Coach Hank Manning

Camp Director: In his eighth year as Head Coach of the Pace University Baseball Team, Coach Manning has run summer and winter clinics at Pace since 2000. Coach Manning has over 18 years of experience as either a player or coach at both the collegiate and professional level.

He was a four year starting catcher, ranking among Pace's all-time leaders in hits, home runs, and RBI's. Signed to a professional contract with the Chicago White Sox in 1991, he reached the AAA level in 1994 and was invited as a non-roster player to Major League spring training with the Boston Red Sox in 1996. He began his coaching career in 1997 with the independent professional team, The Johnstown (PA) Steel. He then was the Asst. GM/Coach of the New Jersey Jackals of the professional Northeast League. There he helped build a team that won the league championship in their first season.

Along the way Manning has learned the fundamentals of baseball from former or current Major League coaches. Terry Francona, curreent Red Sox manager, was his manager for 3 years. Mike Barnett, current Toronto Blue Jays hitting instructor, coached him for 2 years. Dan Cooper (White Sox pitching coach) and Rick Peterson (Mets pitching coach) also coached in the White Sox system while Manning was a player. He also played with some great athletes such as Carlton Fisk, Bo Jackson, and Michael Jordan, to name a few.

Coach Trish Allutto

Softball Coach: A first team All-State, All-County, and All-Region player at Matawan High School in Matawan, New Jersey, Coach Alutto started on varsity for four-years as catcher and third baseman and helped Matawan win the state championship in 2005.

After graduation, she played NE-10 Division II at Pace University in Pleasantville, NY, where, as a four-year starting catcher, she was named both All-Academic 2^nd Team and NE-10 Player of the Week and was listed among the top 20 hardest players to strike out in her senior year. Currently, she is the Assistant Coach of the Hudson Valley Express 14U Black travel team in Fishkill. She has been coaching for three years in Fishkill and Westchester and conducting private lessons in pitching, hitting, fielding all positions, and throwing.