Worcester State College Men's Baseball

Bio In his third year with the program, Price was named the MASCAC Coach of the Year while also guiding three players to all-conference honors and a Rookie fo the Year award. Worcester native Phil Price has been named the new Head Baseball Coach at Worcester State University on June 30th, 2022 by Director of Athletics, Michael Mudd.  Price is the founder and President of Baseball Operations for Evolution Baseball out of West Boylston, Massachusetts, one of the top travel baseball programs in Massachusetts.  The club has committed over 50 players to college baseball programs around the country since they were established five years ago.  Price, a former baseball player at Fisher College, is well known in the Central Massachusetts baseball community for developing young baseball players into well-rounded young men, both on and off the field. While serving as the Head Coach at various age levels at the club level, Price is the head coach of the Evolution Baseball 17U team, which currently has five Division 1 baseball commits on their roster.  Additionally, Price has coached at the high school level for both Quabbin and Oxford High School.   areer Collegiate Head Coaching Record           Year Institution Overall Record Conference Record Conference Finish Postseason Result 2022-23 Worcester State  17-22 11-10 6th MASCAC First Round 2023-24 Worcester State 11-28 9-12 6th MASCAC Second Round 2024-25  Worcester State 23-14  12-9 4th MASCAC First Round                

Bio Dan Balk joined the Lancer coaching staff in the fall of 2024. In addition to extensive experience coaching club baseball, he has served as the head coach at two high schools — Codman Academy Charter School and Beaver Country Day. At Beaver, he was named the Eastern Independent League Coach of the Year in 2022.   He graduated from University of Rochester in 2009 where he was a pitcher on the baseball team.

Bio Todd Smith is a former baseball player and graduate of Worcester State and is also well-known in the New England baseball community as a successful baseball coach and administrator having coached at the collegiate, high school and club levels.  Collegiately, he served as the head coach at Becker College and as an Assistant Coach at Assumption College and Quinsigamond Community College.  In addition, he was the head coach for 11 years at West Boylston High School, where he was elected into the Hall of Fame in 2022, where his teams won six Mid-Wach League Championships and were state finalists in 2009.  He also served as an Associate scout for the San Francisco Giants for six years.  Smith will primarily be the hitting coach for the Lancers and will assist in recruiting.