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Rutgers-Newark head baseball coach Mark Rizzi collected his 100th career win with a
7-4 victory over Occidental in Whittier, CA on March 11. With the victory,
the sixth-year head coach of the Scarlet Raiders increased his career
coaching mark to 100-118-3, including a record of 90-101-3 at
Rutgers-Newark.
Rizzi was named the
head baseball coach at Rutgers-Newark in September 2001. A Rutgers
University graduate with a bachelor of arts in journalism and mass media
from the New Brunswick campus, Rizzi spent one season at Bloomfield
College before being hired to skipper the Scarlet Raiders. He came to Bloomfield after resurrecting
the baseball program at Paterson Catholic Regional High School, where he
led the school from an 0-23 season in 1992 to a state Parochial B
championship appearance in 1999.
At Paterson Catholic, Rizzi posted an 86-25 record during his final four
seasons, which included four consecutive Bergen Parochial Scholastic
League titles. His teams qualified for the state tournament in 1997, 1998
and 1999. His final team claimed the Parochial B North Sectional title.
Rizzi also served stints in sports information offices at New Jersey City
University (1988-90) and Seton Hall (1990-92) after training as a graduate
assistant at Rutgers University (1986-88).
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