Nick Barese

Last updated
Nick Barese
Current position
TitleHead Coach
Team UMass Lowell
Conference America East
Biographical details
Born (1986-10-29) October 29, 1986 (age 37)
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)
2015–2021Merrimack
2022–2023 UMass Lowell (asst)
2024–presentUMass Lowell
Head coaching record
Overall153–130
TournamentsNE: 0–0
NCAA: 0–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships

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).

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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

Barese 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

Barese 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]

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Merrimack Warriors (Northeast-10 Conference)(2015–2019)
2015Merrimack 17–1911–124th (Northeast)
2016Merrimack 29–1819–103rd (Northeast)
2017Merrimack 23–2117–83rd (Northeast)
2018Merrimack 31–2118–113rd (Northeast)NCAA East Regional
2019Merrimack 28–2018–93rd (Northeast)
Merrimack Warriors (Northeast Conference)(2020–2021)
2020Merrimack 6–90–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Merrimack 19–2213–145th
Merrimack:153–13083–50
Total:153–130

      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

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  4. ↑ Mike McMahon (September 18, 2014). "BSB: Merrimack Names Nick Barese Interim Head Coach". www.themackreport.com. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Merrimack Names Nick Barese Head Baseball Coach". www.merrimackathletics.com. Merrimack Collee. January 7, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
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  8. ↑ "Harring Resigns as Head Coach" (Press release). UMass Lowell River Hawks. July 24, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Nick Barese Promoted to River Hawk Head Coach" (Press release). UMass Lowell River Hawks. August 7, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
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