Anthony Anzalone has been officially named the new Head Coach at Rocky Point HS.
The 30-year-old is a 2006 graduate of Rocky Point, where he led Suffolk County in batting average in both 2005 (.550) and ’06 (.552). After playing two years at the York College of Pennslyvania, he transferred to Adelphi University, where he helped lead the Panthers to the ECC Championship in 2009.
He has been the JV coach at Rocky Point since 2012 and also the assistant varsity coach last season, in which the Eagles won their first Suffolk County Class A championship in program history. Andrew Aschettino had built up the program to being a perennial playoff team during his 18 seasons and noted that he would only walk away if he was 100 percent confident in the incumbent.
“To be able to take over a program that I’ve been in since I was in 6th grade is a dream come true. I promise to continue instilling the legacy created by Andrew Aschettino. The core values and principles of Rocky Point baseball is the reason I am the man I am today. I only hope that I can impact as many players lives as Asch has done for me and countless others through his 20 years as a coach,” he wrote on his Facebook page.
He told me, “it all started with my dad bringing me to those Sunday clinics at RP that kicked things off and my successes was a direct indication of his dedication to make sure I succeeded,” he said.
He will have the benefit of a very talented team that defeated the heavily-favored Shoreham-Wading River Wildcats in the County Championship.
