Gary Puccio

Gary Puccio
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Fairleigh Dickinson
Conference Northeast Conference
Biographical details
Alma mater LIU Post
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989–1993 Old Westbury
1994–1998 Manhattan
1999–2002 Suffolk County CC
2006–2010 Briarcliffe
2011–Present Fairleigh Dickinson
Head coaching record
Overall 380-452-1
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
MAAC Coach of the Year: 1996, 1998
Knickerbocker Conference Coach of the Year: 1993 NJCBA Division 1 Coach of the year 2012

Gary Puccio is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights baseball team. He was named to that position prior to the 2011 season.[1][2][3]

Puccio earned his degree at C. W. Post, and later added a pair of Master's degrees from Dowling College. He served as a scout for the Seattle Mariners organization for many years, and as head coach at several levels of baseball. He began at Division III SUNY Old Westbury for five seasons before moving to his first Division I job at Manhattan. He helped develop a struggling program and registered 20 wins in 1998, the first time the Jaspers had accomplished that since 1903. He then coached at Suffolk County Community College for four seasons. He later led USCAA Briarcliffe to five straight national tournaments, including a pair of national championships, from 2006–2010. He took over at Fairleigh Dickinson in the summer of 2010. Prior to taking over the Knights, he also taught math at Island Trees High School in Levittown, New York, coaching baseball while not working at the college level.[1]

Head coaching record

This table depicts Puccio's record as a head coach at the Division I level.

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Manhattan (MAAC) (1994–1998)
1994 Manhattan 2–31 2–16
1995 Manhattan 5–42 1–17
1996 Manhattan 9–30 4–13
1997 Manhattan 11–28–1 6–12
1998 Manhattan 20–21 14–12
Manhattan: 47–152–1 27–70
Fairleigh Dickinson (Northeast) (2011–present)
2011 Fairleigh Dickinson 12–38 9–23 8th (9)
2012 Fairleigh Dickinson 24–26–1 18–14 5th (9) NEC Tournament[lower-alpha 1]
2013 Fairleigh Dickinson 12–36 7–25 8th (9)
2014 Fairleigh Dickinson 15–32 6–18 7th (7)
2014 Fairleigh Dickinson 21–26 11–13 4th (7) NEC Tournament[lower-alpha 2]
Fairleigh Dickinson: 85–160–1 51–93
Total: 132–312–2

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

  1. ↑ The top four finishers of the NEC's eight eligible teams qualified for the tournament in 2012. Bryant was ineligible as they transitioned to Division I.
  2. ↑ The top four finishers of the NEC's seven teams qualified for the tournament in 2015.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "2012 Baseball Coaching Staff". Fairleigh Dickinson Knights. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  2. ↑ Brian Foley (August 4, 2010). "FDU names Gary Puccio Head Baseball Coach". College Baseball Daily. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  3. ↑ Aaron Fitt (August 4, 2010). "Coaching Roundup: FDU Hires Puccio". Baseball America. Retrieved December 22, 2013.

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