About the Coach
Dave Beccaria
Head Coach, Baseball
Haverford College
370 Lancaster Avenue
Haverford, PA 19041
610-896-1172
dbeccari@haverford.edu
Entering his eighth year as head coach, Dave Beccaria has taken the Haverford College baseball program to unprecedented heights. Under his direction, the Fords have established new single-season records for wins three times and have earned two appearances in the Centennial Conference playoffs—including a berth in the league’s championship series in 2006.
Beccaria’s 2007 graduates own the distinction of being the winningest class (90-59) in the history of baseball at Haverford College.
Beccaria is a 1996 graduate of Johns Hopkins University, where he was a third baseman and captain for the Blue Jays. In 1997, he served as Hopkins' junior varsity head coach and varsity assistant coach while earning his master's degree in liberal arts. Beccaria joined Haverford's coaching staff as hitting instructor and recruiting coordinator in 1998 and was promoted to head baseball coach in July 2000.
In Summer 1994, Beccaria was head coach of the Aarau Hawks of the Swiss national league. He also has served as director of baseball operations and hitting instructor at SportsChallenge, a two-week sports/leadership camp designed for aspiring collegiate student-athletes.
A member of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and the ABCA coordinator for the Mid-Atlantic Region rankings, Beccaria lives in Springfield, Pa. with his wife, Susie.
Longtime bench coach Kevin Morgan brings a high level of energy, enthusiasm and expertise as well as a unique style to Haverford baseball. Founder and director of the country's leading sports leadership program, SportsChallenge, Morgan coached and played for the three-time British national champion Cobham Yankees. He also holds a master's degree in education from Harvard University.
Dan Crowley, former head coach at Friends Central School, enters his seventh year on the coaching staff to continue his work with the outfielders and baserunners. Crowley coached at Friends Central for a number of years after a distinguished playing career at Haverford. An offensive threat during his college years, Crowley still holds the Haverford records for runs scored in a season (40) and runs scored in a career (129).
After coaching and playing for the Brussels Kangaroos in Belgium for the past year, Tim McLean joins the coaching staff to work with the team’s hitters and infielders. McLean was a standout first baseman and all-conference performer during his playing days at Haverford, and he currently ranks among the college’s all-time leaders in a number of offensive categories.
Michael Barry is the Fords’ new pitching instructor. A former pitcher at Virginia Wesleyan College, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in sports management, Barry has coached extensively for the past decade. He has served as the pitching coach at Catholic University and Ferrum College, among other schools, and has worked as a pitching instructor for Headfirst Baseball’s summer teams and camps. He also is currently an instructor at All-Star Baseball Academy in West Chester, Pa.