Nino Giarratano

Head Coach: University of San Francisco

A proven recruiter, Giarratano continues to shape the Dons into a force to be reckoned with on the West Coast and in the WCC. During his tenure on the Hilltop, 25 players have signed professional contracts, including a program record of four drafted in the 2004 Major League Draft and three last season. In addition, 16 players have earned First Team All-WCC honors, while an additional 11 players have earned second team all-league selection.

Giarratano is committed to excellence in the classroom and 21 have earned All-WCC Academic selection, including a program record four in 2004 and 2006-07. In addition, 56 USF baseball student-athletes were named to the WCC Honor Roll in the last five seasons

Matt Hobbs

Assistant Coach: University of San Francisco

Matt Hobbs Hobbs begins his first season at the University of San Francisco in 2010. Hobbs comes to the Hilltop from UC San Diego, where he held an associate head coaching position for three years.

"We are extremely excited to have Matt Hobbs as a pitching Coach/ recruiting coordinator at the University of San Francisco," said Giarratano. "Matt brings great success, knowledge, and great work habits to our program. Matt will continue to help the program rise."

"I feel really lucky to have the opportunity to come to the University of San Francisco and be a part of such a wonderful program and be around such a great coaching staff and student-athletes," Hobbs said. "I'm excited to be here and feel really grateful that Coach Giarratano thought I would be a good fit for the program."

At UC San Diego, Hobbs was also pitching coach and recruiting coordinator, and he helped lead the Tritons to their first ever final four appearance in the 2009 Division II College World Series. UCSD was ranked third by the National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association in 2009, after being named Regional Champions for the first time in school history. The Tritons 41-15 record was the second best in program history, behind the 2008 team that had 43 wins.

On the mound, Hobbs' pitching staff allowed the fewest number of walks per nine innings of any Division II baseball program, and was 12th nationally in ERA (3.73). As a recruiter, since 2007 Hobbs brought in three All-Americans, four First-Team All-West Region, four Second-Team All-West Region, seven First-Team CCAA, one Second-Team CCAA, and one CCAA Freshman of the Year.

Prior to UCSD, Hobbs spent two seasons (2005-2006) at Santa Barbara City College as the pitching coach. In 2006, the Vaqueros had the fewest walks in the Western State Conference, while the 2005 squad led the WSC with a 2.27 team ERA and seven shutouts as SBCC earned a program high 24 wins. During the summers while at SBCC, Hobbs was the pitching coach for Foresters Baseball. The summer league team earned the National Baseball Congress World Series in 2006, after a runner up finish in 2005. He also spent one season as an assistant coach at Chapman University, working with the pitching and catching staffs and coaching first base.

Hobbs played Division I baseball at the University of Missouri, where he tallied 13 career victories and finished his career as the Big 12 record holder for consecutive strikeouts. He was drafted by the San Diego Padres in 2001 and the Kansas City Royals in 2002. During the summers, he helped lead the Foresters to three consecutive California Coastal League Championships and three top-ten finishes in the National Baseball Congress World Series.

Hobbs inherits a pitching staff that includes a 2009 WCC First-Team Selection (senior Doug Murray, 9-0, 3.77 ERA), a 2009 WCC Honorable Mention (junior Matt Hiserman, 4-6, 3.43 ERA), and junior Matt Lujan, who earned WCC First-Team, Freshman Team, and Louisville Slugger All-American status in 2008.

Troy Nakamura

Assistant Baseball Coach: University of San Francisco

Troy Nakamura no stranger to the Diamond Dons program, Nakamura served two seasons as a volunteer coach following a successful playing career on the Hilltop. His on-field duties include coaching third base, working with the outfielders, bunters, base-runners and assisting with the hitters. He oversees the team's S.A.F.E (Speed, Agility, Flexibility and Explosion) program, as well as the visualization and imagery training program.

In addition to his coaching duties, Nakamura is charged with field maintenance and up keep.

During his career at USF, Nakamura has coached eight All-West Coast Conference outfielders, including 2006 WCC Player of the Year Scott Cousins, and seven have signed professional contracts.

Greg Revelli

Director of Camps

Greg Revelli begins his second season as the Director of Baseball Camps and the Junior Dons Baseball Academy at the University of San Francisco in 2009.

Revelli is a local San Franciscan. He graduated from Lincoln High School in 1987 after playing four years of Varsity baseball as a shortstop and three years of Varsity football as a quarterback. He received his Associates Degree from City College of San Francisco in 1990 and played two years of baseball as a center fielder. He also attended San Francisco State in 1992-93.

Revelli has coached baseball for 15 years in the area. He spent two years as an assistant JV coach at Lowell High School and eight years as an assistant Varsity coach at University High School. He was the Head Varsity coach at Marin Academy in San Rafael for one year before moving on to the Head Varsity coaching position at University High School for four years.