Bill Barrale

"I'm very excited to have this opportunity," said Barrale. "We have six of eight position players returning and depth and experience in pitching. We lost three players to graduation and we have some talented players coming in."

The six returning starting position players all batted at least .311 last season. Headlining the returnees is All-American, All-New England and NESCAC Player of the Year catcher Chris Kenney. Kenney batted an impressive .500 this past spring. Shortstop Paul Morgan (.417) also collected All-New England and All-NESCAC honors, while pitcher Dan Benz with a 6-1 record was the NESCAC Rookie of the Year and first baseman Sean Gleeson (.348) was named to the All-NESCAC Second Team.

Barrale an assistant baseball and assistant football coach at Williams the past two seasons came to Williams after serving as an assistant football coach (six years) and head baseball coach (five years) at Norwich University.

A standout football and baseball player at Northeastern University, Barrale led the Huskies in total offense in 1990 and was the North Atlantic Tournament MVP and an all-star selection in baseball in 1994.

He began his coaching career as an assistant football coach at Hamilton College (1994-95) before moving on to Rutgers (1995-97) and served as the offensive line coach at Rowan University in 1997 before moving on to Norwich.

Barrale graduated from Northeastern in 1994 with a degree in political science and in 2004 he received a master's degree from Rowan University in Student Personnel Services.