Gary Yeager, Jr

Gary Yeager Jr. has been the pitching coach at Albright since 2001. He is a 1996 graduate of Elizabethtown, where he was a two-time All-American pitcher and was inducted into their Hall of Fame in May 2011.

Yeager coached reliever Trevor Mastria to MAC Commonwealth Honorable Mention status in 2017. Mastria finished the season with a 3.71 ERA, second on the team. He recorded 36 strikeouts in 34 innings along with a pair of saves in 11 relief appearances.

Also in 2017, one of Yeager's former pitchers, Casey Lawrence, made his Major League debut to become the first Albright baseball player to play in the big leagues since 1931. Lawrence debuted with the Blue Jays in April. The Mariners picked him up in May, and Lawrence set a club record for most strikeouts in a relief appearance, fanning nine batters in five innings.

Albright went 13-16-1 in 2014, with the Lions being eliminated from Commonwealth playoff contention on the final day of the season. The Red and White had five All-Commonwealth selections, including freshman pitcher Trevor Mastria.

In 2010, right-handed pitcher Casey Lawrence '10 became the first player in Yeager's Albright tenure to sign with a Major League Baseball affiliate. Lawrence has since been named a Single-A All-Star with the Dunedin Blue Jays and made a start in Triple-A.

The 2009 season was another successful year for the Lions as they qualified for the Commonwealth Conference tournament for the second consecutive year. The Red and White closed out the year with an 18-18-1 record and finished in fourth place in the conference standings.

In 2008, Albright finished with an overall record of 16-18 and a place in the Commonwealth Tournament.

In 2003, the Lions earned a share of the Commonwealth Conference regular season championship and their first post-season berth in five years.

Yeager was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies after graduating from Elizabethtown and spent four years in the Phillies' organization.

At E'town, Yeager had a career mark of 20-3, with 21 complete games, 154 strikeouts, and an ERA of 2.22. He still holds school single season records with 11 victories and 11 complete games in 1995.