Nick Barese

Nicholas Barese (November 29, 1986) is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the UMass Lowell River Hawks. Barese played college baseball at Saint Anselm College from 2005 to 2009 for coaches J. P. Pyne and Barry Rosen and in Saint Anselm College for two seasons from 2009 to 2010. He then served as the head coach of the Merrimack (2015–2021).

Barese was born in Braintree, Massachusetts. He attended Braintree High School in Braintree. After graduation from high school, he attend Saint Anselm College to play football and baseball. Upon graduation from Saint Anselm, he continued his baseball career playing professionally for Rangers Redipuglia Baseball Club.

In 2015, Barese was named the head coach of the Merrimack Warriors baseball program, succeeding his Jim Martin.

Playing career Barese was born in Braintree, Massachusetts. He attended Braintree High School in Braintree, and was a letterman in football, basketball, baseball and track.

Barese would go on to attend Saint Anselm College, while there he played both quarterback and pitched for the Hawks.

Barese would go on to play professional baseball for the Rangers Redipuglia Baseball Club.

Coaching career Barese was named an assistant for Merrimack College in 2011.

In September, 2014, he was named the interim head coach of the Warriors after Jim Martin left the team to become an assistant at Rhode Island.

Barese was promoted to head coach in January, 2015. In July, 2021, Barese was fired.

In December 2021, Barese joined the coaching staff of the UMass Lowell River Hawks.

In July 2023, Barese was initially named interim head coach of UMass Lowell for the 2024 season following the resignation of longtime head coach Ken Harring. On August 7, 2023, Barese was officially named as the new head coach of the program.