COACHING STAFF

Head Coach Greg DiCenzo

Now in his 11th season as the head coach of the Holy Cross baseball team in 2016-2017, Greg DiCenzo has continued to bring the program to new heights. The Crusaders have gone 191-208-1 overall and 85-71 in Patriot League regular season play during DiCenzo’s tenure, with the team posting six straight 20-win seasons for the first time in program history from 2008-2013. Holy Cross has also made three Patriot League championship series appearances in 2010, 2012 and 2013.

In 2015, Holy Cross had six players named to All-League teams, including four selected to the first team, as well as a second team All-New England honoree in Sean Gustin. DiCenzo also coached the Patriot League Rookie of the Year in Cam O'Neill, who set a program record for hits by a freshman (56). Academically, Holy Cross had a pair of student-athletes named to the Academic All-Patriot League team, and a player (Jack St. Clair), who earned CoSIDA Academic All-District team laurels. The Crusaders earned 12 Patriot League regular season victories in 2015, the second-most won in DiCenzo's tenure. 

DiCenzo came to Holy Cross from Northeastern University, where he served as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for five seasons. During his time at Northeastern, the Huskies won the America East Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 2003, while winning the America East regular season title in 2004 and 2005. The Northeastern pitching staff set the school record for strikeouts in DiCenzo’s first four seasons as pitching coach. He had two pitchers earn America East Pitcher of the Year honors and four of his pitchers were drafted, including Adam Ottavino who went in the first round to the St. Louis Cardinals in 2006 and made his Major League debut in 2010. Additionally, six positional players were drafted or signed to professional contracts during DiCenzo’s time at Northeastern.

DiCenzo was also an assistant coach for the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League from 2002-2005. While on the Cape, DiCenzo had the opportunity to work with many top players, including future major leaguers David Aardsma, Matt Antonelli, Cliff Pennington, Jacoby Ellsbury, Chris Leroux, Jensen Lewis, Chad Huffman and Brian Bocock.

A native of Duxbury, Mass., DiCenzo earned three degrees from St. Lawrence University with a Bachelor of Science Degree (1998), a Master’s Degree in Education (2000) and a Master’s Degree in Education Administration (2002). He spent four seasons on the baseball coaching staff at his alma mater and two seasons as an assistant football coach. In baseball, he was an assistant coach for three seasons and served as interim head coach in 2002. As an athlete, DiCenzo was a four-year member of the St. Lawrence baseball team, captaining the team as a senior. He was also a one-year member of St. Lawrence’s men’s soccer team, and a four-time All-Conference kicker and punter for the school’s football team.

DiCenzo and his wife Klio were married in 2012.

Assistant Coach Jason Falcon

Jason Falcon is in his 12th season as a member of the Holy Cross baseball staff in 2016-2017. He will work with the Crusader hitters and assist in recruiting efforts.

Falcon was the head coach at Clark University in Worcester, Mass., from 1999-2015 where he managed all aspects of the team. In 2010, Falcon led the 91-year old program to just its second winning season in school history, while producing a pair of all-conference players.

He was also the head coach of the North Shore Navigators of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) from 2007-2009 where he posted a 72-53 record at the helm and was named Manager of the Year in 2007.

Falcon also had coaching stops with the Lowell All-Americans of the NECBL as a pitching coach (2006), Team USA International as the head baseball coach and recruiting coordinator (1999-2006) and UMass Boston as an assistant coach.

He was a four-year letterwinner, two-year captain and team MVP while playing collegiately at Western New England University. Falcon earned numerous accolades, including Constitution Athletic Conference (CAC) Player of the Year in 1995 after leading the Golden Bears to the CAC Championship following a season in which he went 5-1 on the mound and hit .405 at the plate. He earned CAC conference honors two more times and was selected to play in the New England All-Star Game at Fenway Park in his senior season.

After graduating from Western New England in 1997, Falcon signed as a free agent with the Massachusetts Mad Dogs, an independent professional baseball team, where he pitched for two years.

Falcon earned his master’s degree in Athletics Administration in 2011 from Endicott College's Van Loan School of Graduate and Professional Studies.

He resides in Sutton with his wife, Tracy, and sons Ryan and Chase.

Assistant Coach Jeff Miller

Jeff Miller is in his 13th season as a member of the Holy Cross baseball staff in 2016-2017. He has spent time as both an assistant coach and as director of baseball operations during his first ten years with the Crusaders.

Miller is a familiar face on the Holy Cross campus, as he was a four-year letterwinner with the Crusaders from 1997-2000. Miller returned to Holy Cross after serving as assistant baseball coach at Wachusett Regional High School in Holden, Mass., for two years. Before his stint at Wachusett, Miller served as assistant coach at Nashoba Regional High School in Bolton, Mass. Miller’s experience on the baseball field also extends overseas, as he played professionally for the Tubingen Hawks Baseball Club in Tubingen, Germany, from 2001-2002. While in Europe, Miller also coached for Tubingen’s under-18 team, which he helped lead to an undefeated season in 2001.

Miller was a two-time first team All-Patriot League selection in 1999 and 2000, while playing shortstop for the Crusaders. He earned second team All-Northeast Region honors in 1999, then he served as team captain in 2000 and received the Hop Riopel Award following the season.