Highlights & Accolades
30+ years of championship-level prep baseball coaching
Inducted into the Cathedral High School Athletic Hall of Fame; recipient of the Umpires Association Sportsmanship Award
276 career varsity wins with Division I Western Mass titles and Super 8 appearances
Built one of New England's premier prep programs at Deerfield Academy
Top-five regional ranking in three of the last five seasons
Led Deerfield to the 2024 CNESPBL Championship and a #1 New England ranking
Placed 140+ student-athletes into NCAA Division I, ll & lll programs
53 college placements in seven seasons at Deerfield, including Cornell, Richmond, Tufts, Bowdoin, Bates, Bentley, Boston College, Holy Cross & Harvard
Coached professional players including Chris Capuano, Nick Gorneault, Scott Barnes & Frank Crinella
Patrick Moriarty
Head Coach of Varsity Baseball
With over three decades of coaching experience at the secondary and preparatory school levels, Pat Moriarty has built a reputation for developing competitive programs rooted in character, discipline, and teamwork. Currently serving as Head Varsity Baseball Coach at Deerfield Academy, he leads all aspects of the program while working closely with admissions to recruit student-athletes who align with the school’s academic and athletic values.
Under his leadership, Deerfield has ranked among the top five teams in New England in three of the last five seasons, captured the CNESPBL Championship in 2024 (ranked #1 in the region), and advanced to league finals in 2023 and 2025.
Across his career, he has guided more than 140 student-athletes to Division I, II, and III collegiate baseball programs, emphasizing long-term development both on and off the field. Previous head coaching roles at Pope Francis Preparatory School and Cathedral High School included qualifying for the Super 8 Tournament, winning sectional championships, multiple state championship runs, consistent postseason qualifications, and the advancement of players to professional baseball.
Pat’s coaching philosophy centers on accountability, sportsmanship, and fostering a positive team culture that prepares student-athletes for success beyond athletics.
COACHING PHILOSOPHY
Teamwork is believing in something bigger than yourself. It’s putting team success ahead of individual goals. It’s trusting and respecting coaches and teammates, and holding themselves accountable. Teamwork consists of teammates willing to support one another through both successes and failures.
I define success for our program by personal, social, and player development; academic achievement, and fostering a strong team culture. I define success for our athletes on the field when they compete, give their best effort, embrace adversity, exhibit respect for our opponent and the umpires, and when we honor the game of baseball and play the game the right way – hustling on and off the field. The program's mission and success extends beyond the playing field, emphasizing the growth of the student-athlete as a whole person including citizenship and service on our campus and in our community.
Fast paced, skill driven, intense workouts designed to challenge players to find game speed and situations in practice. Practice is permanent, not perfect. The more uncomfortable players are willing to get every day in practice, the more progress they will make.
20-25 games in the fall, full winter training program in a state of the art training facility with indoor batting cages, pitching machines, Trackman, mounds, and a full diamond. 30-35 games in the spring, with a trip to Florida playing 7-8 games.
Physicality, explosiveness, mental approach, and game IQ. I envision entry level players to most likely (not definite) be grades 6-9 where I will help players adjust to playing on 90’ diamond. I envision college/prep level to be grades 10-PG, where we will showcase their talent and help connect student-athletes to coaches at the next level with the philosophy of finding the right fit at a place that will set MAI graduates up for forty years of life rather than just four years of baseball.
“Teamwork is believing in something bigger than yourself – putting team success ahead of individual goals. The program’s mission extends beyond the playing field, emphasizing the growth of the student-athlete as a whole person including citizenship and service on our campus and in our community.”
– Pat Moriarty, Head Coach of Varsity Baseball
MESSAGE TO STUDENTS AND PARENTS
As a head prep school baseball coach, I am excited to welcome you to MAI, a program that will be built on excellence and character. Our mission is to develop not only elite athletes who can compete at the highest level, but also young men of integrity who lead with purpose on and off the field.
Over the last two years at Deerfield Academy, we are a combined 31-7. Last season, we were regular season and playoff champions in the CNEPSBL – the best prep baseball league in New England, and were also ranked #2 in the New England poll. We were 6-1 in exhibition games in Florida, finished 15-4 up north (9-1 in league play – regular season champs again), ranked #4 in New England, and have made it to the championship game in three out of the last four years – which no other team in our league has accomplished. I have placed fifty-three players in college in seven short years at Deerfield – including two Cornell commits, a Richmond commit, a Tufts commit, a Bowdoin commit, a Bates commit, and a Bentley commit in the ’25 class -and over one hundred-twenty players overall including my time at my last schools (Cathedral High School/Pope Francis). We have another six commits in the ’26 class.
When you join our family, you are committing to a culture of hard work and mental toughness that will prepare you for the challenges of college baseball and beyond. I look forward to the opportunity to help you reach your full potential.
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