Fairfield University Fairfield, Connecticut

Trevor Brown

Trevor Brown begins his second year with the Fairfield University baseball team as the program’s top assistant coach. Brown will focus his efforts on recruiting as well as working with the pitching staff and assisting in the day-to-day operations.
The Stags pitching staff led the MAAC with a 3.93 ERA and a 1.42 WHIP with opponents hitting just .269 in 2012. Fairfield also set single season records for innings pitched (460.1), strikeouts (315), and shutouts (5).

Brown came to Fairfield after spending two seasons as the pitching coach at Fordham University. While working with the Rams, Brown was able to cut the pitching staff ERA almost in half and helped them to a 30-win season.

Prior to Fordham, Brown spent seven years at Pace University where his staffs ranked among the leaders in the conference and in the nation in ERA, strikeouts and saves. In 2009, Pace’s pitching staff ranked third in the conference in strikeouts (297) and saves (11) while Brown coached his hurlers in 2008 to the top ranking in Division II in ERA (2.62) and hits per inning. In 2007, Brown’s pitching staff ranked second in the conference in strikeouts, saves and runners picked off and third in opposing team’s batting average and fourth in ERA.

Brown also served as pitching coach at Georgetown University for two seasons and began his coaching career at his alma mater Eastern Connecticut State University from 1999-2000. He was also a manager for four summer league teams, including the Manchester Silkworms and the Eastern Tides of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL).

Brown brings professional playing experience, having played two seasons in the Western Australian Baseball League with one-year stints with the Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs of the Eastern League and the Johnstown Steel of the Frontier League.

Nick Rhodes

Nick Rhodes begins his second year as a volunteer assistant coach to the Fairfield University baseball program. Rhodes will work primarily with the Stags catchers.
Rhodes brings professional playing experience as well as extensive instructional experience. He has spent the last six years as the general manager and coach of the Connecticut Tides AAU baseball program after founding the team in 2005. Rhodes has four teams in the program ranging from 14-under to 18-under and has had many players go on to play collegiate baseball.

A native of Danbury, Rhodes was drafted out of high school in 1996 by the Tampa Bay Rays. He then attended Norwalk Community College where he was the captain and starting catcher for the 1998 NJCAA National Championship team. Rhodes was drafted by Tampa Bay again in 1998 and played for three seasons in the Rays farm system.

Mike Cole

Mike Cole begins his first season as an assistant coach for the Stags baseball team.

Cole comes to Fairfield after a stint at NJIT. He spent nine years as an assistant coach with three highly successful programs, including the University of Vermont, Manhattan College, and the University of Maine. In his nine seasons as an assistant, Cole’s teams posted overall winning records seven times, reaching 31 wins, or more, five times. Cole also was the top assistant at Manhattan in 2006 when the Jaspers won their first-ever Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) crown and advanced to the NCAA Regional championship game.

Cole played for Currier at the University of Vermont from 1997-2001 and served as Currier’s assistant for four seasons. As a student-athlete, Cole earned All-America East honors as a third baseman and graduated as UVM’s career leader in games played, doubles, and runs batted in and ranked second in hits.