| Gary Puccio | |
| Current Title: | Assistant Coach |
| Current Team: | Ohio Christian Trailblazers |
| Current Conference: | River States Conference |
| Alma Mater: | LIU Post |
| Coach Years1: | 1989–1993 |
| Coach Team1: | Old Westbury |
| Coach Years2: | 1994–1998 |
| Coach Team2: | Manhattan |
| Coach Years3: | 1999–2002 |
| Coach Team3: | Suffolk County CC |
| Coach Years4: | 2006–2010 |
| Coach Team4: | Briarcliffe |
| Coach Years5: | 2011–2018 |
| Coach Team5: | Fairleigh Dickinson |
| Overall Record: | 181–409–2 |
| Awards: | MAAC Coach of the Year: 1996, 1998 Knickerbocker Conference Coach of the Year: 1993 NJCBA Division 1 Coach of the year 2012 |
Gary Puccio is an American college baseball coach and former player. He was the head coach of the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights baseball team from 2011 to 2018.[1] [2] [3]
Puccio earned his degree at C. W. Post, and later added a pair of master's degrees from Dowling College. He served as a scout for the Seattle Mariners organization for many years, and as head coach at several levels of baseball. He began at Division III SUNY Old Westbury for five seasons before moving to his first Division I job at Manhattan. He helped develop a struggling program and registered 20 wins in 1998, the first time the Jaspers had accomplished that since 1903. He then coached at Suffolk County Community College for four seasons. He later led USCAA Briarcliffe to five straight national tournaments, including a pair of national championships, from 2006–2010. He took over at Fairleigh Dickinson in the summer of 2010. Prior to taking over the Knights, he also taught math at Island Trees High School in Levittown, New York, coaching baseball while not working at the college level.
This table depicts Puccio's record as a head coach at the Division I level.