Rick Giannetti
Rick Giannetti
  • Title:
    Assistant Director of Athletics/Travel and Scheduling Coordinator/Head Coach Baseball
  • Phone:
    848-7707
  • Email:
    rick.giannetti@duny.edu

Bio

Head Coach Rick Giannetti is entering is 35th year at the helm of the Charger baseball program. In his time at Dominican he has amassed a record of 865-694 and his overall record stands at 910-729. He has guided Dominican to 18 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championships, 11 regional tournament appearances, 1 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship and 2 NAIA World Series Appearances. His teams have qualified for post season play every year except one.

Giannetti spent his collegiate career at Ramapo College of New Jersey where he was a member of the baseball team for four years. As a pitcher, he never lost a game in college and for three of those years had a single digit statistic for walks allowed. The Roadrunners also went to three regional tournaments in his tenure there. He graduated in 1982 with a double major B.S. in psychology and business.

His collegiate coaching career started at his alma mater joining the team as an assistant coach in 1983 and helped guide the Roadrunners to a National Championship in 1984. Giannetti then took over the reigns in 1988 and spent two years as the head coach. In that time, he made two conference tournament appearances, won a conference championship in 1988 and made a regional tournament appearance.

Coach Giannetti has been awarded the CACC Coach of the Year award 9 times in his tenure, Regional Coach of the Year Award 5 times and was the 2009 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Coach of the Year. He has also been a finalist for the National Coach of the Year Award 4 times. He has coached 49 All-American players and 119 All-Conference Players and has had 19 players sign professional contracts, with two players) currently in the Chicago Cubs minor league system & one with the Boston Red Sox.

He currently resides in New City, NY with his wife, Vicki, and their three children, A.J., Vincent and Adriana.

 

 

Career Coaching Record

 

 Year School  Record  CACC Record CACC Win Percentage Achievements/Honors 
1987 Ramapo College of New Jersey 2-0      
1988 Ramapo College of New Jersey 24-18     NJAC Co-Champions, NCAA North Regional 
1989 Ramapo College of New Jersey 19-17     NJAC Play-Offs
1990 Dominican College 19-14 11-1 0.917 CACC Champions, District 31 Play-Offs
1991 Dominican College 21-20 7-7 0.500 District 31 Play-Offs
1992 Dominican College 23-18 10-2 0.833 CACC Champions, CACC Play-Off Champions, District 31 Champions, Area 8 Runner Up, CACC Coach of the Year, NAIA District 31 Coach of the Year
1993 Dominican College 31-11 13-2 0.867 CACC Champions, CACC Play-Off Champions, District 31 Champions, Northeast Region #2 Seed, CACC Coach of the Year, NAIA District 31 Coach of the Year
1994 Dominican College 26-17 10-2 0.833 CACC Champions, District 31 Runner-Up, CACC Coach of the Year
1995 Dominican College 40-15 13-1 0.929 CACC Champions, CACC Play-Off Champions, Northeast Region #2 Seed, CACC Coach of the Year
1996 Dominican College 30-14 12-3 0.800 CACC Champions, CACC Play-Off Champions, Northeast Region #1 Seed, CACC Coach of the Year, Northeast Region Coach of the Year
1997 Dominican College 38-13 13-2 0.867 CACC Champions, CACC Play-Off Champions, Northeat Regional Champions, NAIA World Series, CACC Coach of the Year, Northeast Regional Coach of the Year
1998 Dominican College 30-20 11-5 0.688 CACC Play-Off Runner Up, Northeast Region Runner Up 
1999 Dominican College 36-19 13-2 0.867 CACC Champions, CACC Play-Off Champions, Northeast Regional Champions, NAIA World Series, CACC Coach of the Year, Northeast Region Coach of the Year
2000 Dominican College 27-18 11-3 0.786 CACC Runner-Up, CACC Play-Off Runner Up
2001 Dominican College 27-17 11-3 0.786 CACC Play-Off Champions, Northeast Region Champions, CACC Coach of the Year, Northeast Region Coach of the Year
2002 Dominican College 28-19 14-7 0.667 CACC Play-Off Champions, Northeast Regional Runner Up 
2003 Dominican College 22-17 12-7 0.632 CACC Play-Off Champions
2004 Dominican College 18-27 3-7 0.300  
2005 Dominican College 27-19 16-8 0.667 CACC Play-Off Champions, ECAC Champions
2006 Dominican College 42-18 23-4 0.852 CACC Champions, CACC Play-Off Champions, NCAA Northeast Regional
2007 Dominican College 19-19 9-7 0.563 CACC Play-Offs
2008 Dominican College 28-25 18-9 0.667 CACC Play-Off Runner Up
2009 Dominican College 38-14 22-5 0.815 CACC Regular Season Champions, CACC Play-Off Runner Up, NCAA Northeast Regional Tournament Participants, Named CACC and ECAC Coach of the Year, was the #1 team in the East Region all season
2010 Dominican College 28-18 16-4 0.800 CACC Tournament Champions, NCAA Northeast Regional Tournament Participants
2011 Dominican College 28-17 16-4 0.800 CACC Regular Season Champions, CACC Tournament Runner Up
2012 Dominican College 27-26 13-7 0.650 CACC Tournament Semi-Finalists
2013 Dominican College 28-22 16-4 0.800 Earned his 700th career coaching win, CACC Tournament Participants
2014 Dominican College 22-24 11-9 0.550 CACC Tournament Participants
2015 Dominican College 20-25 12-8 0.600 CACC Tournament Participants
2016 Dominican College 19-29 10-10 0.500 CACC Tournament Participants
2017 Dominican College 22-29 11-11 0.500 CACC Tournament Champions, NCAA East Regional Tournament Participants
2018 Dominican College 20-32 17-15 0.531 CACC Tournament Participants
2019 Dominican College 29-25 17-15 0.537 CACC Tournament Finalists
2020 Dominican College 3-10 0-0 0.000 Season was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Dominican College 19-15 10-11 0.476 CACC Tournament Champions, NCAA East Regional Tournament Participants
2022 Dominican College 15-35 11-14 0.300 CACC Tournament Participants
2023 Dominican University New York 15-33  11-14  0.440  Earned his 900th career coaching win
Totals CACC Wins 423-213 0.665
Totals Dominican College Coaching  Wins 865-694 0.554
Totals Career Coaching Wins 910-729 0.555