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About the Staff

Edward McCarthy, Director

Coach McCarthy holds a B.S. in Exercise Science from The George Washington University where he attended on a baseball scholarship. Prior to launching Hamptons Baseball Camp in 2004, he co-directed Home Run Baseball Camp for ten years. Coach McCarthy was the Gatorade Player of the Year in 1990 while at Wilson High School in Washington, DC.

A career educator in the realm of sports, reading, writing and peace studies, Coach McCarthy has coached youth baseball since age fifteen, taught in public and private schools in DC, NYC and the Hamptons, and served as a contributing coach for Béisbol y Libros in the Dominican Republic.

Away from the field, Coach McCarthy enjoys music, travel, surfing and chess.
 

Peter Miedema, Head Coach

Coach Miedema holds a Masters in Educational Psychology from the College of Saint Rose and a Bachelors in Secondary Education from SUNY New Paltz. Since 2002, he has been a certified New York State teacher and multi-sport coach for all experience levels. Currently teaching at Shelter Island UFSD, Coach Miedema has also taught at the Germantown Central School and the Charter School in East Hampton. His other interests include sports, history and power lifting.
 

Joseph Praino, Head Coach

Coach Praino holds a degree in journalism from Lehigh University, where he played on the university's baseball team. He has been a student of baseball nearly all his life and a teacher of the game for over 15 years. Coach Praino is an assistant varsity baseball coach at the Collegiate School in Manhattan and is also pursuing a career as a stand-up comic and actor. Coach Praino's hobbies include surfing, snowboarding and playing softball.
 

Sean Johnson, Head Rookie Coach

Coach Johnson has been coaching youth baseball and basketball for more than five years. Currently, he coaches at HBC, Southampton Youth Services and basketball camp. Rotating among shortstop, third base and pitcher for the Southampton Mariners Varsity Baseball Team, Coach Johnson also plays guard on the school's basketball team. His favorite subject is English and his favorite team is the New York Yankees.
 

Conor Fitzgerald, Coach

Coach Fitzgerald has been coaching at HBC for more than four years. Currently a junior at Southampton High School, he plays on the Mariner's Varsity Baseball Team and has been a camp counselor for more than five years.
 

Vincent Abbate, Coach

An avid baseball player since little league, Coach Abbate is a center fielder on the Southampton Mariners Varsity Baseball Team. He coaches at HBC as well as Southampton Youth Services. Coach Abbate also enjoys football, drums, music and coaching sports.