Greg DiCenzo is a professional baseball coach and former football, soccer, and baseball player at St. Lawrence University. He is the bench coach of the Columbus Clippers of the International League. He was previously the head baseball coach at the College of the Holy Cross from 2008 to 2019.

Early life

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 teams. In four seasons on the baseball team, he competed as a pitcher, a first-baseman, and an outfielder. 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.

Coaching career

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

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program, where he served from 2003-2007. On May 22, 2007, he resigned from his position at Northeastern. He also served as the pitching coach for the

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from 2002-2005 in the Cape Cod Baseball League. On July 2, 2007, DiCenzo was named the head coach of the Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team. On January 23, 2020, DiCenzo was named the manager of the

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of the

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. On October 9, 2021, DiCenzo was named the manager of the

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. DiCenzo was promoted to bench coach of the Guardians' Triple-A affiliate, the Columbus Clippers, on February 7, 2023.

Head coaching record

References

External links

Holy Cross Crusaders bio
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