Academic Recognitions for ranking in the top 10 percent nationally in multi-year APR scores and six straight seasons with an APR score of 1000. Under Werneke, Rutgers also earned back-to-back AVCA Team Academic Awards and last year boasted five Scarlet Knights earning Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Awards for grade-point averages of 3.7 or higher.Prior to arriving at Rutgers, Werneke won four consecutive MAAC regular season titles at Fairfield, joining the Stags after spending 1999-01 as an assistant coach at Rutgers under Anne Leonard-House.A national search will begin immediately.Follow Rutgers women's volleyball on Facebook Twitter and Instagram