Nicholas Barese (November 29, 1986) is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the UMass Lowell River Hawks. Barese played college baseball at Saint Anselm College from 2005 to 2009 for coaches J. P. Pyne and Barry Rosen and in Saint Anselm College for two seasons from 2009 to 2010. He then served as the head coach of the Merrimack (2015–2021).
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | UMass Lowell |
| Conference | America East |
| Record | 24–31 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 29, 1986 |
| Playing career | |
| 2005–2009 | Saint Anselm Hawks |
| 2009–2010 | Rangers Redipuglia Baseball Club |
| Position(s) | Pitcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2011–2014 | Merrimack (asst) |
| 2015–2021 | Merrimack |
| 2022–2023 | UMass Lowell (asst) |
| 2024–present | UMass Lowell |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 177–161 |
| Tournaments | NE: 1–2 NE10 8–6 NCAA: 0–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| |
Barese was born in Braintree, Massachusetts. He attended Braintree High School in Braintree. After graduation from high school, he attend Saint Anselm College to play football and baseball. Upon graduation from Saint Anselm, he continued his baseball career playing professionally for Rangers Redipuglia Baseball Club.[citation needed]
In 2015, Barese was named the head coach of the Merrimack Warriors baseball program, succeeding his Jim Martin.
Playing career
editBarese was born in Braintree, Massachusetts. He attended Braintree High School in Braintree, and was a letterman in football,[1] basketball, baseball and track.
Barese would go on to attend Saint Anselm College, while there he played both quarterback[2] and pitched for the Hawks.[3]
Barese would go on to play professional baseball for the Rangers Redipuglia Baseball Club.
Coaching career
editBarese was named an assistant for Merrimack College in 2011.
In September, 2014, he was named the interim head coach of the Warriors after Jim Martin left the team to become an assistant at Rhode Island.[4]
Barese was promoted to head coach in January, 2015.[5] In July, 2021, Barese was fired.[6]
In December 2021, Barese joined the coaching staff of the UMass Lowell River Hawks.[7]
In July 2023, Barese was initially named interim head coach of UMass Lowell for the 2024 season following the resignation of longtime head coach Ken Harring.[8] On August 7, 2023, Barese was officially named as the new head coach of the program.[9]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merrimack Warriors (Northeast-10 Conference) (2015–2019) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Merrimack | 17–19 | 11–12 | 4th (Northeast) | |||||
| 2016 | Merrimack | 29–18 | 19–10 | 3rd (Northeast) | |||||
| 2017 | Merrimack | 23–21 | 17–8 | 3rd (Northeast) | |||||
| 2018 | Merrimack | 31–21 | 18–11 | 3rd (Northeast) | NCAA East Regional | ||||
| 2019 | Merrimack | 28–20 | 18–9 | 3rd (Northeast) | |||||
| Merrimack Warriors (Northeast Conference) (2020–2021) | |||||||||
| 2020 | Merrimack | 6–9 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| 2021 | Merrimack | 19–22 | 13–14 | 5th | |||||
| Merrimack: | 153–130 | 83–50 | |||||||
| UMass Lowell River Hawks (America East Conference) (2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024 | UMass Lowell | 24–31 | 11–12 | 4th | America East tournament | ||||
| UMass Lowell: | 24–31 | 11–12 | |||||||
| Total: | 177–161 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ Bob Whitney (November 19, 2018). "A look back at Braintree/Milton Thanksgiving football through the words of the late Win Bates". www.braintree.wickedlocal.com. GateHouse Media, LLC. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ^ "Football Defeats Saint Anselm 49-21 Saturday to Improve to 7-0". www.bryantbulldogs.com. Bryant University. October 20, 2007. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ^ "BASEBALL: SAINT ANSELM UPENDS UMASS LOWELL, 3-2". www.goriverhawks.com. UMass Lowell Athletics. April 30, 2009. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ^ Mike McMahon (September 18, 2014). "BSB: Merrimack Names Nick Barese Interim Head Coach". www.themackreport.com. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ^ "Merrimack Names Nick Barese Head Baseball Coach". www.merrimackathletics.com. Merrimack Collee. January 7, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ^ Mike McMahon (July 30, 2021). "Merrimack abruptly fires baseball coach Nick Barese". www.themackreport.com. The Mack Report. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "Nick Barese joins Baseball as Assistant Coach". www.goriverhawks.com. UMASS Lowell Athletics. December 10, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
- ^ "Harring Resigns as Head Coach" (Press release). UMass Lowell River Hawks. July 24, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ^ "Nick Barese Promoted to River Hawk Head Coach" (Press release). UMass Lowell River Hawks. August 7, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2023.