Fritz Hamburg (Newark '98-'99 mgr.) has been named the head baseball coach at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pa. It is the first Division I managerial stint for Hamburg, who, while working at Army was named the 2007 Assistant Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association/Baseball America.
Hamburg takes over at St. Joseph's after serving as an associate head coach for eight years at the United States Military Academy under former college teammate Joe Sottolano. Hamburg was the pitching coach for the Black Knights and he helped mentor three-time Patriot League Pitcher of the Year Nick Hill (2004, 2005, 2007) and 2004 Patriot League Player of the Year Schuyler Williamson. In addition, Hill was a two-time All-American and Army reliever Milan Dinga was tabbed second-team All-America in 2007. Eleven of Hamburg's former players have been selected in the Major League Baseball entry draft including two in the top ten rounds.
Prior to Army, Hamburg served as an assistant coach at Cornell, New Mexico State, Cal Poly Pomona, Georgia and Ithaca College.
The Doylestown, Pa., native was an All-American catcher at Ithaca College in 1988. He helped backstop the Bombers to the 1988 NCAA Division III national championship. After graduating from Ithaca in 1989, Hamburg signed a free-agent contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. He went on to play part of the 1990 season for the Spartanburg Phillies of the South Atlantic League.
Hamburg was the first manager in the history of the Newark Raptors franchise in 1998. He guided the Raptors to a 27-15 record in their maiden voyage and the Western Division title. Newark placed second to Geneva the following year but went on to defeat Geneva and then Ithaca for the league championship.
St. Joseph's was 18-34 last year and compiled a 9-18 mark in the Atlantic 10.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
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