Justin Perry enters his seventh season as the associate baseball coach and assistant equipment manager at Gettysburg College in 2021-22.
Perry helped Gettysburg win at least 22 games in each of his first two seasons on the staff. The Bullets have won 86 games and qualified for the Centennial Conference playoffs twice during his tenure. In 2017, Perry helped coach the Bullets to a 22-17-2 overall record. The team went 10-8 in the Centennial Conference and qualified for the CC Tournament. He helped coach four Bullets who were tabbed all-conference, including CC Pitcher of the Year Chase Stopyra ’17. In addition, two Bullets were named all-region while outfielder Connor Tom ’17 captured Academic All-America First Team status. Over the previous six seasons, Perry has mentored a dozen all-conference performers.
Perry came to the Battlefield from Trinity (Conn.) College, where he served as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for a sixth-month stint during the offseason. He also held the post of pitching coach at Westfield State University in 2011 and 2014-15. Over his last two seasons with the Owls, Perry worked under head coach Nate Bashaw ’03, a former member of the Gettysburg College baseball team and an assistant coach for the Bullets from 2006-10. In addition, Perry was an assistant baseball coach at Anna Maria College for one season in 2010, serving as pitching coach.
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A native of Feeding Hills, Mass., Perry was a four-year pitcher at Stonehill College where he graduated in 2009 with a degree in Criminology. He accumulated more than 100 innings of work in 37 appearances and nine starts, striking out 81 batters to finish with five collegiate wins and two saves.
Perry earned a master’s degree in Sport Management and a certificate in Athletic Administration from Southern New Hampshire University.
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