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St. John’s Cory Muscara added to Maryland’s Coaching Staff
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – University of Maryland baseball head coach Rob Vaughnannounced the addition of Corey Muscara as an assistant coach Monday. Muscara, who previously served as an assistant at St. John’s for five seasons, will handle Maryland’s pitching staff.
“The number one thing that I was looking for in hiring a pitching coach was a guy that had a ton of passion for developing young men and had a vision for what this place is going to be,” Vaughn said. “Over the last five years, every game that I have been recruiting, Corey has been right there — and I just got tired of fighting him for players. He is a relentless recruiter and his track record for developing pitchers at St. Johns speaks for itself. We can’t wait to welcome his wife, Suzie, and his son, Theodore, to College Park and build something very special here.”
Radford’s Josh Reavis returns as Volunteer Assistant
Joe Raccuia knows what a scrappy, willing-to-hustle former player can parlay a volunteer assistant gig at his alma mater into. After all, Raccuia’s first college baseball coaching job was as a volunteer assistant at Radford in 1996, the year after graduating from the school.
Now going into his 11th year as the Highlanders head coach, he’s hired one of his own past players, former Clover Hill High School star Josh Reavis, to the same position.
“I think it’s an extremely good foot in the door,” Reavis said. “I’ll be getting a little more responsibility than I think most people would because they know how I handle myself. They have a little more confidence knowing I know how they want things done.”
College of Charleston AD in No Hurry to hire baseball coach
College of Charleston athletics director Matt Roberts said there is no timetable to hire a new baseball coach.
College of Charleston fired baseball coach Matt Heath on Friday.
“We will take the appropriate amount of time necessary to hire the best coach for CofC,” Roberts said in a text message.
NECBL Players of the Week
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Newport designated hitter Andrew Daschbach (Stanford) and Mystic right-handed pitcher Kevin Chandler (UC Santa Barbara) have been named the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for their efforts on the diamond in Week 4 of the 2017 season.
East Carolina student manager making impressions in Coaching World
FAITH — Blake Cauble’s father, Chris, is the only head baseball coach Carson has ever had and tops the all-time list for high school baseball coaching wins in Rowan County with 328.
So you might think Blake would choose an easier road, something with a little less pressure and a few more dollars per hour.
New experiences for Catawba College’s Shepherd
When Catawba College baseball players reunite this fall, Hunter Shepherd may be able to spin the best “how I spent my summer vacation” tales.
Shepherd, a rising sophomore who was the SAC Freshman of the Year, currently lives on an island and requires a ferry ride, followed by a bus ride, to get to his away games. Following games, he travels back with his teammates on the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks via fishing boat.
