Greg DiCenzo is a professional baseball coach and former football, soccer, and baseball player at St. Lawrence University. He is currently manager of the Akron RubberDucks, the Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was previously the head baseball coach at the College of the Holy Cross from 2008 to 2019.

Early life

DiCenzo attended Duxbury High School where he was a four-year starter on both the varsity soccer and varsity baseball teams, while a two-year member of the varsity basketball team. DiCenzo played for legendary coach Foster Cass.

Upon graduation, DiCenzo enrolled at St. Lawrence University, where he played for the football, men's soccer and baseball teams. In four seasons on the baseball team, he competed as a pitcher, a first-baseman, and an outfielder. Only playing soccer for one season, he played football for four seasons as both a punter and placekicker. He earned three degrees while at St. Lawrence: a Bachelor of Science degree, a master's degree in education, and a master's degree in education administration.

Coaching career

Upon graduation, DiCenzo was named an assistant baseball coach at St. Lawrence. He coached baseball for four seasons at St. Lawrence and was an assistant with the football program for two seasons. After the 2002 baseball season with St. Lawrence, he became the pitching coach for the Northeastern Huskies baseball program, where he served from 2003 to 2007. On May 22, 2007, he resigned from his position at Northeastern. He also served as the pitching coach for the Falmouth Commodores from 2002 to 2005 in the Cape Cod Baseball League.

On July 2, 2007, DiCenzo was named the head coach of the Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team.

On January 23, 2020, DiCenzo was named the manager of the Lake County Captains of the Midwest League.

On October 9, 2021, DiCenzo was named the manager of the Scottsdale Scorpions, one of six clubs in Major League Baseball's Arizona Fall League.

DiCenzo was promoted to bench coach of the Guardians' Triple-A affiliate, the Columbus Clippers, on February 7, 2023. On January 24, 2024, DiCenzo was named manager of the Guardians' Double-A affiliate, the Akron RubberDucks.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Holy Cross Crusaders (Patriot League) (2008–2019)
2008Holy Cross21–2811–93rdPatriot League tournament
2009Holy Cross22–2711–73rdPatriot League tournament
2010Holy Cross26–2610–103rdPatriot League tournament
2011Holy Cross24–23–19–115th
2012Holy Cross33–2213–72ndPatriot League tournament
2013Holy Cross28–2515–51stPatriot League tournament
2014Holy Cross13–314–146th
2015Holy Cross24–2612–83rdPatriot League tournament
2016Holy Cross30–2714–62ndPatriot League tournament
2017Holy Cross24–2912–82ndNCAA Regional
2018Holy Cross18–2711–144thPatriot League tournament
2019Holy Cross22–3215–10T-2ndPatriot League tournament
Holy Cross:285–323–1137–109
Total:285–323–1
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

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