Brett Boretti

Brett Boretti (born December 14, 1971) is an American college baseball coach who has been the head coach of Columbia since the start of the 2006 season. Prior to that, he was the head coach at Division III Franklin & Marshall from 2001 to 2005. As a head coach, Boretti has led teams to four NCAA Tournaments, three of them in Division I.[1]

Brett Boretti
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamColumbia
ConferenceIvy League
Record298–353
Biographical details
Born (1971-12-14) December 14, 1971
Beverly, Massachusetts
Alma materDavidson '94 (B.A.)
Playing career
Football
1990Davidson
Baseball
1991–1994Davidson
Position(s)Fullback (football)
Catcher (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995Endicott
1996–1998Davidson (asst.)
1999–2000Brown (asst.)
2001–2005Franklin & Marshall
2006–presentColumbia
Head coaching record
Overall414–435
TournamentsNCAA D1: 3–8
Ivy Champ. Series: 11–4
NCAA D3: 0–2
Centennial: 3–4
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Ivy Champ. Series: 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018
Gehrig Division: 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015
Centennial: 2002, 2005
Centennial Tournament: 2005
Awards
Ivy League Coach of the Year (2015, 2018)

Playing career

Boretti attended Davidson College, where he graduated from in 1994. He played football during his freshman year and baseball for all four years. A catcher, he was named First-Team All-Southern Conference as both a junior and a senior. He also spent time in the Cape Cod Baseball League in 1992 and 1993 with the Wareham Gatemen.[1][2][3][4]

He had a short career in professional baseball. He played for the Brainerd Bears in the short-lived North Central League in 1994; he hit .283 and drove in 31 runs and was named a league all-star. In the midst of the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike, when owners threatened to play the 1995 season with replacement players, Boretti spent spring training with the Cleveland Indians.[1][5][6]

Coaching career

Assistant positions

Boretti's coaching career began at Endicott, a Division III school located in his hometown of Beverly, Massachusetts. After spending the 1995 season at Endicott, he was an assistant at Davidson from 1996 to 1998 and Brown from 1999 to 2000.[1][4]

Franklin & Marshall

Boretti's first head coaching position came at Division III Franklin & Marshall, where he replaced Mark Cole ahead of the 2001 season. Boretti spent five seasons at the school, where he had an overall record of 116–82.[1][7]

In 2002, Boretti's second season, the Diplomats went 31–10 and shared the Centennial Conference title with Johns Hopkins. The team made the conference tournament, where it lost in the second round. In 2005, Franklin & Marshall won the Centennial outright and defeated Johns Hopkins in the conference championship series to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. There, it lost a pair of 1–0 games to Rowan (in 10 innings) and Messiah.[8][9][10]

Columbia

Boretti was hired at Division I Columbia ahead of the 2006 season; he replaced Paul Fernandes, who had been promoted to associate athletic director.[10]

After finishing third in the Gehrig Division in 2006 and 2007, the Lions won the division with a 15–5 record in 2008. They defeated Rolfe Division champion Dartmouth in the Ivy Championship Series to advance to the NCAA Tournament, Columbia's first since 1976. At the Conway Regional, the Lions lost to host Coastal Carolina, 10–2, and second-seeded East Carolina, 9–0.[1][10][11]

The Lions had their first winning season under Boretti in 2010, when they went 27–20 and won the Gehrig Division for the second time. They then lost to Dartmouth in the Ivy Championship.[12]

Under Boretti, Columbia's home field, Robertson Field at Satow Stadium, underwent renovations in 2007 and 2010.[1]

After finishing third in the division in 2011 and 2012, Columbia won back-to-back Ivy League titles in 2013 and 2014, defeating Dartmouth in the championship series in both years. At the Fullerton Regional in 2013, Columbia went 1–2, getting its first NCAA Tournament win against third-seeded New Mexico. At the Coral Gables Regional in 2014, the Lions received the third seed and went 0–2.[13][14][15][16][17][18]

From 2006 to 2014, six Columbia players have won major awards in the Ivy League, including Dario Pizzano, who was named Rookie of the Year in 2010 and Player of the year in 2012. Four Lions have been selected in the Major League Baseball Draft, with the highest pick being Pizzano, a 15th-round selection of the Seattle Mariners in 2012.[1][19]

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Boretti's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach.[8][9][11][12][20]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Franklin & Marshall (Centennial Conference – DIII) (2001–2005)
2001 Franklin & Marshall 19–209–9T-4th
2002 Franklin & Marshall 31–1016–2T-1stCentennial Tournament
2003 Franklin & Marshall 17–1710–85th
2004 Franklin & Marshall 24–1912–6T-2ndCentennial Tournament
2005 Franklin & Marshall 25–1615–31stNCAA Regional
Franklin & Marshall: 116–8262–28
Columbia (Ivy League) (2006–present)
2006 Columbia 13–326–14T-3rd (Gehrig)
2007 Columbia 16–28–110–103rd (Gehrig)
2008 Columbia 22–3015–51st (Gehrig)NCAA Regional
2009 Columbia 11–327–133rd (Gehrig)
2010 Columbia 27–2015–51st (Gehrig)Ivy Championship Series
2011 Columbia 19–259–113rd (Gehrig)
2012 Columbia 21–2412–83rd (Gehrig)
2013 Columbia 28–2016–41st (Gehrig)NCAA Regional
2014 Columbia 29–2015–51st (Gehrig)NCAA Regional
2015 Columbia 37–1716–41st (Gehrig)NCAA Regional
2016 Columbia 17–2410–10T-2nd (Gehrig)
2017 Columbia 18–2312–8T-1st (Gehrig)Lost Playoff Game to enter Championship Series
2018 Columbia 20–2813–82ndNCAA Regional
2019 Columbia 19–2313–82ndIvy League Championship Series
2020 Columbia 1–70–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
Columbia: 298–353169–113
Total:414–435

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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See also

References
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