Penn State Dubois Men's Baseball

Calliari helped establish with other local franchise members the Allegheny Mountain AAABA/NABF collegiate league, where was the manager of the Keystone Baseball Academy. This wooden bat collegiate summer organization was made up of college baseball players from across the state of Pennsylvania. In his 6 years, the Keystone Baseball Academy won 6 consecutive AAABA/NABF league championships, 5 World Series appearences, 2 Eastern Regional Titles and finished as Runner-Up at the 2001 NABF World Series in Dayton, Ohio. Keystone 6 year record was a combined 157-59. In his long coaching career he has been fortunate to coach many players who were drafted by Major League Baseball. That list includes Nate Bump (Florida Marlins) at Penn State University and Joe Beimel (Pirates) for Keystone AAABA tourney. In Addition, he coached a 16U team from PA that participated in the Junior Olympic National tournament where his team placed 8th out of 80 teams. After the 1997 season he was awarded the USA Baseball Pennsylvania Amatuer Coach of the Year.  At the high school level he spent 3 seasons at DuBois Central Catholic H.S. and Brockway High School as Head Baseball Coach with a combined record of 34-23.           He was the co-director of the Triple Play Baseball Camp held for 6 years at the DuBois Little League facility.  He most recently coached an amatuer travel team sponsored by BWP Bats for 4 seasons.  His team had a record of 125-48-1 while also winning the prestigous Buckeye Classic in Columbus,Ohio (60 teams) and placed 6th at the USA Baseball Nationals in Richmond, VA. Finally, He has been a camp intructor at Penn State University, Greensboro, Clarion, IUP, Lock Haven, and Western Michigan.  Tom has spent the last 17 years teaching Health and Physical Education at Towanda, Philipsburg-Osceola, and currently the DuBoia Area school districts.  Tom (42) resides with his wife Stacia and two daughters Emily and Peyton in Brockway,PA  

Bio Coach Nesbit has been a successful high school and collegiate coach since 1987 in both baseball and basketball.  Nesbit began his coaching career in 1987 at DuBois Central Catholic as Varsity Baseball Coach and remained in that capacity until 1997 when he became Assistant Coach at D1 Penn State University.   He returned to coach baseball at DCC in 1998 and remained as coach until 1999.  In his eleven years as baseball coach at DCC, Nesbit compiled an overall record of 126-89.  His team reached the district championship game four times, winning twice and advancing to the PIAA western semi-finals in 1990. As a basketball coach, Nesbit had an overall career record of 404-138 while coaching both boys and girls varsity teams over a twenty year career all at DuBois Central Catholic.  His teams advanced to the district championship game five times and qualified for the PIAA state playoffs ten times.  His 2006-2007 boys team won the western region of the PIAA class A tournament before losing in the state title game.  In 1997, Coach Nesbit and Head Penn State DuBois Baseball Coach Tom Calliari established the Keystone Baseball Academy and helped form the Allegheny Mountain AAABA Collegiate League.   He and Coach Calliari co-managed from 1997-1999 winning three league titles.  Their 1997 team was the first in AAABA history to win a regional crown  and advance to the AAABA National Tournament as a first year franchise.  The two also coached a 16 and under team in USA Baseball’s National Youth Baseball Tournament in 1997 in Fort Myers, Florida, where their team placed 8th out of 80 teams from across the United States.  Nesbit and Coach Calliari have coached numerous players who were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft.   That list includes Nate Bump (Florida Marlins) at Penn State University and Joe Beimel (Pirates) who played for the Keystone Baseball Academy in the 1997 AAABA National Tournament.   Coach Nesbit lives in DuBois with his wife Becky.  He is Vice-President of Swift, Kennedy and Company.