Head Coach Rick Giannetti is entering is 23rd year at the helm of the Charger baseball program. In his time at Dominican he has amassed a record of 598-358 and his overall record stands at 643-407. He has guided Dominican to 15 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

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

Most recently, Duesler spent the spring and summer of 2011 as part of the Rockland County Boulders, a team in the CanAm League.  He started the season as a bullpen catcher and first base coach, before being activated to the team's roster.

During his four years as a player at Dominican, 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 Calogero enters his first season on the Charger staff.

Coach Blevins enters his first season on the Charger staff.

In 2011, Blevins was a right-handed pitcher for the Boulders and led the Can-Am League in complete games and finished second in the league in innings pitched.  He also spent time conducted private pitching lessons and baseball clinics.

Prior to his stint with the Boulders, Blevins spent four years in the Los Angeles Dodgers Organization.  He was selected by the Dodgers in the 13th round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft and made his professional debut with the Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer League where he was named Pitcher of the Year.  In his time with the Dodgers, he was ranked as one of the Top 50 Prospects and in 2010 he made appearances in Single A, AA and AAA.

Blevins spent his collegiate career with Division I LeMoyne College where he earned a BS in Business Administration and Leadership.  He was named the MAAC Rookie of the Year in 2004 and was named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-Americian Team.  In 2006, was was a First Team All-MAAC selection and had a program best 95 strikeouts in 98 innings.  In four years as a Dolphin, he compiled a career record of 32-13 and finished with a 3.17 ERA.

Coach Fotino enters his first year on the Charger staff.  Prior to this season he was an assistant at Lehman College in Bronx New York.  Fotino spent his college career as a player at SUNY Orange in Middletown New York and John Jay College of Criminal Justice. 

Fotino joins the staff with a wealth of experience.  His baseball experience began in 1992 when he spent two years as the Director of Baseball Operations and an instructor at the Frozen Ropes Baseball Training Center.  In 1993 he began a four-year stint as a scout in the Atlanta Braves organization and was an assistant coach and hitting instructor with the Empire State Games in 1994.  Fotino has also spent 3 years as an assistant at the high school level, coaching baseball at Warwick Valley High School.

Fotino is retired from the New York City Police Department.  He resides in Warwick, NY with his wife and 3 boys.