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
The UMass Lowell River Hawks are the NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletics teams representing the University of Massachusetts Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Members of the America East Conference for all sports (except the me ...
. Barese played
college baseball at
Saint Anselm College
Saint Anselm College is a private Benedictine liberal arts college in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Founded in 1889, it is the third-oldest Catholic college in New England. Named for Saint Anselm of Canterbury (Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to ...
from 2005 to 2009 for coaches J. P. Pyne and Barry Rosen and in
Saint Anselm College
Saint Anselm College is a private Benedictine liberal arts college in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Founded in 1889, it is the third-oldest Catholic college in New England. Named for Saint Anselm of Canterbury (Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to ...
for two seasons from 2009 to 2010. He then served as the head coach of the
Merrimack (2015–2021).
Barese was born in
Braintree, Massachusetts. He attended
Braintree High School in Braintree. After graduation from high school, he attend
Saint Anselm College
Saint Anselm College is a private Benedictine liberal arts college in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Founded in 1889, it is the third-oldest Catholic college in New England. Named for Saint Anselm of Canterbury (Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to ...
to play football and baseball. Upon graduation from Saint Anselm, he continued his baseball career playing professionally for
Rangers Redipuglia Baseball Club
Redipuglia is a baseball team in Serie A federale
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.
In 2015, Barese was named the head coach of the
Merrimack Warriors baseball
The Merrimack Warriors are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Merrimack College, located in North Andover, Massachusetts, in NCAA sporting competitions. All of the Warrior athletic teams compete at the Division I level. Men's and ...
program, succeeding his Jim Martin.
Playing career
Barese was born in
Braintree, Massachusetts. He attended
Braintree High School in Braintree, and was a
letterman
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in football, basketball, baseball and track.
Barese would go on to attend
Saint Anselm College
Saint Anselm College is a private Benedictine liberal arts college in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Founded in 1889, it is the third-oldest Catholic college in New England. Named for Saint Anselm of Canterbury (Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to ...
, while there he played both quarterback and pitched for the Hawks.
Barese would go on to play professional baseball for the
Rangers Redipuglia Baseball Club
Redipuglia is a baseball team in Serie A federale
Series may refer to:
People with the name
* Caroline Series (born 1951), English mathematician, daughter of George Series
* George Series (1920–1995), English physicist
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.
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.
Barese was promoted to head coach in January, 2015. In July, 2021, Barese was fired.
In December 2021, Barese joined the coaching staff of the
UMass Lowell River Hawks
The UMass Lowell River Hawks are the NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletics teams representing the University of Massachusetts Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Members of the America East Conference for all sports (except the me ...
.
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
Kenneth Nils Harring (born February 10, 1967) is an American college baseball coach who was the head coach of UMass Lowell River Hawks baseball, UMass Lowell from 2004 until 2023.
Playing career
Harring was a four-year player at NCAA Divisio ...
. On August 7, 2023, Barese was officially named as the new head coach of the program.
References
External links
Merrimack Warriors profile
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Living people
1986 births
Baseball coaches from Massachusetts
Merrimack Warriors baseball coaches
People from Braintree, Massachusetts
Rangers Redipuglia Baseball Club players
Saint Anselm Hawks baseball players
Saint Anselm Hawks football players
UMass Lowell River Hawks baseball coaches
Ohio University alumni
American expatriate baseball players in Italy