Congratulations to Roadrunner Assistant Baseball coach Greg Chew, who was selected in late September as a 2023 ABCA/Marines National Assistant Coach of the Year for NJCAA Division III.
The 2023 honorees will be recognized on the main clinic stage at the 80th annual ABCA Convention on Friday, January 5, 2024, in Dallas, Texas. (Read More Below)
A long-time assistant under head coach Rob Valli, Chew played a key role in helping the Runners capture the NJCAA Division III National Championship in Spring 2023, the eighth in program history.
The 6 feet, 4-inch Greg Chew, who has served as Roadrunner pitching coach and third base coach for 23 seasons during two different tenures at RCGC/GCC, has clearly made his mark both as a player and coach.
Scores of pitchers under Chew's guidance have been signed by Major League teams or gone on to NCAA Division I program. As a player, Chew posted a 9-1 record as a freshman at Gloucester County College in 1994 and was drafted in the 42nd round in the MLB Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Chew began at GCC in 1997 and helped lead the Roadrunners to the NJCAA College World Series for eight straight seasons from 1998-2005. He helped to coach three National Championship teams in 1999, 2000 and 2005. He later followed head coach Rob Valli to Temple University for several seasons before returning to RCGC in 2014.
Scores of pitchers under Chew's guidance have been signed by Major League teams or gone on to NCAA Division I program, including Mike Flannery formerly with the Florida Marlins; Ryan Costello (2000), Tony Casoli (2001), Luca Petricelli (2002) and Mike Antonini (2005). Costello was a National Player of the Year in 2000.
Chew earned his bachelor's degree in health & exercise science at Rowan University in 2001 and teaches health and physical education at Washington Township High School.
Read the full announcement:
https://abca.org/ABCA/Awards/Assistant_Coach_of_the_Year/2023.aspx