AJ Miller, Lafayette (Lehigh photograph)
Lafayette seemed to a rival and a well-known face for its new head coach, as the varsity on Wednesday introduced the hiring of head coach AJ Miller.
Miller replaces former Leopards head coach Tim Reilly, who guided this system to a 15-35 total document this previous season.
Miller is not any stranger to Lafayette’s program. He performed for the Leopards and was the Patriot League Participant of the 12 months in 2011, ending that marketing campaign with a .385 batting common together with 52 RBIs. He went on to play within the Frontier League earlier than working for the All State Baseball Academy in West Chester, Pa.
The rising coach has spent the final seven seasons as a jack of all trades kind of coach for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks. He was an assistant coach, recruiting coordinator, and was promoted to related head coach earlier than the ’22 marketing campaign. The Mountain Hawks completed final season with a 26-24 total document.
“My household and I are extraordinarily excited to return again residence to Lafayette School! It’s a true honor to be named Lafayette baseball’s subsequent head coach, and I want to thank Sherryta Freeman, Andrew Foster, Mike Chamberlain, and the remainder of the search committee for this unimaginable alternative,” Miller stated. “My time on the hill as a participant actually performed a task within the coach and individual I’m in the present day, and I’m excited to share these experiences with the workforce.”
With the hiring of Miller at Lafayette, there have now been 44 head teaching modifications in Division I Baseball — solely two vacancies stay: Saint Peter’s and Manhattan. Peacocks head coach Lou Proietti introduced he was stepping down a few weeks in the past, whereas Mike Cole left the Jaspers to turn into the highest assistant on Chris Tracz’s Military stuff.
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