Joe Litterio (born January 15, 1971) is an American college baseball coach, was the head coach of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball team. He has held that position since the 2014 season until the end of the 2019 season. After his playing career with the Scarlet Knights, Litterio served as a volunteer assistant with his alma mater while also coaching at Immaculate Conception High School. He then became an assistant at Monmouth for four seasons before one season as an assistant with Winthrop. He then earned his first head coaching job at Wagner, where he remained for twelve seasons. In 2012, he returned to Rutgers as associate head coach under Fred Hill before assuming the top role two years later.[1][2][3] On May 28, 2019, Litterio was let go by not having his contract renewed.[4]
.jpg) Litterio with Rutgers in 2018 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 15, 1971 |
| Playing career | |
| 1990–1993 | Rutgers |
| Position(s) | Second base |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1994 | Rutgers (assistant) |
| 1995–1998 | Monmouth (assistant) |
| 1999 | Winthrop (assistant) |
| 2000–2011 | Wagner |
| 2012–2013 | Rutgers (assistant) |
| 2014–2019 | Rutgers |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 380–550–3 |
Head coaching record
editBelow is a table of Litterio's yearly records as an NCAA baseball coach.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wagner Seahawks (Northeast Conference) (2000–2011) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Wagner | 24–30–1 | 14–8 | 3rd (South) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2001 | Wagner | 16–30–1 | 8–14 | 4th (South) | |||||
| 2002 | Wagner | 10–39 | 8–19 | T–8th | |||||
| 2003 | Wagner | 11–36 | 10–16 | 9th | |||||
| 2004 | Wagner | 20–29 | 12–11 | 4th | NEC Tournament | ||||
| 2005 | Wagner | 22–27 | 13–10 | 4th | NEC Tournament | ||||
| 2006 | Wagner | 18–34 | 15–9 | 3rd | NEC Tournament | ||||
| 2007 | Wagner | 17–34 | 11–17 | 6th | |||||
| 2008 | Wagner | 27–28 | 17–11 | 3rd | |||||
| 2009 | Wagner | 31–21 | 17–9 | 1st | NEC Tournament | ||||
| 2010 | Wagner | 26–31 | 17–15 | 4th | NEC Tournament | ||||
| 2011 | Wagner | 18–33 | 12–20 | 6th | |||||
| Wagner: | 240–372–2 | 154–159 | |||||||
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights (American Athletic Conference) (2014) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Rutgers | 30–25 | 14–9 | T–3rd | AAC tournament | ||||
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights (Big Ten Conference) (2015–2019) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Rutgers | 19–35–1 | 7–17 | 11th | |||||
| 2016 | Rutgers | 27–28 | 9–15 | 11th | |||||
| 2017 | Rutgers | 19–34 | 7–16 | 10th | |||||
| 2018 | Rutgers | 25–25 | 7–16 | 11th | |||||
| 2019 | Rutgers | 20–31 | 9–14 | 10th | |||||
| Rutgers: | 140–178–1 | 53–87 | |||||||
| Total: | 380–550–3 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ Rich Fisher (February 27, 2014). "Rutgers moves on with Joe Litterio in place of Fred Hill". The Trentonian. Trenton, NJ. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ^ Jim Waggoner (January 10, 2012). "Wagner College baseball coach Litterio departing to take Rutgers assistant job". Staten Island Advance. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ^ "Joe Litterio Bio". Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ^ Keith Sargeant (May 28, 2019). "Rutgers baseball coach Joe Litterio will not return in 2020". www.nj.com. New Jersey On-Line LLC. Retrieved May 29, 2019.