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Brian Blumsack

Brian Blumsack

Title: Head Baseball Coach
Phone: 508-626-4614
Email: bblumsack@framingham.edu

Brian Blumsack enters his fifth year at the helm of the Framingham State University baseball program.  In 2010 Blumsack was selected the MASCAC Baseball Coach of the year as he guided the Rams to a school record 24 wins.  The Rams finished second in the MASCAC with an 11-3 record and qualified for the MASCAC post season tournament for the first time since 2003.  Blumsack's Rams were selected to participate in the 2010 ECAC New England Baseball Championship where they advanced to the semifinals.  The 2010 Rams, who went 24-18 and hosted their first MASCAC playoff game, set a school record for wins, games played (42) and hits in a season (403).

Prior to joining the Rams, Blumsack spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Lake City Community College in Florida. While at Lake City, Blumsack coached over twenty players drafted by Major League teams including helping to produce a 10th round pick for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.  As Pitching Coach, Blumsack's 2006 staff led the state of Florida with over 400 strikeouts, posted a 3.44 ERA and led Lake City to the Florida Community College Activity Association State Playoffs and a runner up finish in the Mid-Florida Conference.  In 2007, Lake City compiled 36 wins, produced the state, and conference relief pitcher of the year, as well as the conference player of the year.  In 2010, one of Blumsack's Lake City pitchers was promoted to the major leagues.  Lake City's program was nationally ranked in 2006 by Baseball America, and again in 2007 by Perfect Game.

In his first four seasons at the helm, the Rams have improved their record each year.  The 2009 Rams offense had the highest team batting average since 2005 and the highest team on base percentage, slugging percentage and most RBI since 2003.  As a team the Rams hit 27 homeruns in 2009, which is the highest team total since 2001.
  
As a player, Blumsack spent his freshman season pitching for the University of Massachusetts-Amherst (1999) before transferring to Central Florida Community College (2000). After his sophomore season at CFCC, Blumsack finished his playing career at Suffolk University (Boston, MA) where he captained the 2002 Rams team that advanced to the NCAA New England Regional Tournament. Blumsack was a two-sport standout at Malden High School (MA) where he was named Greater Boston League MVP, a Boston Globe All-Scholastic, and a Massachusetts All-Star in baseball as well as a first team Greater Boston League selection as a point guard in basketball.   

Blumsack earned a Bachelor's degree in History from Suffolk University in 2003 and a Masters Degree in Administration of Higher Education in 2005.

Mark Piantedosi

Mark Piantedosi

Title: Assistant Coach

Mark Piantedosi is in his fifth season as part of the Rams coaching staff.  Prior to his arrival at FSU, Piantedosi spent the previous three seasons as the pitching coach at UMass Boston.  Under his guidance from 2005-07, the Beacons made three appearances in the Little East Conference (LEC) Tournament.  In 2006 Piantedosi's pitching staff, which included the 2006 LEC Pitcher of the Year, set a school record for lowest ERA (4.48) and in 2007 the team set a school record for wins in a season.

In addition to coaching baseball, Piantedosi has been an assistant boys' basketball coach at Waltham High School since 2004.  He is a graduate of Waltham High School where he was a three sport athlete in football, basketball and baseball.  Piantedosi played collegiate baseball for four years at Suffolk University where he was part of a Ram team that won the GNAC Tournament in 2002 and qualified for the NCAA Regional Tournament. 

Since 2000, Piantedosi has been a player/coach for Gately Athletic of the Inter-City League.  He graduated from Suffolk in 2005 with a degree in Media/Communications and currently resides in Waltham with his wife, Allison.

Scott Blumsack

Scott Blumsack

Title: Assistant Coach

Scott Blumsack is in his third season as an assistant coach of the Framingham State University baseball team.  He joins the Framingham State coaching staff after spending the previous four and a half seasons as an assistant coach at UMass Boston where he worked primarily with the Beacons pitching staff.

During his tenure at UMass Boston, the Beacons qualified for the Little East Conference playoffs each year and set a school record for the lowest team ERA in 2006 which they then broke in 2007.  In 2009 the Beacons set a school record for conference victories when they finished 8-6 in one of the nation's best Division III conference for baseball.  UMass Boston defeated the #1 ranked team in the nation 5-0 during the 2009 season, when his pitcher threw a complete game shutout.  Blumsack coached two Little East Conference Pitchers of the Year as well as an All-New England Region honoree.

Blumsack spent three years as the head coach at Bunker Hill Community College where he produced two All-New England NJCAA players.  In 2003 BHCC finished first in the Yankee Small Athletic Conference and were the runners up in the conference tournament.  He has spent over 12 years as a player, coach and manager in the Intercity League where he was a six time All-Star.

Blumsack played two years of collegiate baseball at Roger Williams University in 1999 and 2000.  As a first and third baseman, Blumsack led RWU in hits batting average and slugging percentage, and he was second on the team in homeruns and doubles.  Blumsack ranks fifth all-time in batting average (.370), seventh in homeruns, ninth in RBI and 10th in doubles at Roger Williams.  Prior to attending RWU, Blumsack played two years of baseball at Southern New Hampshire University where the Penmen were the 1997 ECAC Division II Champions.

John Deangelo

John Deangelo

Title: Volunteer Assistant Coach

John DeAngelo is in his second season as a coach with the Framingham State University baseball program. DeAngelo is familiar with the MASCAC having played collegiate baseball at Salem State University where he compiled a .333 career batting average. 

DeAngelo is a graduate of Malden Catholic High School where he was a two sport athlete in soccer and baseball batting .450 during the course of his four years. DeAngelo currently serves as a hitting instructor at Extra Innings Woburn and joins the FSU coaching staff after spending the past two seasons coaching the Extra Innings Woburn fall ball teams. DeAngelo has played in the Intercity Baseball League, an elite wood bat league in New England, for Gately Athletics. He plans to graduate with degrees in physical education and fitness/wellness from Salem State University this spring.