California University of Pennsylvania Men's Baseball

Conte has continued the tradition of the Vulcans as one of the most successful and stable teams in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC). Conte has totaled 536 wins for an average of over 28 victories per season. While in the dugout, he has guided the Vulcans to seven PSAC Western Division titles and 14 PSAC Tournament appearances with conference crowns in 2004 and 2010. In 2013, Conte was tabbed PSAC West Coach of the Year after leading the program to a 35-18 overall record. The Vulcans also claimed a share of the PSAC West title and featured the first consensus All-American in program history in Kyle Petty. One of the most versatile players in the country, Petty became the first Cal U player in nearly two decades to be selected in the 2013 MLB Draft when he was taken by the Seattle Mariners in the 23rd round. Cal U captured the PSAC title in 2010 in walk-off fashion and made its fifth all-time appearance in the NCAA Tournament before finishing the season with a 34-18 overall record. Conte also earned PSAC West Coach of the Year laurels for the sixth time in his career. In 2007, Conte guided the Vulcans to a school-record 36 wins, a fourth-straight divisional title, a second-place finish in the PSAC Tournament and the program's first NCAA Regional Tournament appearance since 1983. Conte led Cal U to four-straight PSAC West championships from 2004-07 with the first PSAC Championship in 25 years. The championship team of 2004 featured two-time Academic All-American and PSAC West Player of the Year Mike Larson. Larson was an all-conference outfielder/pitcher after leading the team in average, homers, RBI and ERA. The Vulcans won back-to-back PSAC West titles in 2001 and 2002 after posting a then-school record 16 conference wins. Outfielder Bryan Hartung was an all-conference player on the 2001 team before finishing his career as the school's all-time leader in homers and RBI. Hartung became the first Conte-coached player inducted into the Cal U Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009. During his 19 seasons as head coach, Conte has nearly 115 All-PSAC West players, six PSAC West Athletes of the Year and five ABCA All-Americans. In addition to successful players on the diamond, he also has coached the only three Academic All-Americans in program history and the only five players to receive the academic Top 10 Award from PSAC. Since the start of the 2000 season, a total of 16 Vulcans have played professional baseball. Three members of the 2010 PSAC Championship team made their professional debuts the following summer. After a record-breaking spring with the Vulcans in 2011, pitcher Randy Sturgill signed with the Lake Erie Crushers of the Frontier League during the summer. Last summer, Petty played in the California League while in the minor leagues with the Seattle Mariners before spending this summer in the Australian Baseball League. Additionally, shortstop Matt Peters signed with the Washington Wild Things last summer after finishing his career in the spring as the schools all-time hits leader. Prior to taking the head-coaching position in 1997, Conte served as an assistant coach for long-time Vulcan mentor Chuck Gismondi, who set then-school records for wins and games coached. A native of nearby Brownsville, Conte was a two-time all-conference outfielder at Virginia Tech.  As a junior, he led the team with a .352 average and received an offer to play with the Baltimore Orioles, which he declined. Conte returned to school for his senior season and led the team in triples, homers, RBI, stolen bases and at-bats. He finished his career and still ranks fifth in Virginia Tech history with 43 career homers. Following the 1989 college season, he was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 19th round and played five seasons in the A's minor-league system before retiring after the 1993 season. Conte completed his undergraduate degree in 1990. Following his professional playing career, he started his coaching career in 1994 at Cal U as an assistant and completed his master's degree in Geography and Regional Planning. Conte resides in California with his wife Jamie and their four children, Louden, Payton, Jessie and Nina.

Following nearly a decade as an assistant coach, Joey Noro enters his first season as head coach at California (PA) in 2026. Noro recently finished his ninth year on the coaching staff with the Vulcans after serving the past two seasons as associate head coach. He has worked with a combined 14 All-PSAC West pitchers during his tenure at Cal, including a combined 11 honorees over the last five years. Noro helped the Vulcans set the school record with 38 wins this season while advancing to the PSAC Championship for the first time in 15 years. Cal also made its sixth all-time appearance in the NCAA Tournament this spring, its first since the 2010 campaign. Cal featured five All-PSAC West First-Team selections in 2025 and all five have recently been recognized as consensus all-region honorees. Over the last five full seasons, Cal has posted a 151-87 overall record for a .634 winning percentage. The Vulcans have won at least 25 games each year and made four appearances in the PSAC Tournament during that span. Cal has ranked among the top 20 in the country in ERA twice in the last four springs. Starting pitching Dylan Brosky anchored the staff in 2022 and ranked fifth in the league with a 2.39 ERA. A two-time All-PSAC West honoree, he tossed the program's first no-hitter in eight years before selecting to use his final season of eligibility at Cincinnati. Additionally, two-way standout Jacob McCaskey received All-PSAC West laurels at both utility and starting pitcher in 2022. He was an ABCA Second-Team All-American at utility before opting to use his senior year of eligibility at Gardner-Webb (N.C.) and is currently playing professionally with the Washington Wild Things. Noro also mentored Nick Riggle in recent years with Riggle finishing tied for the school's career record of 23 victories. He also ranks second all-time in program history with 261.0 innings pitched while sitting among the top 10 with 180 strikeouts. Riggle was a consensus all-region selection as a senior in 2021 and was a two-time All-PSAC West honoree. Noro spent three years as an assistant coach at Calhoun Community College in Decatur, Alabama, following a two-year stint at Lawson State Community College in Birmingham, Alabama. He also played at Calhoun for two seasons before transferring to Montevallo (AL), which was then a member of the Peach Belt Conference (PBC), for his last two years. In 2016, Noro helped the Warhawks post a 20-win improvement and advance to the Alabama Community College Conference (ACCC) Championship. Calhoun finished the year with a 35-25 overall record and was third in the ACCC North standings with a 16-12 divisional record. Noro started his college coaching career at Lawson State, which is also a member of the ACCC, in 2011. He worked with both pitchers and outfielders during his time with the Cougars. In the summer, Noro previously served on the coaching staff of the Licking County Settlers in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League (GLSCL). He was the manager of the team for two years after serving as an assistant coach in 2013. Noro led the Settlers to the GLSCL Playoffs in both of his seasons as manager after winning the league championship in 2013. Noro returned to the Pittsburgh area in the summer of 2014 to serve as head coach of the 16-and-under team for the Pittsburgh Diamond Dawgs. Following a standout scholastic career as a pitcher and third baseman at Fox Chapel, Noro was a pitcher at Calhoun from 2008-09 and earned all-region laurels. While with the Warhawks, he was a teammate of future MLB pitchers Buddy Boshers and J.J. Hoover. Noro then played his last two seasons at Montevallo in the PBC and totaled over 100 innings pitched in 35 appearances. Noro earned his bachelor's degree in kinesiology from Montevallo in 2013. He and his wife Taylor reside in Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania.

A coach with collegiate experience on both sides of the state, Vinnie Morelli enters her first season as an assistant coach at California (PA) in 2026. Morelli recently completed his first season as an assistant coach at Susquehanna (PA), a NCAA Division III program in the Landmark Conference. He previously served three years as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Westminster (PA) after playing for the Titans from 2018-21. While with the Crusaders, Morelli worked alongside 20-year head Denny Bowers – the all-time winningest coach in program history. Susquehanna won the Landmark Conference Championship as recently as 2023 before advancing to the NCAA Regional Championship that spring. Last year, the Crusaders ranked third in the league in stolen bases per game while sitting among the top five in doubles per game, total walks and ERA. Morelli joined the coaching staff of Westminster in 2022 when the Titans advanced to the title game of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Tournament for the first time in a decade. He helped Westminster record three-consecutive seasons of at least 20 victories while setting the program record for conference wins in 2022. The Titans boasted 13 different players that received recognition from the league during Morelli's tenure as assistant coach with shortstop Logan Mergenovich garnering All-PAC Second-Team laurels at shortstop in back-to-back years. In addition to his collegiate experience, Morelli has served as head coach of the North Fork Ospreys in the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League (HCBL) in each of the past two summers. The Ospreys play in Peconic, New York, which is 90 miles east of New York City on Long Island. This summer, Thomas Matuszewski led the HCBL with a .403 average after being a consensus first-team all-region player during the spring as a freshman at Jefferson (PA). Morelli previously spent the 2023 summer in Virginia as the hitting coach for the Strasburg Express in the Valley League Morelli was a catcher at Westminster from 2018-21 and was a member of the PAC Academic Honor Roll as a senior. He appeared in 36 games over his career and made 23 starts, including 15 as a senior. A native of Ambridge, Pennsylvania, Morelli earned his bachelor's degree in business administration with a minor in marketing from Westminster in 2021. He later competed his master's degree in business administration in 2024, also from Westminster.