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Fred Hill
Fred Hill is entering his 32nd years as a collegiate baseball coach, and his 25th at Rutgers. Coach Hill remains as focused, committed, and enthusiastic as he was when he began his coaching career. He enters 2011 as the 16th active winningest coach in the nation and earlier this spring captured his 1,000th win! In addition, he led the Scarlet Knights to snatch the 2007 Big East Conference title.
Chris Reardon
Chris Reardon just completed his seventh season as head coach at Caldwell College having transformed Cougar baseball into one of the top programs in the Northeast Region. Reardon's seven-year record at Caldwell is 142-131, and includes 2 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference regular-season titles in 2003 and 2007 and a CACC tournament crown in 2004. Reardon has led the Cougars to the NCAA Division II Northeast Regional twice in 2004 and 2007. This past year Reardon was named CACC coach of the year.
During Reardon's tenure at Caldwell College, the Cougars have played in four CACC Tournament championship games. In just his second season, Reardon had his team contending for the conference title by finishing second in the regular season. In 2003 Reardon was named the CACC Coach of the Year after leading the Cougars to their first regular-season conference title, while guiding the pitching staff to a national ranking of 13th in earned-run average.
Frank Rendini
Frank began his career at Don Bosco Tech where he was named MVP 3 years in a row. His 3 year Varsity pitching record was 22-4. His 1.89 ERA average remains the lowest in school history. Rendini's 4 year batting average was 343. He was named All County for three years and All State in both his Junior and Senior years.
Coach Rendini played for William Patterson College with a 2 year Varsity record of 10-2 finishing his college career with the 5th lowest ERA in school history of 2.25.
Frank has been the pitching coach at Passaic Valley High School, St. Thomas College and Globe Tech Jr. College (Div 1 Jr. College). Frank is an Part-Time Scout under Steve Markovich for the Seattle Marizner's Organization. He works with both baseball and softball players helping to improve their hitting and pitching.
Chris Checchetto
Chris Checchetto, the 2007 Colonial Hills Conference Coach of the Year, has been the head baseball coach at Cedar Grove High School since 2004, continuing the winning tradition of one of the states most successful programs. All four of his teams have competed in the state tournament, while averaging over 16 wins per season, culminating with the 2007 Colonial Hills Conference Championship.
Checchetto pitched for coach Fred Hill at Rutgers University, earning three varsity letters and was captain of the 1997 team. He currently ranks in the top 20 in career games pitched, while pitching in both the Atlantic 10 and Big East Conference Championship Tournaments. In 1994, Checchetto pitched in his first career game against a #1 ranked Georgia Tech squad that included Nomar Garciaparra, Jason Varitek, and Jay Payton.
Checchetto graduated from Verona High School, earning all-state, all county and all-conference honors as a pitcher, while throwing two career no-hitters. He currently teaches in Cedar Grove and resides in Caldwell with his wife and son.
Softball Instructors
Valerie Tauriello
Val graduated Montclair State University with a BA in Physical Education and Health. She has been teaching at Mount Hebron Middle School in Montclair for 4 years.
Val was an assistant coach at Montclair State for 2 years after playing softball there for 4 years. Val is currently the an assistant coach for the Montclair High School Varsity Softball team.
Desi Giordano
Desi Giordano is a 2011 graduate from Penn State University where she played on the women’s softball team for four years. She started all four years at multiple positions including first base, third base, and shortstop. She is fourth in the Penn State record books for homeruns (20) and has led the team in homeruns every season she played. She has also exemplified leadership by being named captain her senior year. Desi has not only excelled on the field but off the field too, being named a 2010 Academic All Big-Ten honoree.
Before Penn State, Desi went to high school at James Caldwell High School. She was named Second Team NFCA High School All-American senior year, First Team NFCA High School All-Region, 4 year 1st Team All Conference, 3 year 1st Team All County, 1 year 2nd Team All County, 3 year 1st Team All State, 2006 Essex County Pitcher of the Year, 2007 Essex County Player of the Year, 2007 Men of Essex - Softball Player of the Year, 2007 James Caldwell High School Female Athlete of the Year, 2005 State Championship Team, 3 time State Sectional Championship Team, 2 time Essex County Championship Team, and 4 time Northern Hills Conference Championship Team. She holds James Caldwell High School records for most career RBI, stolen bases, and home runs. She was also invited to the Junior Olympic tryouts in Chula Vista, California her senior year.
Elizabeth Choma
Beth graduated from Ramapo College in 2007, played first base all four years and acted as a co-captain her senior year. She named to the NJAC All-Conference team, All-region teams and NCAA Atlantic Region All-Tournament Team throughout her four years at Ramapo.
Beth excels at hitting and fielding instruction and recently assisted with the 18u Breakers Club Team.
Kristen Schindler
Since graduating from Brown University in May 2009, Kristen has been
giving private pitching lessons to many young girls. She has also been
involved in coaching the Caldwell town travel team at both the 10 and
12 & under level.
She has experience pitching at the Division 1 level in college, and
before that was given much recognition while playing at James Caldwell
HS.
Kristen holds the NJ state record for career wins and career shutouts, as
well as earning 1st Team All Conference, All County and All State. She
had a total of 1,072 strikeouts during her HS softball career.
Strength & Conditioning
Phil Dyer
Phil Dyer is the Owner and Director of Dynamic Fitness Formula, a personal training organization. The company designs and implements weight training programs for athletes and members of the general public.
In addition to running his own personal training company, in April of 2007 Phil was named Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Rutgers Men's Basketball program. In this capacity he is responsible for the strength, speed development and conditioning of each player on a year round basis. He is also actively involved at team practices and contributes to the overall skills development of the players.
Prior to Rutgers and the founding of Dynamic Fitness, Phil was coordinator of the strength and conditioning programs at Seton Hall University. His experience also includes Head Athletic trainer and Assistant Men's Basketball coach at Caldwell College, assistant strength and conditioning coach at Clemson University, and assistant strength and conditioning coach intern at Northeastern University.
Phil is a 1996 graduate of the University of Massachusetts-Boston where he majored in human performance and fitness, leading to his certification as a strength and conditioning specialist and athletic trainer. Phil played basketball and baseball at UMass-Boston, served as a student athletic trainer, and worked with various youth athletic programs in the greater Boston area as a conditioning and nutritional consultant.
Phil has also devoted countless hours on a volunteer basis to the Jersey Hot Shots, a youth basketball organization run in association with the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Scotch Plains, New Jersey.
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