Coaches Corner

Tom Carty jumped at the opportunity to come coach at GCSU last year when his friend, Head Coach Chris Calciano asked him to be his pitching coach.
“Coach Calciano and I knew each other for years just from being two Pennsylvania baseball guys and he contacted me about the opening here, and I actually knew, pretty well, the reputation of (GCSU) and the great history we had here in baseball,” Carty said.
Carty has been involved with baseball his entire life and got into coaching after his playing days were over in the Pennsylvania junior college ranks.
“It’s just a game that’s always been a challenge for me,” Carty said. “I love the game, and it’s just something I always wanted to do. You know, we all get told at some point, whether it’s by the Yankees or by your high school coach, someday you can’t play anymore, we’re not all like (Roger) Clemens and get to say when we want to leave, so coaching was basically the next option.”
Carty got what he called a “great opportunity” last year when he was asked to coach the USA Athletics International, Inc. baseball team in Holland.
“When you go (to other countries) as Americans, as the USA team, they look at you like you’re the experts on baseball,” Carty said. “I enjoyed it so much. I was there with my wife, and just a really great group of kids, and we won the tournament.”
What are Carty’s future plans?
“This is my 11th or 12th year of coaching at some level and, you know, as an assistant you want to be a head coach eventually. But, no hurry. It will come when the time is right,” said Carty.

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