batting average to go with 10 doubles, a pair of homeruns and 34 RBI. Carcione also served a stint as the pitching coach with the Sioux City Explorers in 2006 and 2007 and prior to that was the Head Coach at Si Tanka in 2005 and an assistant at South Dakota from 2001-04.

As a player, Carcione was drafted by the Oakland A’s in the 10th round of the 1988 Major League Baseball draft out Texas A&M, where he was a member of the Aggies NCAA Regional squad as a catcher. He began his collegiate career at Connors State and was invited to play for the Hyannis Mets of the famed Cape Code League in the summer of 1987.

After being drafted, he played nine seasons professionally through the minorhis time in Macomb, Coryell guided a revamped pitching staff that collected 18 victories in 2011 between the Leathernecks starting rotation, including a combined 19 quality starts by Dan Russell, Zach Sterling, Ryan Wachholder and Alexander Zarate. The pitching staff carried an ERA of 5.03 that season, over three runs fewer than the previous. Opponents batted .283, over 50 points fewer than 2010. As the pitching coach at Western Illinois, Coryell cut the ERA in half from over 10 in 2009.

Prior to WIU, Coryell worked as a scout for the Cincinnati Reds organization for two seasons while also serving as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Grand Rapids Community College. He also was also an assistant at Kellogg Community College in 2008 and helped guide the Bruins