Sean P. Leary is an American

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coach and former

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. He is the head baseball coach at

Lehigh Mountain Hawks The Lehigh Mountain Hawks are the athletic teams representing Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Hawks participate in NCAA Division I competition as a member of the Patriot League. In football, Lehigh competes in the Division I F ...

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Bethlehem is a city in Northampton and Lehigh Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bethlehem had a total population of 75,781. Of this, 55,639 were in Northampton County and 19, ...

. Leary played college baseball at Lehigh for coach Stan Schultz from 1990 to 1993.

Playing career

Leary graduated from

Bethlehem Catholic High School Bethlehem Catholic High School, more commonly referred to as Becahi or just Beca, is a parochial high school located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The school is within the Diocese of Allentown and is located at 2133 Madison Avenue in Bethlehem in ...

. Leary enrolled at

Lehigh University Lehigh University (LU) is a private research university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The university was established in 1865 by businessman Asa Packer and was originally affiliated with the Epi ...

, to play

for the Lehigh Engineers baseball team. Leary became a starter as a senior in 1993, hitting a .296 with 1 homer run and 15 RBIs.

Coaching career

Leary was an assistant in 1995 for Lehigh under new head coach, Tom Morgan. With Morgan experiencing health issues during the 1996 season, which ultimately led to his death, Leary was named the interim head coach. After leading the Engineers to an 18–20–1 record in 1996, Leary was named the full-time head coach on December 12, 1996. Leary lead the Mountain Hawks to a 28–28 record in 2006, tied for first place in the Patriot League. Leary was named the 2006 Patriot League Coach of the Year. Leary engineered a 12-game turnaround from 2009 to 2010, leading to a second place Patriot League finish and being named the Patriot League Coach of the Year for the second time.

Head coaching record

References

External links

Lehigh Mountain Hawks bio
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Playing career

Coaching career

Head coaching record

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