Coaches Corner
Chris Calciano has upped the expectations of GCSU baseball in each of his three seasons as head coach.
Under his leadership, the Bobcats began the season ranked No. 2 in Division II by the Collegiate Baseball Magazine, following a season when they spent eight weeks ranked No. 1.
“I’m very excited about this year,” Calciano said.
Calciano began his head coaching career at Division II, West Chester University in Pennsylvania where he helped elevate the baseball program.
“They were looking for, at the time, a young energetic guy that could help turn the program around,” Calciano said. “The program had been something like 33-132-2 before I got there – you know, really bad. We developed it into a nationally ranked, conference champion.”
In his third season at West Chester, Calciano propelled the Golden Rams to a conference championship; at GCSU it took him only two years.
Calciano spent four seasons at West Chester but wanted to move to a program where he could compete for a national championship.
“I felt at West Chester we could always be a very good team in the region, but I never felt we could truly (compete nationally), we weren’t funded enough to really win a national championship,” Calciano said. “So the opportunity to come here came through, and, you know, that was three years ago I took this challenge and took a program that was a tradition-rich, quality program.”
Since Calciano came to GCSU, the Bobcats have a sterling record of 87-34. They won their first Peach Belt Conference championship and hosted their first NCAA regional tournament.
Calciano, named Coach of the Year in the PBC last season, looks to improve on the great season the team had last year.
“We have more than enough talent back to be as competitive in our conference and nationally as last year,” said Calciano.
Posted by Colonnade Archives
on Feb 9 2007. Filed under Sports.
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