New Baseball Manager - Raphael Cerrato
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 1:43 pm
I figured instead of clogging up the Coach Foster thread I'd start a new one focused on the search for a new manager. Here are 4 candidates I came up with:
URI assistant coach Raphael Cerrato. He's been an assistant on Foster's staff since 2012, before that he was the head coach at New Haven from 2007-11. He had a record of 131-97 with a NCAA tournament appearance in 2010. He was on the Rhody baseball team from 1989-93 named to the All-Conference team in 92 and team captain in 93.
Former URI manager Frank Leoni. He played for us from 1988-91 and was the manager from 1993-2005, leading us to our only NCAA tournament appearance in 2005. He struggled early with us, but really started the success that Foster continued. He had a record of 266-343-4 at URI, going 123-159 in the A10. His last year here was Foster's first year on the staff. He left to take over the program at William and Mary and was the manager there from 2006-12 going 196-178, 87-108 in the CAA. In 2014 he managed D3 Marymount located in Arlington County, VA.
Franklin Pierce manager Jayson King. This was the candidate mentioned by a couple of national college baseball writers. He's been the manager at D2 Franklin Pierce in Rindge, NH since 1999 with a record of 579-325-3 and 5 NCAA Regional titles in the last 9 years.
West Chester University manager Jad Prachniak. He a native of Lincoln he was a pitcher at URI from 2001-04 and co-captain of the 2004 team. He's been a manager at D2 WCU in Pennsylvania for 3 seasons, winning the D2 championship in his first year with a career record of 96-52-1. In between URI and WCU he spent six years on Frank Leoni's staff at W&M as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator.
URI assistant coach Raphael Cerrato. He's been an assistant on Foster's staff since 2012, before that he was the head coach at New Haven from 2007-11. He had a record of 131-97 with a NCAA tournament appearance in 2010. He was on the Rhody baseball team from 1989-93 named to the All-Conference team in 92 and team captain in 93.
Former URI manager Frank Leoni. He played for us from 1988-91 and was the manager from 1993-2005, leading us to our only NCAA tournament appearance in 2005. He struggled early with us, but really started the success that Foster continued. He had a record of 266-343-4 at URI, going 123-159 in the A10. His last year here was Foster's first year on the staff. He left to take over the program at William and Mary and was the manager there from 2006-12 going 196-178, 87-108 in the CAA. In 2014 he managed D3 Marymount located in Arlington County, VA.
Franklin Pierce manager Jayson King. This was the candidate mentioned by a couple of national college baseball writers. He's been the manager at D2 Franklin Pierce in Rindge, NH since 1999 with a record of 579-325-3 and 5 NCAA Regional titles in the last 9 years.
West Chester University manager Jad Prachniak. He a native of Lincoln he was a pitcher at URI from 2001-04 and co-captain of the 2004 team. He's been a manager at D2 WCU in Pennsylvania for 3 seasons, winning the D2 championship in his first year with a career record of 96-52-1. In between URI and WCU he spent six years on Frank Leoni's staff at W&M as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator.