This summer, New Hampton School once again hosts the NIKE Baseball Camp. Located on one hundred beautiful acres in the village of New Hampton, nestled in the foothills of the White Mountains, it is thirty miles north of Concord, New Hampshire, and ninety miles north of Boston.
Directing the camp will be Cary McConnell, Head Coach at Suffolk University. Cary McConnell was named Head Coach at Suffolk University on February 1, less than a month before the start of the 1996 season. After finishing with 31 wins and 28 losses in his first two seasons, the Rams made tremendous strides. Entering his 11th season as skipper of the Rams, McConnell has guided his teams to a 329-183 record (.642 winning %), five GNAC regular-season 1st place finishes, three NCAA Regional appearances, three GNAC Tournament Championships, one ECAC Tournament Championship, five ECAC Tournament bids, a national ranking of 18th, and the school recod in wins with 38 in a season. He was named GNAC Coach of the Year in the 2000, 2002, 2005 and 2008 seasons.
Coach McConnell began his coaching career in 1990 as an assistant at The College of Wooster (Wooster, Ohio) working with pitchers and catchers. In 1990, the Scots set a conference record in earned-run-average with 3.47 on the way to an NCAA Regional appearance. He then began his head coaching career at the University of Rochester where he had a 56-60 record in three seasons. A graduate of the College of Wooster (Wooster, Ohio), McConnell was a four-year starter in the infield for the Scots and was selected to the All-Decade Team for the North Coast Athletic Conference for the 80’s.