Nick Puccio begins his first season as an assistant baseball coach at Wheaton College in 2012.

Puccio joins the Wheaton staff after spending the 2011 season as an assistant baseball coach and recruiting coordinator at Southeastern Iowa Community College. In 2011, Puccio helped the team win a school-record 44 games and climb as high as No. 14 in the national rankings. Nine of his players earned Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) All-ICCAC honors – including the conference’s MVP, Yhoxian Medina.

Puccio is currently the associate head coach and pitching coach for the New Bedford Red Sox, a position he has held since 2009. He has previous coaching stints with the Rockville Express (assoc. head coach/pitching coach) and at both Dean College (top asst. coach/recruiting coordinator) and Fitchburg State (asst. coach/camp coordinator). Puccio spent two years as a member of the Bulldogs baseball team (2006-07) and one with the Falcons (2008).

Pucci received his associate of arts in education from Dean College in 2007 and his bachelor of science in interdisciplinary studies from Fitchburg State in 2010. He is currently working towards a Master’s degree in sports management at American Public University.