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Greg Sullivan Joins Wofford Baseball Coaching Staff

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Wofford College has announced that Greg Sullivan will be joining the baseball coaching staff this fall as an assistant coach. Sullivan recently completed his fourth season as head coach at Newbury College in Boston.

As head coach at NCAA Division III Newbury College, Sullivan posted a 6-26 overall record and 4-11 mark in conference play in the 2010 season. The team repeated as recipients of the New England Collegiate Conference Sportsmanship Award and two players earned All-Conference honors.

From the day he was selected as the first head coach in program history in January of 2007, Sullivan systematically began laying the groundwork for the development of the Nighthawk baseball program. In 2009, Sullivan led a young Nighthawk team to 6-28 overall record and was awarded the NECC Sportsmanship Award. At the culmination of the season he was honored as the 2009 Newbury College Coach of the Year.

In 2008, Sullivan earned the first victory in program history with a 10-9 victory over St. Joseph's College of Brooklyn (NY). For his efforts, at the conclusion of the 2008 season, Sullivan was named national Coach of the Year for the Association of Division Three Independents - an honor he shared with Tom Tereschuk, head coach of perennial national title contender Chapman (CA) University. During the 2007 season, the team played a twelve-game schedule.

In the off-season, Sullivan works in numerous camps and clinics around the country. In the summers of 2007 and 2008 Sullivan served as an assistant coach for the Manchester (CT) Silkworms of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) where he has worked as a hitting coach, third base coach and pitching coach. Throughout his three years of summer collegiate coaching experiences, Sullivan has worked with ten players that have gone on the sign professional baseball contacts.

A 2006 graduate of Eastern Connecticut State University, Sullivan was a four-year starter in the outfield and at first base for legendary coach Bill Holowaty. Sullivan led the Warriors to three NCAA Division III national tournament appearances, finishing second in 2004. In the summer of 2003, he signed a temporary contract with the Harwich Mariners of the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League and accompanied his Eastern Connecticut teammates and represented the United States at the World Port Tournament in Amsterdam. In the summer of 2004, Sullivan was invited to play in the Southern Collegiate Baseball League with the Carolina Chaos, where he was selected by the coaching staff to receive the Chaos' Coaches Award.

Sullivan holds a B.S. degree from Eastern Connecticut State University where he majored in Communications and minored in Health and Physical Education. Currently, he is working toward a Master of Science in Educational Leadership and Management from Fitchburg State College.
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