Eric Maxwell has been coaching the Southern Regional High School boys volleyball team for 16 years. Indeed, he has been the team’s one and only head coach. To say Maxwell and his teams have been successful would be a huge understatement. He’s won more games than any othercoach in New Jersey history and has four state championships under his belt.

Still, this reporter, who has covered the Southern volleyball program from the very start, has never heard him sounding as confident about a particular…