Mid Atlantic Red Sox: Roster

Eric Haines
Head Coach

Eric Haines

Position:

Head Coach

Profile:

Coach Haines returns to the Red Sox as Head Coach after 3 seasons as an Assistant Coach at Mount St. Mary's University.

Haines was the Mount's first base coach and catching coach the past three seasons. Haines helped lead the Mount to a Northeast Conference (NEC) regular season title and school record for wins in 2007 (35). In 2008, Haines and the Mount won an NEC Championship and made the school's first NCAA Regional appearance. In his three years, Coach Haines was able to coach an NEC Rookie of the Year, an NEC Pitcher of the Year, and an NEC Player of the Year. The Mount's Head Coach, Scott Thomson was also named NEC Coach of the Year in 2007. During Haines' tenure, the Mount had three players named All-Americans, and five players go on to professional baseball.

A four-year starter at Eastern Nazarene College in Massachusetts, Haines has been coaching since graduation. Prior to his time at the Mount, Haines was an assistant coach at Governor Thomas Johnson High School in Frederick, Md. From 2004-06, he was an assistant coach for the Mid-Atlantic Red Sox Fall Showcase team.

As a player, Haines was a three-time captain at Eastern Nazarene, earning First Team All-Commonwealth Coast Conference honors as a catcher as a senior. He was named a New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association All-Star and the ECAC Barrett Robbins Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2004. He finished his career with a .333 average and set the Eastern Nazarene single-season record for RBI's in 2004. He is in the top five in Eastern Nazarene history in batting average, hits and RBI's.

A graduate of Governor Thomas Johnson High School, Haines is a technology education teacher at Walkersville Middle School. He resides in Walkersville, Md., with his wife Laurie and son Bryce.