Wagner College baseball coach Craig Noto has announced the hiring of Eric Reardon as the pitching coach for the 2024 season.
"Coach Reardon is someone I have known and followed since his playing days in high school as well as with his time at Rutgers University," Noto said. "Eric will come in and lead our pitching staff to new heights with the experience he possesses not only as a player, but as a student of the game and from his time with Connor Kortmann at Rutgers-Newark. Eric has the unique ability to transform old school knowledge with cutting edge technology. The blend of both is an incredibly powerful tool in today's game. Coupled with his ability to connect with people I believe he will have a tremendous impact on our talented pitching staff."
The North Brunswick, NJ, native played collegiate baseball for Rutgers from 2017-2021, playing his first three years under former Wagner head coach Joe Litterio. Reardon is sixth all-time in Scarlet Knights history in pitching appearances (77). He has a 8-4 career record with 78 career strikeouts across 99 innings.
Upon graduation Reardon coached on the high school travel baseball circuit with Baseball Warehouse before joining Rutgers-Newark as a pitching coach and graduate assistant. In the two seasons he coached for the Division III school (2022 and 2023), the pitching staff saw drastic statistical changes.
The team ERA dropped from 9.39 to 5.31, batting average against decreased by 92 points, the K/BB ratio of the staff rose from 0.83 to 1.68 and the team WHIP went from 2.26 to 1.59.
Reardon’s father John is the “Voice of Jersey Mike’s Arena,” serving as the PA announcer for Rutgers men’s basketball and wrestling. His mother Meg played college basketball at Ithaca College before transferring and graduating from Rutgers. His brother Danny pitched at Rutgers-Newark from 2019-2023.
