Coach Pericolosi enters his seventh year as the head baseball coach at Pomona-Pitzer. During his time at Pomona-Pitzer, the Sagehens have captured two SCIAC championships (2003 & 2007) and have made two appearances in the NCAA Division III tournament. His 141 career wins rank him second all-time at Pomona-Pitzer.
Before arriving at Pomona-Pitzer during the summer of 2002, Pericolosi served as an assistant coach for the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
Coach Pericolosi has been involved in international baseball since 2000. He spent three summers as a Major League Baseball International envoy coach in Sweden and two summers as a player/coach for the Leksand Lumberjacks in Sweden. In 2000 & 2001, Pericolosi was a player/coach for the Brussels Kangaroos in Belgium.
Pericolosi currently serves as an assistant coach with the Swedish National Baseball Team.
From 1998 to 2000, Pericolosi was a graduate associate baseball coach at Springfield College where he earned a master's degree in physical education with a concentration in sport management. Pericolosi began his coaching career at Pomona-Pitzer during the 1997-98 school year, serving as an assistant football and baseball coach. Pericolosi also was a member of the Sagehen football staff from 2002-2005.
Pericolosi is a 1997 graduate of Williams College with a degree in history. A two-sport athlete at Williams, Pericolosi was elected captain, named All-NESCAC and All-New England Region in baseball and was a member of two undefeated football teams. Pericolosi played two summers with the Middletown Giants of the New England Collegiate Baseball League and was an All-Star and named All-League during the summer of 1995.
Pericolosi is native of Granby, Connecticut and attended Northwest Catholic High School in West Hartford where he was named All-State in baseball and honorable mention All-State in football during his senior year.
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