Billy Acedo - Coach Billy Acedo joined the Sports Academy staff in 2006 as a hitting instructor. Acedo enters the Sports Academy from Southern California where he specialized in working with the hitters at Mt. San Jacinto College, where Acedo coached and played under Steve Alonzo from 1995-2006. Acedo now resides in the Berkshires where he is now a hitting consultant with several area schools such as Williams College. In the summer of 2007 Coach Acedo was named hitting coach for the Pittsfield Dukes a NECBL Team.

 

Mike Marron - Coach Mike Marron is currently the assistant coach at UMass Lowell and also the recruiting coordinator at the university. A former standout at the college of the Holy Cross joins the Sports Academy staff as a catching instructor. Marron was a two- year all-league standout at Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, PA. Following graduation in 2000, he attended Mercersburg Academy for a postgraduate year where he helped lead the Blue Storm to the Pennsylvania private school state championship. Marron spent the summers of 2004 and 2005 playing for the Lexington Blue Sox of the Intercity League, which he helped guide to league titles both seasons. In 2007 Marron was named the manager of the Pittsfield Dukes. Marron is currently a high school English teacher at the Molloy Alternative School in Lowell. He lives in South Boston, MA.

Joe Greenleaf - bio coming soon.

 

 

 

 

Mark Ketley - Coach Mark Ketley is the current assistant head coach and pitching coach for Wilton High School where has been coaching for 25 years. Coach Ketley is the former Head Coach for Wilton American Legion. Ketley who is a former pitcher for the University of Tampa and Central Connecticut State University, specializes in working with the outfielders at the Sports Academy.

Ryan Fecteau -Coach Ryan Fecteau is the current pitching coach at Southern Utah University.  In the summer of 2007 Fecteau was named pitching coach for the Pittsfield Dukes a NECBL Team and also served as pitching coach at St. Lawrence University for 2 years.  A native of Gilmanton, NH with a degree in business from St. Anselm’s Fecteau was a four-year starter and senior captain for the Hawks and established five St. Anselm career pitching records.  Fecteau holds the Hawk records for career wins with 20 strikeouts with 254, innings pitched at 312.2, complete games at 16 and opposing batting average at .236.  Fecteau specialty is working with the pitchers at the Sports Academy.

 

Steve Alonzo - As the head baseball coach at Mt. San Jacinto College in California for many years, Coach Alonzo has had 18 of his players drafted by Major League Baseball. He has coached professionally, most recently as a hitting instructor in the Boston Red Sox organization with the Lowell Spinners (1999-2001) and in the Montreal Expos organization (1991-1994). Coach Alonzo has also played and coached professionally in Italy and, in 1988, received a master’s degree from Brigham Young University. Steve specializes in working with the hitters and catchers at the Sports Academy.
 

Pat Boulger – Coach Pat Boulger has been a member of the Sports Academy staff since our first year and is a favorite of all campers. He is currently a history / sociology teacher and coach at Drury High School in North Adams, MA. Coach Boulger has been apart of several Berkshire County and Western Massachusetts Championship teams with Drury during the past 6 years. He graduated from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and is currently working on his Masters Degree.

 

Mike Gambino – Coach Gambino enjoyed a standout college baseball career at Boston College from 1997-2000, which was followed by a brief minor league career with the Boston Red Sox. As a senior at BC in 2000, Coach Gambino set a school record for hits in a season (78) en route to earning All-Big East, All-New England, and American Baseball Coaches Association Northeast Region first team honors. Since his playing days, Coach Gambino has coached in the Boston Red Sox organization as a both a special assistant to the major league club and an assistant coach for the Lowell Spinners, and most recently as an assistant coach with his alma mater Boston College Eagles. Coach Gambino has received praise for his ability to coach infielders and hitters. Mike is currently a scout for the Detroit Tigers.

Joe Kerrigan – Presently the pitching coach for the Philadelphia Phillies, Joe is considered one of the top pitching coaches in the majors. Kerrigan has pitched for both the Montreal Expos and the Baltimore Orioles. Joe’s coaching career started in Montreal where he helped groom the likes of Pedro Martinez, Ken Hill and Jeff Fassero. In 1996 Kerrigan joined the Boston Red Sox as pitching coach. In 2001 Kerrigan replaced Jimy Williams as manager of the Red Sox. Kerrigan will participate in The Academy’s Elite Pitching weekend, barring a playoff run by the Phillies.

Buddy Pellerin - Coach Pellerin is a member of the Massachusetts Baseball Coach’s Hall of Fame. He spent 19 years coaching for Pittsfield (MA) High School, compiling over 300 victories. Buddy is also a member of the U.N.I.C.O. baseball Hall of Fame and the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Hall of Fame. Coach Pellerin is a teacher of fundamentals and is well known for teaching his players an enthusiastic style of ball.

Brad Riddle - Coach Riddle joined the Sports Academy staff in 2005 and is currently the Head Baseball Coach at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Originally from Chicago, He was drafted and signed by the Atlanta Braves. Brad has also scouted for the Kansas City Royals and coached at Faulkner University. Coach Riddle’s teaching specialties include Hitting, Outfield play and Baserunning.

 

Herm Starrette - Coach Starrette was a standout relief pitcher with the Baltimore Orioles. His abilities to teach and instruct pitchers are well recognized within the ranks of Major League Baseball. Coach Starrette has served as pitching coach for the Atlanta Braves, San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs, and Baltimore Orioles.

Bill Thurston – Head coach of the Amherst College baseball program, Thurston is the leader in total wins of any sport in the colleges’ long sports history. Thurston is widely respected as a teacher of baseball skills and techniques, as well as, an outstanding game-coach and manager. As the top pitcher and hitter, at the University of Michigan, he went on to sign a professional contract with the Detroit Tigers. He played three seasons with the Tiger organization. He has authored a book “An Instructional Manual for Pitchers and Pitching Techniques.” Thurston has also produced four pitching videos, stressing proper pitching mechanics, video analysis of the pitching motion, proper care of the arm, and prevention of pitching injuries.

Jennifer Finley is entering her ninth season as the head softball coach at Boston College. In her first eight seasons, Finley has developed the Eagle program into a power in the BIG EAST Conference and a nationally competitive team. She has led the Eagles to two BIG EAST Tournament Championships and three NCAA Tournament appearances, and has become one of the most accomplished young coaches in the nation. Her staff was named BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year in 2003. Prior to her arrival at Boston College, Finley served as the head coach at Providence College for two seasons. In two years at her alma mater, she led the Lady Friars to two ECAC Championships and one BIG EAST tournament championship.

Caryn Haskins begins her second season as an assistant coach for the Providence College softball program and her second summer instructing at the Dan Duquette Sports Academy. A 2002 graduate of the University of Connecticut, Haskins pitched four years for the Huskies (1999-02). In addition, she played for UConn's eighth NCAA tournament participating team and the 2001 Big East championship team. She ranked seventh all time in appearances with 76 and had the most appearances of any freshman pitcher in UConn history. As a freshman, Haskins led the Big East in saves with four. A three time Big East Academic All-Star, she also was a NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete in 2002. Caryn currently resides in Medford, Mass.

Corey VanDusel - bio coming soon.

Ed Ladley - bio coming soon.

Dick Farley - After seventeen years of coaching, Dick Farley is the all-time victory leader at Williams College. Farley ranks second in winning percentage among all coaches who have coached in NCAA Div. III and have won 100 games. He is sixth among all coaches in all NCAA Divisions in winning percentage.
Farley headed to Williamstown from eastern Massachusetts where he was a high school football star at St. John's Prep (Danvers, MA) and later at Boston University before playing two years for the San Diego Chargers.

 

Bill Maver - Maver is the head coach at one of New England’s football powerhouse programs. Maver’s Acton Boxborough Colonials' finished their 2004 campaign by winning their fourth-straight Division 1A Super Bowl title. Coach Maver’s squad is currently riding a streak of 50 consecutive wins. With over 30 years of coaching experience, including 20 as Head Coach at Acton Boxborough, Maver is among the nations elite High School coaches. Coach Maver is a graduate of the University of Connecticut, where he was Captain of the Huskies football team. Maver was named the New England Patriots 2004 High School Coach of the Year.

E.J. Mills became the Head Coach at Amherst in 1997. Six seasons and 37 wins later, Mills has restored the tradition-rich Amherst football program as a perennial powerhouse and is widely recognized as one of the top head coaches and defensive minds in the NESCAC and all of NCAA Division III.
Mills is a graduate of the University of Dayton, where he was a standout baseball player before earning a degree in history and secondary education in 1988. He began coaching at Midlakes High School in Clifton Springs, N.Y., before a two-year stint mentoring the defensive secondary at the University of Albany. Immediately preceding his tenure at Amherst, Mills served as the defensive coordinator at Ramapo College in Mahwah, N.J.

 

Tom O'Connor has been involved with numerous youth sports teams and programs in and around Middlebury, VT including baseball, basketball, football and martial arts.  He is a teacher of Tai Chi Chuan at Middlebury College and the Director of the Middlebury Tai Chi Club.  He has served as the Offensive Backfield Coach at both Brown University and at Springfield College. For two years he worked at Middlebury Union High School in Middlebury, VT as Assistant Football Coach.

The above list includes coaching staff past and present.