John Russo (baseball)

John Russo

Sport(s)	Baseball
Current position
Title	Head Coach
Team	Hofstra
Conference	CAA
Biographical details
Born	November 10, 1973
Alma mater	West Alabama '00
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998–2000	West Alabama (Asst.)
2001–2005	Saint Joseph's (IN) (Asst.)
2008–2011	Hofstra (Asst.)
2012–Present	Hofstra
Head coaching record
Overall	80–73

John Russo (born November 10, 1973) in an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Hofstra Pride baseball program. He was named to that position on an interim basis prior to the 2012 season, and made permanent in May of that season.

Russo served as an assistant coach at West Alabama while completing a degree in secondary education and a concentration in physical education. He worked with the Tigers hitters from 1998 until his graduation in 2000, helping them set several program records. He then moved to Saint Joseph's in Rensselaer, Indiana, serving as infield coach and academic advisor for his five seasons. From 2005 to 2008, Russo worked as a teacher and athletic director in Wadsworth, Illinois. During his summers, Russo coached the Vermont Mountaineers of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. He led the Mountaineers to the 2006 and 2007 NECBL Championship. In 2008, Russo earned the top assistant coaching position at Hofstra. After Patrick Anderson's resignation to work for the Hagerstown Suns just before the 2012, season, Russo became interim head coach, and was named to the position permanently after leading the Pride to a second-place finish in the CAA.^[1][2][3][4]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Hofstra (Colonial Athletic Association) (2012–present)
2012	Hofstra	34–22	20–10	2nd (11)	CAA Tournament[lower-alpha 1]
2013	Hofstra	26–27	11–16	9th (10)
2014	Hofstra	20–24	7–12	7th (8)
Hofstra:		80–73	38–38
Total:		80-73
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 6 finishers of the CAA's 11 teams qualified for the tournament in 2012.

See also

• Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube
• List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches

References

1. "John Russo". Hofstra Pride. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
2. Brian Foley (January 23, 2013). "Hofstra’s John Russo receives Contract Extension". College Baseball Daily. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
3. Michael Ganci (January 22, 2012). "John Russo Named Hofstra Baseball Head Coach". East Meadow Patch. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
4. Alex Hyman (February 8, 2012). "Patrick Anderson leaves baseball team, assistant John Russo to take over managing dutie". Hofstra Chronicle. Retrieved November 16, 2013.