SUNY COBLESKILLS AUSTIN STRAUB NAMED 2023 NAC COACH-OF-THE-YEAR

Waterville, Maine: The North Atlantic Conference (NAC) announced today that SUNY Cobleskill first-year head coach Austin Straub has been named the 2023 NAC Coach-of-the-Year by the league’s coaches.

In his first year at the helm of the program Straub guided the Fighting Tigers to their third consecutive NAC Western Division Championship and establish a new program record for most wins in a single season as Cobleskill went 22-15 overall on the year including a 13-2 record in conference action.

The program also established a new mark for individual player recognition this season under his tutelage as seven Cobleskill players earned All-NAC Team honors including the 2023 NAC Pitcher-of-the-Year senior Devin Lewis, Cobleskill, N.Y., Cobleskill-Richmondville High School, and 2023 NAC Player-of-the-Year David Flora, Windsor, N.Y., Windsor High School/Herkimer Community College.

When informed of his being named the conference’s coach-of-the-year Coach Straub thanked those who helped make this possible and what the award meant to him personally.

“I am truly honored to be recognized by my coaching colleagues because they understand that it is not an easy task to compete with some of the more established programs in our conference. I want to thank our players on buying into the direction that we want to take the program. It is not easy staying on board with a coaching change, so I am grateful to them. I also want to thank our Athletic Director Marie Curran-Headley for trusting me to guide the program and our athletic administrative and support staff for all of their help this year.”