coach_years current_team overall_record coach_team current_title sport birth_date current_conference article_title name alma_mater
1998 2012 -- present -- 2000 2001 -- 2005 2008 -- 2011 hofstra 80 -- 73 west in -rrb- -lrb- asst. -rrb- hofstra -lrb- asst. -rrb- hofstra alabama -lrb- asst. -rrb- saint joseph 's -lrb- head coach baseball 10 november 1973 caa john russo -lrb- baseball -rrb-
 john russo west alabama '00
john russo -lrb- baseball -rrb-

john russo -lrb- born november 10 , 1973 -rrb- in an american college baseball coach , currently serving as head coach of the hofstra pride baseball program .
he was named to that position on an interim basis prior to the 2012 season , and made permanent in may of that season .
russo served as an assistant coach at west alabama while completing a degree in secondary education and a concentration in physical education .
he worked with the tigers hitters from 1998 until his graduation in 2000 , helping them set several program records .
he then moved to saint joseph 's in rensselaer , indiana , serving as infield coach and academic advisor for his five seasons .
from 2005 to 2008 , russo worked as a teacher and athletic director in wadsworth , illinois .
during his summers , russo coached the vermont mountaineers of the new england collegiate baseball league .
he led the mountaineers to the 2006 and 2007 necbl championship .
in 2008 , russo earned the top assistant coaching position at hofstra .
after patrick anderson 's resignation to work for the hagerstown suns just before the 2012 , season , russo became interim head coach , and was named to the position permanently after leading the pride to a second place finish in the caa .
