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Rick Giannetti | |
| Title | Asst. Director of Athletics/Scheduling Coordinator/Head Coach Baseball | |
| Phone | 848-7707 | |
| rick.giannetti@dc.edu | ||
Giannetti was named an Assistant Athletic Director in 2005 and serves as the primary contact for all sports scheduling and travel coordination.
Giannetti also serves at the helm of the Charger baseball program. In his eighteen years at Dominican he has amassed a record of 504-313 and his overall record stands at 549-348. He has guided Dominican to 12 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championships, 9 regional tournament appearances, 1 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship and 2 NAIA World Series Appearances.
Giannetti spent his collegiate career at Ramapo College of New Jersey where he was a member of the baseball team for four years. As a pitcher, he never lost a game in college and for three of those years had a single digit statistic for walks allowed. The Roadrunners also went to three regional tournaments in his tenure there. He graduated in 1982 with a double major B.S. in psychology and business.
His collegiate coaching career started at his alma mater joining the team as an assistant coach in 1983 and helped guide the Roadrunners to a National Championship in 1984. Giannetti then took over the reigns in 1988 and spent two years as the head coach. In that time, he made two conference tournament appearances, won a conference championship in 1988 and made a regional tournament appearance.
Coach Giannetti has been awarded the CACC Coach of the Year award 8 times in his tenure and the Regional Coach of the Year Award 4 times. He has also been a finalist for the National Coach of the Year Award 4 times. He has coached 48 All-American players and has had 15 players drafted by major league teams, with a player currently in the St. Louis Cardinals minor league system.
He currently resides in New City, NY with his wife, Vicki, and
their three children, A.J., Vincent and Adriana.