After completing the most successful season in program history, Seton Hill head baseball coach Marc Marizzaldi was honored by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) on Thursday afternoon.  Marizzaldi was named the ABCA/ATEC NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional Coach of the Year.  

It is the third time in his career that Marizzaldi was honored by the ABCA as regional Coach of the Year.  He was also named the Atlantic Regional Coach of the Year following the 2014 season.  Marizzaldi also picked up the NAIA Region IX Coach of the Year Award from the ABCA in 2006.  

This season, Marizzaldi led the Griffins to a 39-8 overall record with a 23-4 mark in PSAC West play.  The team won their first PSAC Western Division crown since the 2014 season.  The Griffins also won their second Atlantic Regional title and advanced to their second NCAA Division II Baseball Championships.  Coach Marizzaldi was also named the NCBWA Atlantic Regional Coach of the Year in addition to being named the PSAC West Coach of the Year.  Earlier this season, Coach Marizzaldi won his 600th game with the Griffins sweep at UPJ.  

The ABCA/ATEC Coaches of the Year are selected in nine different divisions across the baseball landscape.  Coaches of the Year are selected by members of the ABCA All America and Coach of the Year Committees.

The ABCA/ATEC National and Regional Coaches of the Year will be honored on Friday, January 7th in the main hall prior to the start of the 78th annual ABCA Convention, which will be held January 6-9, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois.  

The complete list of ABCA/ATEC National and Regional Coaches of the Year can be found here.