Raphael Cerrato

Raphael Cerrato (born May 20, 1971) is an American college baseball coach and former player. Cerrato is the head coach of the Rhode Island Rams baseball team.

Coaching career Cerrato returned to the University of Rhode Island as a volunteer assistant in 1997. From 1998 to 2000, Cerrato was an assistant at the UMass Minutemen baseball program. Following his stint at UMass, Cerrato became the top assistant for the Brown Bears baseball team. In 2006, he became the top assistant for the University of New Haven, only to be promoted to head coach the next year. Cerrato lead the Chargers to a 131–97 record in 5 seasons as the head coach.

In 2012, he returned to Rhode Island to become an assistant for Jim Foster.

On July 17, 2014, Cerrato was named the interim head coach for the Rhode Island baseball team. After guiding the Rams to a 26–25–1 in 2015, Cerrato signed a 4-year contract to be the permanent head coach on July 23, 2015.

With a win against St. Joseph's on May 16, 2025, Cerrato became the winningest coach in Rhode Island baseball history.

Head coaching record