Current position | |
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Title | Manager |
Team | Akron RubberDucks |
Conference | Eastern League |
Biographical details | |
Born | Duxbury, Massachusetts | October 25, 1975
Playing career | |
1995–1999 | St. Lawrence |
Position(s) | Pitcher, First baseman, Outfielder |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1999–2002 | St. Lawrence (asst.) |
2002 | St. Lawrence (Interim HC) |
2003–2007 | Northeastern (asst.) |
2008–2019 | Holy Cross |
2020–2022 | Lake County Captains |
2023 | Columbus Clippers (bench) |
2024–present | Akron RubberDucks |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 285–323–1 |
Tournaments | Patriot: 20–20 NCAA: 1–2 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
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Awards | |
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Greg DiCenzo is a professional baseball coach and former football, soccer, and baseball player at St. Lawrence University. He is currently manager of the Akron RubberDucks, the Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was previously the head baseball coach at the College of the Holy Cross from 2008 to 2019.
DiCenzo attended Duxbury High School where he was a four-year starter on both the varsity soccer and varsity baseball teams, while a two-year member of the varsity basketball team. DiCenzo played for legendary coach Foster Cass.
Upon graduation, DiCenzo enrolled at St. Lawrence University, where he played for the football, men's soccer and baseball [1] teams. In four seasons on the baseball team, he competed as a pitcher, a first-baseman, and an outfielder. [2] Only playing soccer for one season, he played football for four seasons as both a punter and placekicker. He earned three degrees while at St. Lawrence: a Bachelor of Science degree, a master's degree in education, and a master's degree in education administration. [3]
Upon graduation, DiCenzo was named an assistant baseball coach at St. Lawrence. He coached baseball for four seasons at St. Lawrence and was an assistant with the football program for two seasons. After the 2002 baseball season with St. Lawrence, he became the pitching coach for the Northeastern Huskies baseball program, where he served from 2003 to 2007. On May 22, 2007, he resigned from his position at Northeastern. [4] He also served as the pitching coach for the Falmouth Commodores from 2002 to 2005 in the Cape Cod Baseball League. [5]
On July 2, 2007, DiCenzo was named the head coach of the Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team. [6]
On January 23, 2020, DiCenzo was named the manager of the Lake County Captains of the Midwest League. [7]
On October 9, 2021, DiCenzo was named the manager of the Scottsdale Scorpions, one of six clubs in Major League Baseball's Arizona Fall League. [8]
DiCenzo was promoted to bench coach of the Guardians' Triple-A affiliate, the Columbus Clippers, on February 7, 2023. On January 24, 2024, DiCenzo was named manager of the Guardians' Double-A affiliate, the Akron RubberDucks.
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Holy Cross Crusaders (Patriot League)(2008–2019) | |||||||||
2008 | Holy Cross | 21–28 | 11–9 | 3rd | Patriot League tournament | ||||
2009 | Holy Cross | 22–27 | 11–7 | 3rd | Patriot League tournament | ||||
2010 | Holy Cross | 26–26 | 10–10 | 3rd | Patriot League tournament | ||||
2011 | Holy Cross | 24–23–1 | 9–11 | 5th | |||||
2012 | Holy Cross | 33–22 | 13–7 | 2nd | Patriot League tournament | ||||
2013 | Holy Cross | 28–25 | 15–5 | 1st | Patriot League tournament | ||||
2014 | Holy Cross | 13–31 | 4–14 | 6th | |||||
2015 | Holy Cross | 24–26 | 12–8 | 3rd | Patriot League tournament | ||||
2016 | Holy Cross | 30–27 | 14–6 | 2nd | Patriot League tournament | ||||
2017 | Holy Cross | 24–29 | 12–8 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
2018 | Holy Cross | 18–27 | 11–14 | 4th | Patriot League tournament | ||||
2019 | Holy Cross | 22–32 | 15–10 | T-2nd | Patriot League tournament | ||||
Holy Cross: | 285–323–1 | 137–109 | |||||||
Total: | 285–323–1 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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