Tony Rossi, 1961

At Colonie he was a 3-sport athlete, Baseball, Basketball and Football.  Baseball was his love, and he led the freshmen team with a .375 batting average, the JV team with a .477 average and the Varsity with .388 and .431 averages respectively his junior and senior seasons. He went on to Brockport State and upon graduation he went on to teach Mathematics in the Guilderland Central School District for 34 years along with coaching at Siena College, for 57 years. Three years on the JV Lacrosse team and for 54 in the baseball program.The winningest coach in both Siena College and Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference history in any sport, and the longest tenured head coach in NCAA Division I Baseball history, when he announced his retirement from Siena last Spring. Rossi wrapped up his 54th season as the head coach of the Siena Baseball program with 936 career victories. The longest tenured head coach in NCAA Division I Baseball history, and the longest active tenured college baseball coach at any level, Rossi had tied for second all-time in NCAA Baseball history in seasons coached. As a student-athlete at SUNY Brockport, Rossi excelled in baseball for three seasons earning SUNY All-Star acclaim each year. In 1964, he had the highest batting average (.477) in the East.