Justin Perry named baseball coach at Albright

Justin Perry has been hired as head baseball coach at Albright College. He spent seven seasons as associate coach at Gettysburg College.

“Justin has a lot of experience under some outstanding college baseball coaches, brings great energy and enthusiasm to the job and will be an outstanding mentor to the current and future players in our program,” Albright co-athletic directors Rick Ferry said in a statement.

Prior to Gettysburg, Perry was a pitching coach at Trinity College, Westfield State University and Anna Maria College.

“After being on campus and seeing everything Albright has to offer both academically and athletically I knew it was a place I wanted to be,” Perry said in a statement.

He replaces longtime Lions coach Jeff Feiler, who leaves after 24 seasons. Feiler will remain at Albright as assistant athletic director.

At Gettysburg Perry helped lead the team to back-to-back Centennial Conference playoffs, coached three academic All-Americans, two all-region players and 14 all-conference players.

He was the recruiting coordinator and pitching coach for the Bullets.  In addition, Perry was an assistant strength and conditioning coach.

Perry, a native of Feeding Hills, Mass., pitched at Stonehill College, where he graduated in 2009 with a degree in Criminology.

He earned a master’s degree in Sport Management and a certificate in Athletic Administration from Southern New Hampshire University.