The Season Pass

    With the resignation of GCSU baseball head coach Chris Calciano coming last week, the athletic department announced this week that assistant coach Tom Carty will take the reigns as the head coach for the upcoming season.
    Calciano heads off to bigger and better things, taking a position as a scout with the World Champion Boston Red Sox.
    With little time to search for a new coach, and having a perfectly qualified candidate already on staff, there was only one logical move for the athletic department to make – promote Carty.
    In the past two seasons with Carty serving as Calciano’s assistant, mostly as the pitching coach, the Bobcats have won consecutive Peach Belt Conference Championships. Two of Carty’s pitchers, Michael Antonini and Andy Reichard, during the time frame were also awarded All-America honors. Both pitchers were drafted, as was former Bobcat pitcher Christan Castorri, who also fell under Carty’s wing.
    Carty’s 2006 pitching staff compiled an incredible 2.82 ERA and amassed 437 strikeouts. In 2007 the staff recorded a 3.53 ERA with 408 strikeouts.
    Carty has Division I coaching experience at North Carolina State University where he served as director of baseball operations and at Marshall University where he spent four years as pitching coach.
    This experience will serve him well. He already knows the players and had a hand in recruiting them.
    Athletic Director Dr. Stan Aldridge said the athletic department will have a national search to fill the vacancy for the 2009 season.
    However, should Carty keep the Bobcats competing at the level they have been under Calciano, I see no reason why a new coach would be brought in.
    Baseball season is a long way away, giving Carty  plenty of time to implement his style.
    The Bobcats are in good hands and should continue to be a national power in the 2008 season. Don’t be surprised if Carty is named the permanent head coach when the season concludes.

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