Episode 112: Interview with Russell Sage Head Coach Nick Pontari

Dugout Dish Baseball Recruiting Podcast powered by EMD Baseball · Apr 24, 2025 · 1h 11m · transcript

In this episode, we sit down with Russell Sage Head Coach Nick Pontari. Coach Pontari started the program at Russell Sage and has taken it to the top of the conference standings in just four years. We talk about building a program from nothing, how he gets his guys to compete, what he looks for in the recruiting process, and how he went about building his program, and more.

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Chapters

(00:00:00) - Russell Sage Head Baseball Coach Nick Ponteri on The Dugout

(00:06:16) - How Do You Find a Baseball Coach to Be in Your Program?

(00:14:21) - What Do…