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Men's Baseball...
Head Coach
Joe Piotti
12th Season
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21st season overall and 10th as head
coach at Penn State Altoona
Director of the Altoona Curve Academy, a training camp held at Blair
County Ballpark
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Career Highlights |
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AMCC Coach of the Year
(2000)
AMCC Championship
(2000)
CCAC Coach of the Year
(1998, 1999)
WPCC Championship
(1998)
Six straight post-season appearances |
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Coach Piotti enters his 12th season as the
head coach at Penn State Altoona and 23st as a coach in the area. Piotti was
brought on board in 1996 to resurrect a baseball program that had taken a five
year hiatus from competitive play.
Since joining the AMCC in 1999, Piotti holds a 143-182-2 overall record
including a WPCC league championship in 1998 and an Allegheny Mountain
Collegiate Conference (AMCC) title in 2000. Piotti's teams have been to the AMCC
playoffs every year but one winning the title in 2000.
Along with two conference championships Piotti has also been recognized for his
coaching abilities, winning CCAC Coach of the Year honors in 1998 and 1999 and
AMCC Coach of the Year in 2000. His teams have qualified for the league
playoffs every year but one.
As a player Piotti is still active in the Altoona City Baseball League,
competing for nine different teams in his nearly 30 year career.
When he is not playing or coaching Piotti remains active in the local baseball
community and in 2000 established the Altoona Curve Academy. The training camp
is held at Blair County Ballpark, the home of Altoona's minor league baseball
team and runs for six weeks at the start of every year. Piotti, assistant coach
Dave Brisbin and members of the baseball team work with aspiring ball players
ranging in age from seven to eighteen. In 2007 there were over 200 participants
as the clinic has
become one of the most popular in the area.
Contact Coach Piotti: Phone:
814-949-5226 Email:
jxp50@psu.edu
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Year by Year Coaching
Record
(since joining AMCC and NCAA in 1999) |
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Year |
Overall
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AMCC |
Season Finish |
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W |
L |
T |
W |
L |
T |
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1999 |
12 |
18 |
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first year
AMCC member -- not yet active |
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2000 |
20 |
15 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
AMCC
Champions (tournament rained out) |
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2001 |
20 |
15 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
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AMCC regular season runner-up |
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2002 |
10 |
26 |
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3 |
7 |
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| 2003 |
17 |
23 |
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6 |
4 |
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| 2004 |
17 |
20 |
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7 |
5 |
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3rd
place AMCC Tournament |
| 2005 |
17 |
19 |
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9 |
9 |
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1st round of AMCC Tournament |
| 2006 |
19 |
21 |
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8 |
10 |
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1st round of AMCC Tournament |
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2007 |
11 |
25 |
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5 |
13 |
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| TOTALS |
143 |
182 |
2 |
55 |
55 |
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Assistant Coach
Ryan Michaels |
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Coach Michaels returns to Penn State Altoona after spending
four seasons as an assistant on the Lion staff from 2000-2003.
Michaels is a 1996 graduate of Altoona High School where he was named the
squad's Most Outstanding Pitcher and was a 1st team all-conference
selection. He continued his education at Division I West Virginia
University where he received a baseball scholarship to pitch. He was
the 1997 Rookie of the Year at WVU and has thrown 14 career no-hitters.
Michaels also competed for the Gunther Little Orioles tournament team in
1995 and was named to the National Amateur Baseball Federation's national
team in 1996.
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Assistant Coach
Mike Morgan |
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Coach Morgan enters his first season as an assistant on the Lion staff.
His extensive knowledge of the sport comes from more than 30 years as a
player, coach, and umpire. Morgan is a 1978 graduate of Juniata
College where he played both basketball and baseball. He also holds a
Masters of Arts from St. Francis University in Loretto. Morgan began
his career as a teacher and coach at a number of Blair County high schools
including Tyrone, Bellwood-Antis, Hollidaysburg, and Bishop Guilfoyle.
He also coached cross country and swimming while serving as a PIAA official
in baseball, basketball, softball, and volleyball. Morgan returned to
Penn State Altoona as a student in 2002 to obtain a certification in Physics
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Copyright © 2003 Penn State Altoona; Varsity Athletics;
Steve Crider, Sports Information Director
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