Barry University Men's Baseball

DJ Price joined the baseball staff as a volunteer assistant coach in the spring of 2021. He was promoted to full-time assistant and head of the junior varsity program in the fall of 2021. In the summer of 2024, he took over the helm of the varsity program, becoming the seventh head coach in program history. In his first season leading the varsity, he coached the team to a 24-26 record, 12-18 in the Sunshine State Conference. Felix Diaz was named Second-Team All-SSC, while Joe Wike, Kevin Mebil, Jimmy Bruno and Collin McLaughlin earned Academic All-District honors. In three seasons leading the JV program, he led the team to a 41-19-1 mark and saw several players make impacts on the varsity team, including Freddy Rodriguez and Billy Eich. Originally from Bronx, N.Y., he graduated and played baseball for Fordham Preparatory School and Iona College, earning his undergraduate degree in 2003. After college he traveled across the world, playing professionally and coaching in the Greater Brisbane Baseball League in Australia for the Toowoomba Rangers. Price most recently spent five years as an assistant coach at Lehman College in the Bronx, where he was the outfield/hitting coach and third base coach. In his first year of coaching the Lightning, they led the country in NCAA Division III baseball in home runs per game (1.14). In the summer of 2020, he served as a coach in the Collegiate League of the Palm Beaches with the Palm Beach Snowbirds. He also put together several tournament winning teams while producing hundreds of college-bound student-athletes at the Highlander Training Academy in New York. As the head of baseball/softball training at the HTA, he created many drills and exercises to address speed, agility, and quickness as well as strength and endurance specifically for baseball and softball. Price has been in and around the strength and conditioning industry for almost 20 years as a master trainer for the National Sports Performance Association and is also a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT), Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES) and Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) with the National Academy of Sports Medicine. He is also a certified USA Weightlifting Coach and uses several other modes, including TRX and kettlebell training, to keep his athletes in shape.

Dean Kanganis joined the Buccaneer baseball staff in the fall of 2021 as a volunteer assistant. He was promoted to assistant coach/co-recruiting coordinator in the summer of 2023, and took over as head coach of the junior varsity program in the summer of 2024. In his first season leading the JV Bucs, he led them to a 17-6 record, tying the record for wins in a season. He helped the Bucs win the South Region 2 Tournament and advance to the Super Regional for the first time in program history in 2023. Working with the infielders, he helped Barry improve from 181st in the nation (.911) to 70th in the nation (.952) from 2022 to 2023. Barry finished 12th in the country in double plays turned (47) and double plays per game (0.87). As the co-recruiting coordinator, he help the Bucs sign the top-rated class in NCAA Division II according to Perfect Game in 2023. He oversees all infield operations, compiles day-to-day statistics and analysis of defensive efficiency and assists with hitting instruction. He helped raise over $6,000 dollars organizing and runner camps and clinics. In addition to his duties with the Bucs, he owns Diamond Glove Academy, an infield training company sponsored and partnered with Valle Training Gloves. Over 25 collegiate infielders and two professionals (Brandon Barriera/1st round - Blue Jays and Cory Acton/9th round/Braves) have matriculated through the academy. He was an assistant coach at Cypress Bay High, Westminster Academy and Cannon Baseball Academy from 2015-2022. Kanganis played for four years at NCAA Division III Penn State-Harrisburg, graduating with a bachelor's degree in marketing in 2014.

Former Buccaneer Ben Terwilliger joined the Barry baseball staff in the fall of 2024 as an assistant coach. He will direct the pitching staff for both the varsity program as well as planning the program for the junior varsity staff. In the summer of 2024, in the Frontier League, he was named the closer of the year with the Florence Y'alls. He went 4-2 on the mound with five saves, striking out 39 in 36.0 innings with a 4.75 ERA. He also earned a spot on the Frontier League All-Star team.  In 2023, he threw for the Lincoln Salt Dogs (American Association) and Florence last season, combining to go 0-1 with one save in 14.2 innings. He struck out 19. Terwilliger finished his college career at East Carolina in 2022. He led the Pirates to a 46-21 record and first-place in the American Athletic Conference. He went 2-0 with a 3.86 ERA in 35 innings. He saved five games and struck out 46 against just 13 walks. He held opposing batters to a .198 average. He played for the Buccaneers under coach Juan Ranero in 2020-21. In two seasons, he went 1-0 with four saves with a 1.10 ERA and 29 strikeouts in 16.1 innings, walking only five. He earned two letters under head coach Nick Derba at Maine in 2018-19. He pitched in 15 games making one start over two seasons for the Bears, going 0-2 with a 6.41 ERA in 19.2 innings. He struck out 17.

DJ Price joined the baseball staff as a volunteer assistant coach in the fall of 2020. He was promoted to full-time assistant and head of the junior varisty program in the fall of 2021. He also serves as the co-recruiting coordinator. Originally from Bronx, N.Y., he graduated and played baseball for Fordham Preparatory School and Iona College. After college he traveled across the world, playing professionally and coaching in the Greater Brisbane Baseball League in Australia for the Toowoomba Rangers. Price most recently spent five years as an assistant coach at Lehman College in the Bronx, where he was the outfield/hitting coach and third base coach. In his first year of coaching the Lightning, they led the country in NCAA Division III baseball in home runs per game (1.14). In the summer of 2020, he served as a coach in the Collegiate League of the Palm Beaches with the Palm Beach Snowbirds. He also put together several tournament winning teams while producing hundreds of college-bound student-athletes at the Highlander Training Academy in New York. As the head of baseball/softball training at the HTA, he created many drills and exercises to address speed, agility, and quickness as well as strength and endurance specifically for baseball and softball. Price has been in and around the strength and conditioning industry for almost 20 years as a master trainer for the National Sports Performance Association and is also a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT), Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES) and Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) with the National Academy of Sports Medicine. He is also a certified USA Weightlifting Coach and uses several other modes, including TRX and kettlebell training, to keep his athletes in shape.