Gary Puccio is an American

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coach and former player. He was the head coach of the

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team from

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to 2018. Puccio earned his degree at C. W. Post, and later added a pair of master's degrees from

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. He served as a scout for the

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organization for many years, and as head coach at several levels of baseball. He began at Division III

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for five seasons before moving to his first Division I job at

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. He helped develop a struggling program and registered 20 wins in 1998, the first time the Jaspers had accomplished that since 1903. He then coached at

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for four seasons. He later led

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Briarcliffe to five straight national tournaments, including a pair of national championships, from 2006–2010. He took over at Fairleigh Dickinson in the summer of 2010. Prior to taking over the Knights, he also taught math at

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, coaching baseball while not working at the college level.

Head coaching record

This table depicts Puccio's record as a head coach at the Division I level.

References

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