FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 2, 2014

Courtesy of Saint Michael's Athletics Communications

Strong leaves Southern New Hampshire
for fellow Northeast-10 Conference member

COLCHESTER, Vt. - Veteran college coach Scott Strong was named the interim head coach of the Saint Michael's College baseball program for the remainder of the 2014 season on Tuesday. Strong was amid his fifth season as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Southern New Hampshire University, which stood 17-7 and 14th in the latest National College Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) national poll at the time of his departure.

At So. New Hampshire, Strong not only worked with the varsity outfielders and hitters since 2009 but also spent three seasons as the junior varsity head coach, which entailed such responsibilities as recruiting, scheduling and fundraising. During his time as a varsity coach, the Penmen went 152-114-2, including 95-41 since the beginning of the 2012 season. So. New Hampshire qualified for the past two NCAA Tournaments, advancing to the 2012 College World Series while going a school-record 43-15.

Strong assisted the New Bedford (Mass.) Bay Sox and Laconia (N.H.) Muskrats in 2011 and 2012, respectively, both of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL), which attracts some of the top college prospects to the region each summer. As an assistant coach in 2009, Strong helped Manchester Red win the Granite State Baseball Association Fall Showcase League, providing high school players exposure to college coaches.

During the summers of 2009 and 2010, Strong worked in operations with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats minor league baseball team of the Double-A Eastern League, an affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. In addition to working in such areas as sales and public relations in 2009, Strong was the head groundskeeper assistant the following year, when the field at the presently-named Northeast Delta Dental Stadium was chosen as Field of the Year within the Eastern League.

A four-year member of the So. New Hampshire baseball team, Strong was the team's most valuable player as a senior in 2009. An infielder and outfielder during his career, Strong gained a starting spot as a junior, making 77 of his 78 appearances as an upperclassman in the starting lineup. He was fifth in the Northeast-10 with 20 stolen bases as a senior, when he added 37 hits and 10 RBI. The Naperville, Ill., native earned a bachelor's degree in sport management and anticipates completing a master's degree in marketing in May 2014.