Head Coach Rick Giannetti is entering is 21st year at the helm of the Charger baseball program. In his twenty years at Dominican he has amassed a record of 570-340 and his overall record stands at 615-389. He has guided Dominican to 14 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championships, 10 regional tournament appearances, 1 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship and 2 NAIA World Series Appearances. His teams have qualified for post season play every year except one.

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 9 times in his tenure, Regional Coach of the Year Award 5 times and was the 2009 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Coach of the Year. He has also been a finalist for the National Coach of the Year Award 4 times. He has coached 49 All-American players and 119 All-Conference Players and has had 19 players sign professional contracts, with two players) currently in the Chicago Cubs minor league system & one with the Boston Red Sox.

He currently resides in New City, NY with his wife, Vicki, and their three children, A.J., Vincent and Adriana.

Career Coaching Record

 

Year	School	Record	Achievements/Honors
1987	Ramapo College of New Jersey	2-0
1988	Ramapo College of New Jersey	24-18	NJAC Co-Champions, NCAA North Regional
1989	Ramapo College of New Jersey	19-17	NJAC Play-Offs
1990	Dominican College	19-14	CACC Champions, District 31 Play-Offs
1991	Dominican College	21-20	District 31 Play-Offs
1992	Dominican College	23-18	CACC Champions, District 31 Champions, Area 8 Runner Up, CACC Coach of the Year, NAIA District 31 Coach of the Year
1993	Dominican College	31-11	CACC Champions, District 31 Champions, Northeast Region #2 Seed, CACC Coach of the Year, NAIA District 31 Coach of the Year
1994	Dominican College	26-17	CACC Champions, District 31 Runner-Up, CACC Coach of the Year
1995	Dominican College	40-15	CACC Champions, CACC Play-Off Champions, Northeast Region #2 Seed, CACC Coach of the Year
1996	Dominican College	30-14	CACC Champions, CACC Play-Off Champions, Northeast Region #1 Seed, CACC Coach of the Year, Northeast Region Coach of the Year
1997	Dominican College	38-13	CACC Champions, CACC Play-Off Champions, Northeat Regional Champions, NAIA World Series, CACC Coach of the Year, Northeast Regiona Coach of the Year
1998	Dominican College	30-20	CACC Play-Off Runner Up, Northeast Region Runner Up
1999	Dominican College	36-19	CACC Champions, CACC Play-Off Champions, Northeast Regional Champions, NAIA World Series, CACC Coach of the Year, Northeast Region Coach of the Year
2000	Dominican College	27-18	CACC Runner-Up, CACC Play-Off Runner Up
2001	Dominican College	27-17	CACC Play-Off Champions, Northeast Region Champions, CACC Coach of the Year, Northeast Region Coach of the Year
2002	Dominican College	28-19	CACC Play-Off Champions, Northeast Regional Runner Up
2003	Dominican College	22-17	CACC Play-Off Champions
2004	Dominican College	18-27
2005	Dominican College	27-19	CACC Play-Off Champions, ECAC Champions
2006	Dominican College	42-18	CACC Champions, CACC Play-Off Champions, NCAA Northeast Regional
2007	Dominican College	19-19	CACC Play-Offs
2008	Dominican College	28-25	CACC Play-Off Runner Up
2009	Dominican College	38-14	CACC Regular Season Champions, CACC Play-Off Runner Up, NCAA Northeast Regional Tournament Participants, Named CACC and ECAC Coach of the Year, was the #1 team in the East Region all season

Totals	Career Coaching Wins	615-389
Totals	Dominican College Coaching  Wins	570-340

Coach Duesler enters his fourth year on the Charger staff after spending four years as a catcher and designated hitter for the team.

During his four years as a player, Duesler hit .351 as a freshman, .322 as a sophomore, .317 as a junior and .367 in his senior season.  He graduated DC with 133 hits, 98 RBIs and 24 doubles.  He was named the 2005 Most Valuable Player of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Tournament.

A 2006 graduate of Dominican College, he earned a bachelor's degree in Athletic Training.

Coach Duesler currently resides in New City, NY.

Coach Mondesir enters his first year on the Charger staff.

Mondesir spent three seasons as a member of the Charger baseball team.  He was the closer for DC on the 1999 World Series Team, was named to the All-CACC and All-Region Team in 2002 and was an Honorable Mention All-American selection for the NAIA in 2002.  In his senior season he compiled a 6-2 record with an 5.49 ERA and 32 strikeouts.

After his senior season, Mondesir was drafted in the 36th round (1.092 overall pick) by the St. Louis Cardinals.  He spent three seasons (2003-2005) within the Cardinals organization, making it as high as the High-A (Advance-A) level of the Florida State League.

Mondesir then went on to spend two seasons with the New Jersey Jackals (2005-2006).  During the 2006 season he suffered a shoulder injury requiring surgery which forced him to miss the 2007 season.  He also spent time in the Colombian Winter League (2005-2006), playing for the Sincelejo Toros and Cartejena Tigres and helped win a championship for Cartejena.  He was later picked up as a free agent in June 2008 by the Edinburg Coyotes of the United League.

Since 2003-2008 Mondesir was been a pitching instructor for Premiere Baseball Academies in Northern, NJ.  He was named the Head Pitching Coach at Jersey City University and spent the Fall 2006-2008 seasons with the team and helped transform their pitching staff.

A 2004 graduate of DC, Mondesir earned a bachelor's degree in Marketing.