Harvard University Men's Baseball

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 728 Career Wins as a Head Coach 59 Ivy League Honors 16 MLB Draft Selections New England Baseball Journal's Most Influential List 2025 NEIBA Hall of Fame Inductee 2024 NEIBA Jack Butterfield Award 2023 Trinity Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee 2019 Ivy League Coach of the Year 2019 NEIBA Coach of the Year Bill Decker was introduced as the Joseph J. O'Donnell ’67 Head Coach for Harvard Baseball on September 26, 2012. He will enter his 14th season at the helm of the Crimson during the 2025-26 academic year following a 22-year tenure at Trinity in which he won a national championship in 2008 and earned induction into the Trinity Athletics Hall of Fame in 2023.   Decker earned induction into the NEIBA Hall of Fame following the 2025 season. In 2025, the Crimson earned a spot in the Ivy League Tournament and finished as the tournament’s runner-up. Harvard registered seven All-Ivy selections, including unanimous First Team All-Ivy accolades for Gio Colasante, alongside three Ivy League Tournament All-Tournament Team selections and three Academic All-District picks. After the 2025 season, Harvard notched a pair of MLB Draft picks for the third straight season as right-hander Truman Pauley went to the New York Mets in the 12th round with the 373rd overall pick while right-hander Callan Fang was picked by the Minnesota Twins in the 13th round with the 389th overall selection.   In 2024, Harvard totaled seven Ivy League awards, including Ivy League Pitcher of the Year honors for Callan Fang and unanimous First Team All-Ivy accolades for Ben Rounds who hit .403, becoming the first member of the Crimson to hit above .400 since 2004. Over the course of the season, Harvard earned at least one win over all seven other Ivy programs. Following the season’s conclusion, Decker captured the NEIBA’s Jack Butterfield Award presented for integrity and dedication to the game of baseball. Following the 2024 season, the Crimson tallied a pair of MLB Draft selections for the second straight season as right-hander Sean Matson went to the Cleveland Guardians in the ninth round with the 265th overall pick and right-hander Tanner Smith went to the San Diego Padres in the 15th round with the 450th overall selection.   Decker guided the Crimson to a berth in the inaugural Ivy League Tournament in 2023, securing the No. 2 seed behind a 15-6 Ivy League record, marking Harvard’s most Ivy League wins since 2005. The Crimson captured six of its seven Ivy League series during the regular season. Decker coached Callan Fang to earn Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors as the Crimson tallied five All-Ivy honorees and five Academic All-District selections.   Following the conclusion of the 2023 season, the Crimson boasted a pair of draft picks in the 2023 MLB Draft. On the second day of the draft, the Los Angeles Angels took right-handed pitcher Chris Clark in the fifth round with the 147th overall pick while the Cleveland Guardians snagged right-handed pitcher Jay Driver in the ninth round with the 278th overall pick.   In 2022, the Crimson returned to competition following a pause due to COVID-19, winning 19 games, including 10 Ivy wins, and finishing in fourth place in the Ivy League standings. Harvard recorded a pair of wins over Power Five opponents during its non-conference season, topping Miami – 11-6 in the season opener – and UCLA – in a 5-0 shutout victory. The Crimson pitching staff ranked 29th in the NCAA in strikeouts per game (9.8) while Harvard’s batters ranked 51st in the nation in doubles per game (2.1). Harvard totaled five All-Ivy selections and three CoSIDA Academic All-District honorees.   Decker guided the Crimson to an outstanding season in 2019, winning 27 games, capturing the Ivy League title, and making an appearance in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2005. Decker earned Ivy League Coach of the Year honors after 14 wins in the league, the most since 2006. Seven members of the team earned All-Ivy awards, including Jake Suddelson, who took home Ivy League Player of the Year accolades. Two MLB Draft selections capped off a strong season for the Crimson. Patrick McColl was picked in the 10th round by the Oakland Athletics, and Hunter Bigge was selected in the 12th round by the Chicago Cubs.   Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Harvard did not compete during the 2021 baseball season. In 2020, the Crimson played six contests before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancelation of the remaining season.   The 2018 season was a successful year for the Crimson, with a 22-20 (.524) overall record and 12-9 (.571) conference record. The season contained the most wins for the program since 2005 and the most Ivy League wins since 2007, with its best conference finish since 2010. Harvard won its first Beanpot Championship title since 2014 and fifth in program history. In addition, the Crimson closed out their season with a series win over Dartmouth for the first time in 13 years.   Seven members of Decker’s 2018 team were awarded All-Ivy recognition in nine separate awards, more than any other team in the conference. Noah Zavolas was also named Ivy League Pitcher of the Year after tossing a no-hitter against Yale, the first in 17 years. Zavolas and Simon Rosenblum-Larson were both drafted in the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft as picks for the Seattle Mariners and Tampa Bay Rays, respectively. Twenty-one players earned ECAC Academic Honors for the season, with the program receiving the NCAA Academic Progress Rate Public Recognition Award for the 13th year.   In 2017, the Crimson posted a 19-23 overall record, including an appearance in The Beanpot championship game. Harvard tallied four All-Ivy selections at the end of the season.   Decker led the 2016 Harvard squad to a 17-24 overall record, including a 9-11 mark in Ivy League play, with an impressive win over Wake Forest. Under his leadership, Nick Gruener, John Fallon, Matt Rothenberg, and Josh Ellis earned All-Ivy League recognition, as the program continued its upwards trend.    Harvard continued its improvement under Decker in 2015, tallying an 18-24 record in the program's most successful season since 2007. Harvard finished second in the Ivy League Red Rolfe division and tallied seven wins in conference play. Ethan Ferreira was named to the All-Ivy first team, and Mike Martin and Jake McGuiggan were selected to the second team.   Decker's Crimson also saw improvement in 2014, earning an 11-28 record, including a Baseball Beanpot Championship, Harvard's first since 2005. Three Crimson, Mike Martin, Kyle Larrow and Carlton Bailey, earned All-Ivy League honors under his guidance.   After taking over in September of 2012, Decker led the Crimson to a 10-31 record in 2013, including a third-place finish in the Ivy League's Red Rolfe Division. The Crimson had three All-Ivy choices in Tanner Anderson, Mike Martin and Brandon Kregel.   Decker, the 2008 ABCA National Coach of the Year, spent 22 seasons as head coach of the Trinity College (Conn.) baseball team before coming to Harvard. Trinity’s all-time winningest coach, he owned a 529-231 (.696) record while winning five conference championships and advancing to nine NCAA Tournament appearances and winning one national title.   In 2008, Decker led Trinity to a 45-1 mark en route to the school's first-ever NCAA Division III National championship. After finishing the regular season undefeated, the Bantams ran their record streak to 44 games, which is the longest winning streak in Division III history. The .978 winning percentage set a new NCAA record in any division in any sport.   On top of being selected as the 2008 ABCA National Coach of the Year, Decker was also selected as the New England Coach of the Year in 1999, 2004, 2008 and 2009 as well as the New England Small College Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2000, 2003, 2008 and 2009.   In 2012, Decker led the Bantams to a 34-11 record and a fifth NESCAC Championship title. In 2009, the Bantams won the NESCAC Championship, and the New England Regional Championship to earn a second consecutive bid to the Division III College World Series. In 2007, Decker's team advanced to NCAA Tournament play for the third time in five years and won four games in the regional.   In 2005, Decker guided Trinity to a 35-9 record and was named the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) Coach of the Year. Trinity also won its second NCAA Division III Regional Championship title in three years and made its second trip to the NCAA Division III World Series.   Decker began his collegiate head coaching career with one season at Macalester College in 1990. He got his college coaching start in 1989 as an assistant coach at Wesleyan (Conn.) Prior to that, Decker served single years in assistant roles at Deerfield Academy (Mass.) and Phillips Exeter Academy (N.H.) In all four of those stops, Decker also served as a member of the schools' football programs. He also served as a graduate assistant coach in football at his alma mater, Ithaca College (N.Y.)   Decker has been an active member of the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association as a regional coordinator. In 1997, Decker was a member of the USA Baseball National Trials coaching staff and has made summer trips as part of Major League Baseball International. Eight of his Trinity players continued their baseball careers at the professional level, and Jonah Bayliss became the first NESCAC player in 10 years to appear in a major league game in 2006. Decker-coached athletes compete annually in the NCAA-sponsored collegiate leagues each summer.   A 1985 graduate of Ithaca College, Decker received a bachelor's degree in physical education with a minor in business. He also holds a master's degree in physical education with a concentration in coaching, which he received from his alma mater in 1992. Decker’s baseball career was cut short due to injury in college, but the two-sport star was a team captain and an All-America defensive back for the football team.   Decker and his wife, Nancy, have three children, Kyle, Sarah, and Kacey. Bill Decker Yearly Record Year       W     L      Pct.      Postseason at Wesleyan (23-8, .742) - Assistant Coach 1989        23    8      .742     ECAC quarterfinals at Macalester (8-26, .235) - Head Coach 1990         8     26    .235     -- at Trinity (529-231, .696) - Head Coach 1991       14     9      .609     -- 1992       19     9      .655     ECAC semifinals 1993       12     8      .600     -- 1994       18     13    .581     ECAC quarterfinals 1995       21     12    .636     Declined ECAC invitational 1996       19     15    .559     ECAC finals 1997       17     13    .567     ECAC semifinals 1998       23     11    .676     NCAA Regional Tournament 1999       25     11    .694     NCAA Regional Tournament 2000       22     9      .710     NCAA Regional Tournament 2001       25     10    .714     NESCAC Tournament 2002       26     10    .722     NESCAC Tournament 2003       27     12    .692     NCAA World Series 2004       27     9      .750     NESCAC Tournament 2005       35     9      .795     NCAA World Series 2006       17     18    .486     -- 2007       30     8      .789     NCAA Regional Tournament 2008       45     1      .978     NCAA National Champions 2009       33     7      .825     NCAA Regional Tournament 2010       19     11    .633     -- 2011       21     15    .583     -- 2012       34     11    .755     NCAA Regional Tournament at Harvard (191-271, .413) - Head Coach 2013       10     31    .244     -- 2014       11     28    .282     -- 2015       18     24    .429     -- 2016       17     24    .450     -- 2017       19     23    .452     -- 2018       22     20    .524     -- 2019       27     16    .628     NCAA Regional Tournament 2020       1       5      .167     -- 2021        --      --      --         Team did not compete due to COVID-19 2022        19    22    .463     -- 2023        20    24    .455     Ivy League Tournament 2024        13    26    .333     -- 2025        14    28    .333     Ivy League Tournament Total       728  528   .580     (Head Coaching)

Stark has been an invaluable part in guiding Harvards 12 All-Ivy League selections and four NEIBA All-Region team members. In 2016, Stark helped Harvard to their most successful season since 2010, going 17-24 overall, and 9-11 in Ivy League play. Under his mentorship John Fallon and Matt Rothenberg emerged as dangerous threats in the Harvard lineup. In his first season at Harvard, he played a key role in helping the team to an 18-24 record in the 2015 season, giving the program its most wins since 2007. While in Annapolis, Stark served as the first base coach, while working with hitters and infielders. Stark guided a handful of Midshipmen to first team all-conference honors during his tenure as well. Before arriving at Navy, he spent one season as an assistant coach at the University of Rochester in his home town. While at Rochester, Stark maintained various responsibilities for the Yellow Jackets, including working with the team's hitters and outfielders. Stark has also served as general manager of the Youses Orioles, the Baltimore Orioles' collegiate summer league affiliate, and as the head coach of the Brockton Rox of the Future Collegiate Baseball League, where he was named Manager of the Year in 2014. After graduating from SUNY Oswego, Stark was an assistant coach at his alma mater for a season. He played four seasons at SUNY Oswego where he earned all-conference honors and captained the team in his final two years. IN DIVISION I ATHLETICS

Nate Cole – previously an assistant coach at Southern Connecticut State and the University of Massachusetts – enters his fifth season on the Harvard University baseball staff in 2025-26 after joining the Crimson in the fall of 2021. Cole served the Crimson as an assistant coach for four seasons from 2021-25 before earning a promotion to associate head coach in August 2025. He became the program’s recruiting coordinator in August 2024.   During the 2025 season, the Crimson earned a spot in the Ivy League Tournament and finished as the tournament’s runner-up. Harvard registered seven All-Ivy selections, including unanimous First Team All-Ivy accolades for Gio Colasante, alongside three Ivy League Tournament All-Tournament Team selections and three Academic All-District picks. After the 2025 season, Harvard notched a pair of MLB Draft picks for the third straight season as right-hander Truman Pauley went to the New York Mets in the 12th round with the 373rd overall pick while right-hander Callan Fang was picked by the Minnesota Twins in the 13th round with the 389th overall selection.   In 2024, Harvard totaled seven Ivy League awards, including Ivy League Pitcher of the Year honors for Callan Fang and unanimous First Team All-Ivy accolades for Ben Rounds who hit .403, becoming the first member of the Crimson to hit above .400 since 2004. Over the course of the season, Harvard earned at least one win over all seven other Ivy programs. Following the 2024 season, the Crimson tallied a pair of MLB Draft selections for the second straight season as right-hander Sean Matson went to the Cleveland Guardians in the ninth round with the 265th overall pick and right-hander Tanner Smith went to the San Diego Padres in the 15th round with the 450th overall selection.   Cole helped guide the Crimson to a berth in the inaugural Ivy League Tournament in 2023, securing the No. 2 seed behind a 15-6 Ivy League record, marking Harvard’s most Ivy League wins since 2005. The Crimson captured six of its seven Ivy League series during the regular season. Cole coached relief pitcher Callan Fang to earn Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors as the Crimson tallied five All-Ivy honorees and five Academic All-District selections.   Following the conclusion of the 2023 season, the Crimson boasted a pair of draft picks in the 2023 MLB Draft. On the second day of the draft, the Los Angeles Angels took right-handed pitcher Chris Clark in the fifth round with the 147th overall pick while the Cleveland Guardians snagged right-handed pitcher Jay Driver in the ninth round with the 278th overall pick.   In 2022, the Crimson won 19 games, including 10 Ivy wins, and finished in fourth place in the Ivy League standings. Harvard recorded a pair of wins over Power Five opponents during its non-conference season, topping Miami – 11-6 in the season opener – and UCLA – in a 5-0 shutout victory. The Crimson pitching staff ranked 29th in the NCAA in strikeouts per game (9.8). Harvard totaled five All-Ivy selections and three CoSIDA Academic All-District honorees. Jay Driver (First Team) and Chris Clark (Second Team) both gained All-Ivy honors from Cole’s pitching staff.   Prior to Harvard, Cole served the Massachusetts baseball program as an assistant coach for six seasons from 2016-21, joining the Minutemen in July 2015. Cole directed all recruiting efforts for the program.   Cole was instrumental in developing right-handed pitcher Justin Lasko (2016-19), guiding the former Minuteman into the Friday night slot in the rotation before Lasko was drafted and signed with the New York Mets in 2019. Lasko, who returned to High-A Brooklyn in 2021, left UMass in possession of multiple program records, including starts (48), innings pitched (311.1), and strikeouts (247).   Before UMass, Cole spent eight seasons (2008-15) coaching one of the top pitching staffs in Division II at Southern Connecticut. At SCSU, Cole mentored 18 all-conference selections and two All-Americans along with the 2008 and 2014 Northeast-10 Pitchers of the Year. Four Southern Connecticut hurlers signed professional contracts during that span.   Under his direction, SCSU's pitching staffs consistently ranked among the NCAA statistical leaders. The Owls' 2010 pitching staff led all of Division II with a 2.53 ERA. That figure was the third best in the NCAA, trailing only St. Thomas of Minnesota (2.41) and the University of Texas (2.45).   Cole helped guide SCSU to a school record 45 wins in 2011 as the pitching staff led Division II in ERA for much of the season and finished the year at No. 3. In 2009, Cole coached the Owls' hurlers to the fourth-most wins in the Northeast-10 (25) and second-fewest losses (20).   Prior to SCSU, Cole was a three-year starter on the mound at Central Connecticut State University. While with the Blue Devils, he won two Northeast Conference championships and helped CCSU reach the NCAA Regionals in 2004 and 2007. He earned his bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Central Connecticut in 2007.   A native of Wrentham, Mass., Cole captained King Philip Regional High School as a senior and helped the team advance to the state title game for the first time in school history.

Wozniak is entering her fourth year as an assistant coach for the Crimson fencing program, joining Harvard during the 2021-22 academic year. The 2023-24 season was a banner year for Harvard fencing, as Wozniak pushed the Crimson to its first NCAA National Championship since 2006. With Wozniak's guidance, four Harvard saber fencers qualified for the 2024 NCAA Championships. At the 2024 Ivy League Championships, Wozniak mentored sophomore Zoe Kim to the 2024 Ivy League Women's Saber Championship, the first of her career. In 2022-23, Wozniak coached both the men and the women to fourth-place finishes at the NCAA Championships. Harvard qualified a total of 14 fencers, seven men and seven women. Wozniak led both Lauren Scruggs and Jonas Hansen to individual national championship titles. She also helped the Crimson men win their 12th Ivy League Championship, where she coached Filip Dolegiewicz and James Chen to individual Ivy League titles. Five crimson fencers received first-team All-Ivy selections and three received second-team All-Ivy selections. With the aid of Wozniak, the men wrapped up a very successful season with a 23-2 record and the women posted a 19-9 record. Wozniak graduated from St. John’s University in 2013 and enjoyed a very successful career in her time with the Red Storm. She earned All-America honors four times and finished third at the NCAA Championships twice. She spent 17 years on the U.S. National Team and is a three-time U.S. Olympian (London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2021), winning the bronze medal in 2016.   Wozniak was an individual Pan-Am champion as well as a team champion. She earned multiple World Cup medals and was a two-time member of a world champion fencing team. Wozniak brings to the Crimson 17 years of experience working with younger athletes in leadership positions.   

Morgan Brown '06 made a move to Director of Baseball Operations for Harvard in the summer of 2014. One of the Ivy League's top shortstops during his tenure with the Crimson, Brown initially returned to the team in the fall of 2010 as an assistant coach, a position he held for four seasons. He enters his 16th season as part of the program’s staff in 2025-26.   In 2023, Brown became the executive director of Harvard’s Institute of Politics, while continuing to assist the Crimson’s baseball program.   As a player at Harvard, Brown was the 147th Captain of Harvard Baseball (2005-06). He received All-Ivy League recognition as a shortstop twice and won Ivy League and Beanpot titles in 2005, along with Rolfe Division titles in 2003, 2005, and 2006. Additionally, he was named the Harvard Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year in 2006 and to the All-Ivy Academic Team and ESPN the Magazine All-Region teams. He was awarded the Francis Burr '09 Scholarship as a senior, the oldest continually awarded prize in Harvard Athletics.  Brown was also a national finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship.   Following his collegiate career, Brown signed with the Can-Am League’s North Shore Spirit, putting in 20 games with that team in 2006. In 2008, he returned to professional baseball and played overseas in Belgium and spent the 2008-09 winter season playing in Australia.   He returned to the Can-Am League in 2009, playing for Quebec and Brockton and then completed his professional career with Quebec in 2010.   While at Harvard, Brown played summer baseball in the Cape Cod Collegiate Baseball League with the Wareham Gatemen as well as in the New England Collegiate Baseball League with the North Adams SteepleCats.   Upon graduation, Brown was awarded Harvard's prestigious Michael Rockefeller Fellowship. He spent September of 2006 through August of 2007 in India where, among other duties, he worked in an HIV and AIDS prevention and treatment program.   In addition to his coaching and administrative duties, Brown has previously worked for Oxfam America in the Humanitarian Response Department where he focused on setting up development and humanitarian relief programs in Haiti following the January 2010 earthquake and was stationed in Port-au-Prince for much of 2010-11. Following the 2011 spring season and through until the early part of the 2012 season, he was stationed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia assisting in the response to the drought in the Horn of Africa.   Alongside his continued role with baseball, he has also served as a senior international program consultant for Harvard University focusing on the international operations of the university and its faculty and schools.   Brown acted as the deputy director for the Individual Resilience Initiative of the Adrienne Arsht–Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center at the Atlantic Council from 2021-23. In that role, Brown led strategy and development of the center’s delegation to the COP27 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Egypt.   Brown also gained a master’s degree in public administration at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Mike Sotsky completed his ninth season as a member of Tommy Amaker’s coaching staff in 2024-25 and was named in June 2020 to the Under Armour 30-Under-30 Team, which recognizes the top 30 college basketball coaches under the age of 30.   Sotsky helped guide Robert Hinton ’28 to Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors during the 2024-25 season, marking the second straight year in which the Crimson captured the conference’s rookie of the year award. Harvard closed the year with a 5-2 mark in the second half of Ivy League play, finishing the year with a 7-7 Ivy record, standing as its best conference mark since 2019-20. Evan Nelson ’25 also gained a spot on the inaugural Allstate NACDA Winter Good Works Team.   Harvard posted a 14-13 overall record in 2023-24, standing as the 14th time in the last 15 competitive seasons that the Crimson notched a record of .500 or better. Sotsky coached Malik Mack ’27 to Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors. Prior to the academic year, the Crimson took part in a comprehensive experience during a foreign tour of Canada in August 2023.   In 2022-23, Sotsky helped the Crimson post a 14-14 overall record, marking the 13th time in the last 14 competitive seasons that Harvard has tallied a record of .500 or better. Sotsky coached Chris Ledlum ’23, who earned First Team All-Ivy honors unanimously, while also capturing NABC All-District and USBWA All-District accolades.   Harvard returned to the hardwood in 2021-22 after the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out the 2020-21 campaign and finished 13-13 despite its roster being handcuffed by injuries the entire season. Noah Kirkwood carried the team statistically, leading all Crimson players in scoring, assists and steals, while ranking second in rebounding. For his efforts, Kirkwood was a unanimous First Team All-Ivy selection and landed on the NABC All-District 13 First Team.   In 2019-20, the Crimson reached the 20-win plateau for the first time since 2014-15, finishing with a 21-8 record. On the way to its fifth-highest win total in program history, Harvard defeated Power-5 conference foes Texas A&M and California and enjoyed a pair of lengthy winning streaks (eight games and six games). The Crimson earned a berth to the Ivy League Tournament after a runner-up finish in the regular season, but the league and university canceled the event and eventually the rest of the spring schedule, effectively ending the campaign. Despite the abrupt finish, Harvard had a First Team All-Ivy selection in Noah Kirkwood, while Chris Lewis, who completed his career as the school's all-time leader in blocked shots and field goal percentage, garnered second-team accolades.   In 2018-19, Harvard earned the Ivy League championship, its second straight, and the seventh in nine seasons. Bryce Aiken was a unanimous First Team All-Ivy selection, while Noah Kirkwood became Harvard’s fourth Ivy League Rookie of the Year under Amaker. The Crimson capped the 2018-19 season with its second-straight trip to the NIT, where it earned the first win in the event in program history, over Georgetown (71-68).   The Crimson captured its sixth Ivy League crown in program history in 2017-18 and earned its second-ever berth to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). Seth Towns capped a tremendous season as the Ivy League Player of the Year and All-America selection, while Chris Lewis and Justin Bassey also garnered All-Ivy recognition. Harvard won 18 games for the second-straight season, doing so while playing one of the nation's toughest schedules.   In his first year on staff with the Crimson in 2016-17, Harvard appeared in the inaugural Ivy League tournament. The Crimson – the 10th-youngest team in the nation according to KenPom rankings – finished 18-10 overall, including a 10-4 mark in Ancient Eight play.   Sotsky worked with Duke in 2015-16, serving as the program’s staff assistant. With the Blue Devils, Sotsky helped with scouting, recruiting, day-to-day operations and team video needs.   Sotsky was a senior manager on the Blue Devils' 2015 NCAA championship team and was the 2015 co-recipient of the Gopal Varadhan Award, presented annually to the program’s top upperclassman manager.   The Wyckoff, New Jersey native graduated from Duke in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts, double majoring in history and public policy. Sotsky completed the Education Leadership, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship (ELOE) program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, earning a Masters in Education (Ed.M.) in May 2022.  

Matt Fraschilla '17 returned to Cambridge as an assistant coach ahead of the 2022-23 campaign after a five-year stint at Villanova where he served as a graduate manager (2017-18, 2018-19) and video coordinator (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22). Fraschilla enters his fourth season as an assistant coach with the Crimson in 2025-26.   Fraschilla helped guide Robert Hinton ’28 to Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors during the 2024-25 season, marking the second straight year in which the Crimson captured the conference’s rookie of the year award. Harvard closed the year with a 5-2 mark in the second half of Ivy League play, finishing the year with a 7-7 Ivy record, standing as its best conference mark since 2019-20. Evan Nelson ’25 also gained a spot on the inaugural Allstate NACDA Winter Good Works Team.   Harvard posted a 14-13 overall record in 2023-24, standing as the 14th time in the last 15 competitive seasons that the Crimson notched a record of .500 or better. Fraschilla coached Malik Mack ’27 to Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors. Prior to the academic year, the Crimson took part in a comprehensive experience during a foreign tour of Canada in August 2023.   In 2022-23, Fraschilla helped the Crimson post a 14-14 overall record, marking the 13th time in the last 14 competitive seasons that Harvard has tallied a record of .500 or better. Fraschilla coached Chris Ledlum ’23, who earned First Team All-Ivy honors unanimously, while also capturing NABC All-District and USBWA All-District accolades.   During his successful stint in Philadelphia, he helped the Wildcats to a 134-36 record (67-22 Big East), six conference titles (three regular season, three tournament) and four NCAA tournament appearances, including a national title in 2018 and a Final Four berth in 2022.   In his role at Villanova, Fraschilla oversaw the team's video efforts, working closely with the coaching staff for opponent scouting purposes. He also served as a producer for the program's podcast, which aired throughout the academic year.   Prior to embarking on his career in the City of Brotherly Love, Fraschilla earned varsity letters at Harvard from 2014-17. The guard helped the Crimson capture Ivy League titles in 2013-14 and 2014-15, both of which resulted in a pair of NCAA appearances, including a Round-of-32 effort in 2014. Over the course of his career, Harvard went 81-39 and 40-16 in the Ivy League.  

Following success in the classroom as an educator and on the international fencing stage, Adam Maczik was named assistant coach of the Harvard men’s and women’s fencing programs in 2019. The 2023-24 season saw Maczik play an instrumental role in Harvard's march to the 2024 NCAA National Championship. Under his guidance, junior Emily Vermeule won the 2024 NCAA Women's Epee National Championship, the first women's epee national champion in school history. Maczik also propelled Jonas Hansen and Vermeule to the 2024 Ivy League Epee Championships, as the Crimson men also secured a share of the 2024 Ivy League Championship. At the 2024 NCAA Championships, first-year Henry Lawson, junior Mihir Kumashi and first-year Isabella Chin all earned All-America honors. In 2022-23, Maczik coached both the men and the women to fourth-place finishes at the NCAA Championships. Harvard qualified a total of 14 fencers, seven men and seven women. Maczik led Jonas Hansen to and individual national title. He also helped the Crimson men win their 12th Ivy League Championship, as five Crimson fencers received first-team All-Ivy selections and three received second-team All-Ivy selections. With the aid of Maczik, the men wrapped up a very successful season with a 23-2 record and the women posted a 19-9 record. Maczik comes to Cambridge following success career on the international stage. In 2015 he was an alternate to the men’s epee world team. He won the Division 1A National Championship and placed first at the Division one North American Cup in Salt Lake City that same year and ranked sixth in the United States.  From 2010-2012 Maczik gained experience at the collegiate level serving as a volunteer assistant coach with Boston College for two seasons. In 2015, Maczik joined the Marx Fencing Academy as the lead epee coach. While there, he designed programs for over 20 epee fencers. He strip coached a varying levels from local to international competition. From 2013-14 Maczik was the Modern Pentathlon Program Coordinator at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. He taught fencing to Modern Pentathlon resident athletes and handled logistics for international camps. In addition, he was a liaison between Modern Pentathlon administration and Olympic Training Center administration. For three years from 2010-13, Maczik worked as the lead epee coach at Boston Fencing club. He designed programs for all levels ranging from beginner to elite. He taught fencing classes for all age groups which resulted in more than 20 students making it to national finals in 2012-13. Aside from fencing, Maczik has been an educator at Natick High School since 2015. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 2005 with a Bachelors in physics, and later received his Master’s in education from Western Governors University in 2018.

Jed Dupree rejoined the Harvard fencing coaching staff in September 2023 as an assistant coach after serving as an assistant coach with the Crimson from 2013 to 2017. He is entering his second season with the Crimson for the 2024-25 academic year. Dupree returns to Harvard after serving as the head foil coach at Durkan Fencing Academy from 2017 to 2019. During Dupree's time at Durkin Fencing Academy, the former Crimson assistant coach managed and directed the high-performance foil training program.   Prior to his tenure at Durkan Fencing Academy, Dupree served as an assistant coach at Harvard from 2013 to 2017. Dupree was instrumental in the Crimson's success on the strip, as he coached 29 student-athletes to All-America honors and Adrienne Jarocki to two NCAA women's saber individual national championships in 2014 and 2016. Dupree also aided the men's team to Ivy League titles in 2014, 2015 and 2018, along with a women's Ivy League championship in 2016. Dupree is a sought-after individuals coach, guiding decorated and world-renowned fencers to impressive heights. Jackie Dubrovich, Race Imboden and Miles Chamley Watson worked with Dupree on their way to the Olympics. Dupree also coached men's foil and Harvard alum Geoffrey Tourette, who won a team gold medal at the 2017 Junior World Championships.   On the strip, Dupree accomplished an incredible career, representing the United States at the 2004 Athens Olympics along with individual national titles in 2002 and 2005. A Columbia alum, Dupree also won the 2001 NCAA men's foil individual national championship and was a four-time all-american honoree.

Jeff Kane – previously a longtime member of the coaching staffs at the U.S. Naval Academy and Holy Cross – enters his first season as a member of the Harvard University baseball coaching staff as an assistant coach in 2025-26 after joining the Crimson in August 2025.   A veteran coach with 16 years of experience in the Patriot League, Kane spent 11 seasons (2015-25) as an assistant coach with Navy, guiding the Midshipmen’s offense and recruiting efforts after serving as an assistant coach and associate head coach at Holy Cross for five seasons (2010-14).   Over his 11 years in Annapolis, Kane played a critical role in Navy having eight recruiting classes ranked in Perfect Game’s top 100, including four straight top 100 incoming classes from 2016-19 and a program-best No. 78-ranked class in 2022. He also developed 40 All-Patriot League hitters as well as three Patriot League Players of the Year during his time at Navy.   Kane helped Navy win five straight Patriot League regular season title from 2015-19, including a 39-17 overall record and 18-7 conference mark during the 2019 season. The Midshipmen captured the 2016 Patriot League Tournament crown to earn a berth into the NCAA tournament, totaling a school-record 43 wins. Kane has also served as a coach in the Cape Cod Baseball League, working with the Orleans Firebirds in the summer of 2025. With the Firebirds, Kane worked with all of the team’s hitters and served in a bench coach and in-game strategy role during games.   Prior to Navy, Kane served as the associate head coach, recruiting coordinator, and lead hitting instructor at Holy Cross. Kane coached 17 Crusader position players to earn All-Patriot League honors. Under his tutelage, Jordan Enos gained Patriot League Player of the Year in 2013, and Stephen Wadsworth won Patriot League Rookie of the Year in 2010.   Kane previously served as the head varsity baseball coach at Westford Academy from 2006-09, posting a 60-27 record during his tenure, as well as the manager for the Lowell All-Americans of the NECBL during the 2009 and 2010 seasons.   A native of Acton, Mass., Kane played collegiately at Clemson from 1997-99, while his brother, Ryan, played at Presbyterian College before becoming a sixth-round pick of the Anaheim Angles in the 1995 MLB Draft. Kane lives with his wife, Lilly, son, Travis, and daughter, Louisa.  

Seth Towns ’20 – a former standout for the Crimson and the 2017-18 Ivy League Player of the Year – returned to Harvard University Men’s Basketball as an assistant coach ahead of the 2024-25 season and enters his second season as a coach with the program in 2025-26.   Towns helped guide Robert Hinton ’28 to Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors during the 2024-25 season, marking the second straight year in which the Crimson captured the conference’s rookie of the year award. Harvard closed the year with a 5-2 mark in the second half of Ivy League play, finishing the year with a 7-7 Ivy record, standing as its best conference mark since 2019-20. Evan Nelson ’25 also gained a spot on the inaugural Allstate NACDA Winter Good Works Team.   Over a collegiate playing career that spanned eight years in which he made multiple comebacks from injuries, Towns provided an immediate impact for the Crimson during the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons, including earning AP Honorable Mention All-America honors and Ivy League Player of the Year accolades as a sophomore. After missing the 2018-20 seasons due to injury, Towns continued his playing career at Ohio State (2020-22) and Howard (2023-24).   One of the most decorated student-athletes in program history, Towns became just the fourth player in Harvard history to earn AP All-America honors and – at the time – became just the third sophomore to win the Ivy League Player of the Year award. In 2017-18, Towns also captured Lou Henson All-America, First Team All-Ivy, First Team USBWA All-District, First Team NABC All-District, and Ivy League Tournament All-Tournament Team honors after a season in which he posted 16.0 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, while shooting 44.1 percent from 3-point distance.   Following his graduation from Harvard, Towns returned to his home state to compete for Ohio State, helping the Buckeyes reach the NCAA tournament in 2021 and 2022. Towns closed his collegiate playing career at Howard, leading the Bison to March Madness in 2024. He tallied 14.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game for Howard in his final season.  

Jason Pryor is in his second season with the Harvard fencing program after joining the coaching staff as an assistant in Oct. 2023. In his first season with the Crimson, Pryor played a large role in the development of the Harvard fencers, propelling the Crimson to the 2024 NCAA National Championship. With Pryor's aid, four Harvard epee fencers earned All-America status, as Emily Vermeule won the 2024 NCAA Women's Epee National Championship. Along with success at the national level, Pryor helped Jonas Hansen win the 2024 Ivy League Men's Epee Championship. Pryor arrives in Cambridge with an incredible resume on the strip. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Pryor represented the United States in the 2016 Rio Olympics, competing in the individual men's épée. The Ohio State alum captured the United States 2015 épée national championship and won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pan Am Games. During his time at Ohio State, Pryor won an NCAA team national championship in 2008 and was a two-time All-American.   Following his athletic career, Pryor found immediate success as a coach, contributing to the development of fencers across the United States. Pryor served as the United States épée coach at the 2019 Pan Am Games, leading the women's épée team to a team gold medal and Kathrine Holmes to an individual épée gold medal.

Jacob Egelhoff – formerly a graduate assistant at Buffalo and a student manager at Ohio State – joined the Harvard Men’s Basketball staff as the Director of Basketball Operations in 2025 and enters his first season in the role in 2025-26.   Egelhoff served as a graduate assistant from 2023-25 and as a special assistant to the head coach in 2025 with the Buffalo men’s basketball program after acting as a four-year student manager with the Ohio State men’s basketball team from 2019-23.   With the Bulls, Egelhoff held responsibilities around team logistics and operations, schedule coordination, analytics and scouting, and student-athlete development.   During his time at Ohio State, including time as the program’s head student manager, he helped the Buckeyes post a 78-51 overall record over his four seasons including three straight 20-win seasons from 2019-20 through 2021-22 and back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances in 2021 and 2022. Egelhoff’s duties included oversight of 13 student managers, practice and game logistics, and data analysis.   A native of Dublin, Ohio and a product of Saint Charles Preparatory High School, Egelhoff earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from Ohio State in 2023 and gained a master’s degree in educational studies from Buffalo in 2025.  

Kyle Flanagan – previously a staff member with multiple MLB organizations including the Kansas City Royals, Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds, and the Baltimore Orioles – enters his first season as a member of the Harvard University baseball staff as a baseball operations coordinator in 2025-26 after joining the Crimson in January 2026.   Prior to Harvard, Flanagan has worked with the Kansas City Royals (2023-24), Detroit Tigers (2021-22), Cincinnati Reds (2020-21), Prep Baseball Report (2020-21), the Baltimore Orioles (2019-20), Rivier University (2015-19), and the Cape Cod Baseball League (2017-18).   With the Royals, Flanagan served as a player development trainee, managing data collection, video, and assigned ad-hoc assignments for the Kansas City Royals’ Arizona Complex and Double-A affiliate.   With the Tigers, he acted as a baseball information assistant, managing data collection and video for Detroit Tigers High-A affiliate, while with the Reds, he worked as a TrackMan operator and technology assistant with responsibilities for tracking/charting baseball analytic information for Cincinnati Reds Triple-A affiliate.   Flanagan also held roles with Prep Baseball Report as a scouting intern, the Orioles as an associate scout, Rivier as a game day staff member, and the CCBL as a game day operations intern.   A product of Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School, he earned a bachelor’s degree in business management from Rivier University in 2019 and a master’s degree in applied economics from Southern New Hampshire University in 2022.