Marc Marizzaldi

Head Coach

Having built the foundation for Seton Hill Baseball from the ground up, Marc Marizzaldi has seen the program rise to national prominence in his twenty seasons as skipper, posting a 691-348-1 (.665) overall record since the program's inception in 2004.  Marizzaldi led the Griffins to a 17-33 mark in their inaugural season in 2004, followed by a 27-20 record in 2005 and the Griffins first appearance in the post-season.  With just two years under their belts, SHU jumped into the national spotlight in 2006 climbing as high as #14 in the NAIA national poll.  SHU posted a 45-20 record in 2006 en route to the school's first appearance in the NAIA World Series.  Marizzaldi's 2006 squad captured the AMC North Division title, NAIA Region IX championship and swept the NAIA East Coast Super Regional series.  Marizzaldi earned American Mideast Conference North Division Coach of the Year honors that year, as well as being named the NAIA Region IX Coach of the Year.

Last season, the Griffins won their third PSAC Championship by sweeping thru the PSAC Tournament winning all four contests.  SHU earned the second seed in the Atlantic Regional and hosted the regional on campus for the first time in school history.  The Griffins won the regional before falling to Millersville in the Super Regional.  SHU ended the season with a 48-13 overall record. 

In 2022, the Griffins earned another bid to the NCAA Tournament before falling in the Atlantic Regional I Final to West Chester.

Seton Hill returned to Cary, NC for the NCAA Division II Baseball Championships in 2021 following an NCAA Atlantic Regional victory over Millersville in the final.  It was the second trip to the NCAA DII Championships for the Griffins.  The team finished with a 39-8 overall record and won the PSAC West Division title.  SHU advanced to the PSAC Finals before falling in three games to Bloomsburg.  Coach Marizzaldi and the Griffins won their 600th career game with a sweep at UPJ.

The Griffins finished 2020 with a 9-4 record before the season was cut short due to the pandemic.  The early part of the season featured a win over #5 Tampa in their own ballpark.

In 2019, the Griffins caught fire late in the season, winning nine of their last ten contests, to secure another PSAC Tournament appearance.  After dropping their first game in the tournament, the Griffins responded with two victories before rain ended the Griffins run without a second loss in the double elimination tournament.  It was the twelfth season in a row that the Griffins posted 30+ wins.  The team also earned the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award for their work in the classroom.

As the reigning PSAC Champions, the Griffins opened the 2018 season with four straight wins, notching career victory number 500 for Marizzaldi and the Seton Hill program on March 4th in Kissimmee, FL.  That hot start evaporated quickly into a 5-10 record early in PSAC play.  The forthcoming turnaround and memorable post-season run allowed Seton Hill to go 4-0 through the PSAC Tournament to capture back-to-back PSAC titles.  SHU made their 9th consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the Atlantic Region Championship game for the 3rd time in six seasons.

The 2017 campaign ended a seven-year drought of a conference title as Seton Hill captured the PSAC Championship with a 20-6 win over Mercyhurst on May 14th.  It was the first for the program since joining the PSAC in 2014, and the first PSAC team championship in any sport for Seton Hill University.  With a final record of 36-20, SHU maintained their post-season streak making their 8th trip to the NCAA Tournament.  The Griffins led the entire country in stolen bases and hit-by-pitches, while landing 3 on the All-PSAC squad.  For the second consecutive year the program posted the highest GPA in the PSAC and was recognized with the ABCA Academic Excellence award.

The 2016 Griffins notched the program’s 12th straight winning season with a 40-18 record, becoming the only NCAA Division II squad in the country with five straight 40+ win seasons.  It marked the 8th consecutive season with at least 30 wins, and the 7th year in a row SHU appeared in the NCAA Tournament.  As the PSAC West runners-up, four Griffins were named to the PSAC West 1st Team, along with four All-Atlantic Region selections.  Academically the 2016 squad posted a program and PSAC best 3.35 and earned the ABCA Academic Excellence award.

Entering the 2015 season ranked in the top ten nationally of every major poll, the Griffins rattled off a 19-game win streak mid-season that led to a 22-6 PSAC mark and share of the West Division title.  That win streak propelled the Griffins to a #1 national ranking in Division II for a two-week span in early April.  A mainstay of the NCAA Atlantic Regional, SHU earned their 6th bid in as many years to the big dance, only to go 1-2 and cap the year with a 43-13 overall mark.  Senior 1st Team All-American Nick Sell earned PSAC West Player of the Year and was named the Tino Martinez award winner as the top Division II player in the country.  The 2015 squad also posted the highest GPA in the PSAC with a 3.33.

The transition to the PSAC in 2014 was met with great success as the Griffins logged a 22-6 conference mark to lead the PSAC West Division.  SHU’s fifth consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament was a memorable one, culminating with a 3-0 win over Millersville and the elusive dogpile that would send Seton Hill 484 miles to Cary, NC for the program’s first NCAA Division II World Series.  The 41 wins marked the third straight season with 40 or more victories, while four Griffins earned All-PSAC honors and three appeared on the All-Region squads.  In the Griffins first year as PSAC members, Marizzaldi earned PSAC West Coach of the Year honors.  He was also recognized as the ABCA Atlantic Region Coach of the Year.  Seton Hill was ranked 7th in the nation in the final Division II poll of 2014.

Averaging 35 wins per season under Marizzaldi’s guidance, Seton Hill Baseball has captured nine regular season division titles (‘06, ‘07, ’10, ‘11, '12, ’13, ’14, ’15, ‘16, '22, '23), five conference championships (‘06, ’10, ’17, ‘18, '23) and two World Series berths (’06, ’14, '20) in their fifteen years of post-season eligibility.  The Griffins enjoyed nine straight trips to the NCAA tournament (2010 through 2018).  Marizzaldi has been named Regional Coach of the Year three times during his tenure and picked up seven Conference Coach of the Year awards, including four consecutive seasons from 2011-2014.

SHU Baseball boasts fourty nine players named 1st Team All-Conference in the program's 20-year span and have had nine All-Americans since 2006.  Marizzaldi has seen thirteen of his players earn NAIA / NCAA Academic All-District teams during his tenure.  Twelve Griffins have moved on to professional baseball in the last fourteen years, including five MLB draft picks –Rick Austin (27th round – Philadelphia Phillies, 2007), Alex Haines (33rd round – Colorado Rockies, 2013), Perry DellaValle (27th round – St. Louis Cardinals 2018), Craig Lewis (33rd round - Baltimore Orioles), Kevin Vaupel (16th round - Miami Marlins)

Marizzaldi assumed the reigns of the new SHU Baseball program in January 2003 after leaving his post as the top assistant coach at Division-I Duquesne University.  In his only full season at Duquesne under head coach Mike Wilson, he managed all defensive responsibilities for the program, working with infielders, outfielders, and catchers.  The Dukes enjoyed their most successful season in school history in 2002, posting a 26-23 record and a fifth place finish in the Atlantic-10 Conference Western Division.

Before returning to his alma mater as an assistant, Marizzaldi spent two seasons at Lakeland College in Sheboygan, WI and three seasons coaching at Baldwin High School.

A 1994 graduate of Baldwin High School where he was a two-year letterman in basketball and baseball, Marizzaldi made 17 appearances posting a 2-2 career mark pitching at Duquesne University from 94-96.  Marizzaldi earned his bachelors degree in Sports Marketing from Duquesne in 1998, and received his Masters degree in Business Administration from Lakeland College in 2001.  Marc, his wife Debbi, and daughters Lyla (14) and Claire (11) reside in Greensburg.