University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown Men's Baseball
Academic Snapshot
Acceptance Rate
96%
Avg SAT
1,158
Avg ACT
24
Enrollment
1,934
Team Information
Sport
Baseball
Gender
Men's
Division
NCAA Division 2
Location
Johnstown, PA
Coaching Staff (3)
Todd Williams
Head Coach
Williams' tenure, the Mountain Cats have established themselves in the upper echelon of the Atlantic Region. Through 17 seasons, Coach Williams has posted a 431-381-4 overall record. This has been done by recruiting student-athletes who are committed to hard work and dedication to both academics and baseball. The quality of student-athletes in the program has risen every year. On April 27, 2013, Coach Williams, already the "winningest" baseball coach in school history, earned his 400th career victory, when his Mountain Cats defeate Shepherd (WV) University, 6-4 on Kyle Morrow's walk-off three-run homerun. Coach Williams has produced 17 All-Atlantic Region players, including seven First-Team selections, and Jake Warner, a First-Team All-American in 2013. In addition, nine players were All-WVIAC First-Team choices, before Kyle Morrow became the programs initial First-Team All-PSAC selection in 2014. In 2015, Mike Palkovitz became the program's first Second-Team All-PSAC selection. The Mountain Cats also have done the job in the classroom with five Verizon Academic All-Americans. In 2001, outfielder Mike Shumaker became the first Mountain Cat to garner First-Team Academic All-America honors. In 2009, pitcher Ben Watkins, the WVIAC and Daktronics Atlantic Region Pitcher of the Year, joined Shumaker as a First-Team Academic All-American. The Mountain Cat program boasts a 94 percent graduation rate for its players. Following the 2009 season, Watkins became the first Mountain Cat under Coach Williams to be selected in the Major League Baseball Draft when the New York Yankees selected him in the 40th round. Then, in 2012, fellow pitcher Kaleb Fleck signed a free-agent contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Fleck advacned through the system to AAA in 2015. Along with the on-field coaching, Coach Williams and his assistant, Bill Colosimo, handle all of the recruiting and fundraising duties. They recruit prospective student-athletes from all over Pennsylvania and surrounding states. Coach Williams is a 1980 graduate of Central Cambria High School in Ebensburg, Pa. He graduated with a degree in Sociology from Pitt-Johnstown and played baseball under Coach Ken Keiper while attending the university. Coach Williams, who also serves as the Sports Center Manager, and his wife, Beth, have three children Travis, Ashley and Luke. Todd Williams, who guided the Mountain Cats into the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) starting in 2014 after seven seasons in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC), took over as head coach in 1998. After struggling through a 12-35 first season, the Mountain Cats turned things around and finished 21-16 in 1999 and 23-19 in 2000. These marked the first 20-win seasons since 1982 when Coach Williams was a pitcher/infielder on the Pitt-Johnstown baseball team. The 2006 season was highlighted with the team setting another school record for wins with a 33-18 record and earning the No. 6-seed in the NCAA North Atlantic Region Tournament. In 2008, the Mountain Cats broke the 2006 wins record by posting a 37-19-1 record, winning the WVIAC Northern Division and advancing to the programs second NCAA regional tournament.
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George Roberts
Head Coach
Former Kent State (OH) University standout and Summerhill, Pa. native George Roberts joined Head Coach Todd Williams’ baseball staff prior to the 2016 season, and was named interim head coach in 2025 after Williams' retirement. Through one season, Roberts is 15-33 overall and abd 6-22 in the PSAC. He also coached one All-PSAC West selection, Justin Turcovski, a second-team selection in 2025. Roberts was a four-year letterman at Kent State from 2010-2013 where he was the 2012 Mid-America Conference (MAC) Player of the Year, a Louisville Slugger Second-Team All-American, and a American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-Mideast Region selection after leading Golden Flashes to a spot in the College World Series. As a senior, Roberts was a Louisville Slugger and a College Sports Madness Preseason All-American, and the Preseason MAC Player of the Year. He earned a spot on the Preseason Golden Spikes Award Watch List, an award given to the top collegiate baseball player in America. At the end of the year, he was named First-Team All-MAC honors for the second consecutive season. In 2023, Kent State inducted Roberts into its Athletics Hall of Fame. After graduating with a degree in Kinesiology in 2013, Roberts, was drafted in the 26th round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks. He spent three seasons in that organization, before returning home to assist his brother Rick in running ERA baseball school. Roberts, a graduate of Forest Hills High School, his wife Diana, their daughter London and son George reside in Summerhill.
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George Roberts
Assistant Coach
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