Mark Stevens

Bio

Mark Stevens returns for his fifth season on the Blues coaching staff. He has been the team's hitting coach, bringing a wealth of college summer league, College and High School coaching, as well as administrative experience to the program. Former owner of The Strike Zone Baseball and Training Facility in Clinton, CT, Stevens has spent five summers as a hitting coach in the wood bat New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL). Four summers with Manchester Silkworms from 2004-2007 and with the Middletown Giants in 2003, Stevens helped Manchester qualify for its first three NECBL playoff berths. In 2006, the Silkworms led the league with a .279 team batting average - 20 points higher than their nearest competitor. Stevens' baseball resume also includes two seasons (2004-05) as assistant coach at the University of Bridgeport, assistant coach at Eastern Connecticut State University (2007) and Iona College (2008). In 2007, he helped lead Eastern Connecticut State to the Division III National Championship in Grande Chute, Wisconsin, where the team batted .326 for the season. A native of West Haven, CT, Stevens is a highly motivated and skilled instructor with the expertise to train and develop athletes to reach their potential as players and individuals. Stevens has coached and instructed a number of top college players in the country. To date, he has coached over a hundred different players who have gone on to play professionally. Stevens is retired and currently resides in North Carolina when he is not coaching.