Terrier Coaches
Terriers Baseball »Executives
Kevin Horton
Vice President
Joe Iannuzzi
General Manager
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Joe Iannuzzi’s journey with the Terriers is impressive! He joined the organization in the summer of 2017 as the Head Coach for the 16u Terriers program. During his time as head coach, he led the team to win the 16u PBLO Championships and secured two US tournament victories that same year. His success with the team paved the way for his promotion to General Manager (GM) in 2021, where he continues to make significant contributions to the program’s growth and success.
Coaching and Playing experience
– 5 year member of Team Canada – 2 World Championships, Pan Am Games, Goodwill Games
– Member of Gold Medalist Team Ontario from Summer Games
– Northwest Missouri State University
– Second Team All American, All Region
– Asst Coach of back to back OBA AAA Champions
– 8 year instructor with the Cardinals Baseball School
Kevin Hussey
Director of Baseball Operations
Dean Dicenzo
Senior Advisor
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Dean is starting his 14th year with the Terriers. He is a former coach of the 18u team and head coach for seven years. Dean played in the IBL for 19 years, and Hamilton/Brantford was selected as one of the top 100 players of all time in the IBL. Coach Experience
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Rick Johnston
Coach Support
Shawn Schaefer
Director of Player Development
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Shawn joined the Terriers in October 2024 as the Director of Player Development. Before that, he was with the Ontario Blue Jays in various roles, including General Manager, Director of Operations, and Head Coach of the 16U team that won the 2023 CPBL championship. Before moving to Ontario, Shawn worked for Baseball BC as the Grassroots Coordinator and General Manager of the High-Performance program running the 14-17U Provincial Teams. Assistant coach at Douglas College, who was a part of the NWAC (junior college) from 2011 to 2015. He graduated from Cumberland University with a BSc in 2011. Also, played in 13 Baseball Canada Sr. Nationals (2006-2019), winning five gold medals. Coaching and Playing Experience
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Coaching Staff
Ben Abram
Pitching Coordinator
Justin Malabanan
Catching Coordinator
Rick Boutilier
Strength Coordinator
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- Helped develop Pro Pitchers Mark James (Cincinnati Reds) and Jamie Richmond (Oakland Athletics)
- Trained All Canadian Wide receiver and Toronto Argonaut Andre Talbot
- Trained James Yurichuk Linebacker 1st round pick BC Lions CFL Draft 2009
- Trained Tamara Dixon (Bobsled), Silver and Bronze medallist in America’s Cup 2009
- Trained Chris Ackie, CFL 1st round pick 2015, Montreal Alouettes
- Mike Hoffman, Ottawa Senators
- Nick Spaling, San Jose Sharks
- Connor Bunnaman 2016 NHL Draft Prospect, Kitchener Rangers
Coach and Player Achievements
- 2014 Canadian National Oldtimers Baseball Federation National Champions 35+ Division
- Terriers 15U Assistant Coach, 2011–2013
- 10+ years playing men’s senior COBA, 1998–2011
- Former PEAK Leader with Big Brothers
- Toronto Star 2nd Team All-Star in Baseball
- Received Athletic Letter Clarkson Secondary School
Administrative Staff
Melanie Raymond
Administrative Coordinator
Sean Addis
Website and Social Media Coordinator
Matt Betts
Media Coordinator
17U
Chris Willins
Head Coach
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Former NCAA baseball player with 13 years of baseball instruction and 9 years coaching elite baseball
Coach and Player Achievements
- 6 years with the Terriers Assistant Coach(15u-17u)
- 3 years with the Terriers Head Coach(16u/17u)
- 2021 16u CPBL Championship
- 2016 Great Midwest Athletic Conference Champion
Ryan Pollard
Assistant Coach
Chris Black
Assistant Coach
Chris Boatto
Assistant Coach
Ryan Carey
Assistant Coach
16U
Ian Bala
Head Coach
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After playing 20 seasons with the Erindale Cardinals in the COBA Sr League, Ian joined the Terriers’ coaching staff in 2016. He coached pitching for 16u, 17u, and 18u teams. In 2021, Ian became the pitch coordinator and launched our 12-month pitching program.
In the fall of 2024, he officially became the 16u head coach for the 2025 season. Ian believes good pitching and defence win games (and will keep you in many more), but he has a lot of fun watching our bats go on heaters, too!
Coach and Player Achievements
Justin Malabanan
Assistant Coach
Adam Crowley
Assistant Coach
Wayne Ireland
Assistant Coach
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Coach Achievements
- Assistant Coach: U17 Terriers CPL 2023-2024
- Assistant Coach: U16 Terriers CPL 2022-2023
- Assistant Coach: U16 Halton Hills Eagles EBLO 2021-2022
- Assistant Coach: U15 Ontario Blue Jays CPBL 2020-2021
- Head Coach Minor Bantam AA Burlington Bulls 2019-2020
- Assistant Coach Minor Bantam A- Burlington Bulls 2017-2019
- Head Coach: Head Coach House league baseball 2016
- Assistant Coach of the Bluefield University Baseball 1995-1996
Player Achievements
- Played for the Toronto Maple Leaf Baseball Team- Intercounty Baseball League- 1993 and 1994 seasons
- Played Baseball at Bluefield University, Bluefield, Virginia 1991-1995- All Co-nference Catcher Junior year
- Played AAA Rep Baseball for the Burlington Minor Baseball Organization
- Played on the OBA championship Peewee Team-1984
- Represented Team Ontario in the Canadians Championship in Dartmouth Nova Scotia-1988
- Played on the COBA All-Star Team- 1988
- Played High School Baseball for the MM Robinson Rams, Burlington, Ontario
- Won the Blue Jay Cup in 1990 and runner-up in 1991
- Selected to the Toronto Star All-Star team as a Catcher in Senior year- 1991
15U
Luke Tevlin
Head Coach
Bodin roach
Assistant Coach
Brian Cheong
Assistant Coach
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Brian is in his first year with the Terriers as an assistant for the 15u Team joining us along with his son from OBJ after winning the 2024 14U Major CPBL Championship. He grew up playing baseball in Markham, Ont. Brian began coaching while studying kinesiology in university with the Markham District Baseball Association, winning the York Region Peewee Select championship in his first year as Head Coach. He continued coaching with the Milton Minor Baseball Association when he relocated to Milton both as a Head Coach and Assistant. Coached in Milton for 9 years, developing players ranging from T-ball to Major Peewee both in House League and Milton Mets Travel Ball. Brian has worked closely with many former and current Baseball Zone and Terrier coaches while with the Milton Mets training and teaching the “Terrier Way”!
Coach and Player Achievements
14UA
Mike Asselin
Head Coach
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- In my playing career, he was a 4 times 2nd team All-Star. I was part of 3 championships in my 12 years.
- As a coach, Mike has coached every age group from Tball to u17, mainly at the highest level of competition.
- Mike has a passion for teaching kids how to play the game the right way. How to overcome adversity. How to play the game as if they were playing chess and not checkers.
- Trying to teach his players about all the lessons life throws at you and how it all applies during competition between the lines. Forever preach to my players about prioritizing Family, Religion (if they believe in any), School and Baseball in that order, hopefully making them better kids off the field than when I came into their lives.
- One of the biggest compliments Mike feels is when the old players he has coached still call him by the name of Coach and still communicate with Mike about their lives, sometimes asking for advice on different matters.
Jayson Eljawhary
Assistant Coach
Kevin Scott
Assistant Coach
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Coach Kevin grew up in Sarnia, Ontario and was part of the Sarnia Braves Baseball Association until the age of 16. He then switched associations and played for the Lower Great Lakes Baseball Academy Courtright Seahawks who played out of the Connie Mack league in Michigan. Following his time with the Seahawks, he was offered a scholarship at Rend Lake College in Illinois where he was an Academic All-American and pitcher for the team that was one win away from making it to the Junior College World Series.
Following his playing career, he joined the Milton Mets where he became involved in coaching on the field and volunteered as Rep Director. As head coach, his team qualified for 3 straight OBA tournaments and walked away third in two of those tournaments. As a teacher, he believes that players thrive in positive environments where they are supported, encouraged and challenged. He’s looking forward to the upcoming season with the Terriers.
14H
Jesse Harrison
Head Coach
Adam Crowley
Assistant Coach
Steve Correia
Head Coach
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The 2024 – 2025 season will be Steve’s 1st year coaching with Terriers, and he is excited to join such a great program and help kids take their game to the next level!
Steve grew up in Toronto and started his baseball journey later than most at fourteen with the Toronto Playgrounds Organization. He played in the OBA for the AAA Toronto Playgrounds from 1992 to 1997
After High School, Steve played at the University of Toronto from 1997 to 2002 under head Coach Geoff Cullen. While there, his team captured the CIBA silver medal twice and won the first-ever OUA championship in 2001. Steve was also named a Silver T award by the University of Toronto in 2001 in recognition of excellence in the sport during his 4-year program at the University. In addition, Steve was named to the Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association All-Star team in 2000 as an outfielder. He held the record for OF assists at U of T for several years.
After his University career, Steve continued to play in the OBA at the senior AAA level from 2004 to 2020 with Martingrove and the Pickering/Ajax organizations. During that time, he was part of various GTBL championship and finalist teams and made several deep runs at the eliminations. On a more personal level, Steve won the OBA senior batting title in 2014 with a batting average of .462 and led the province in OBP .548. He retired from AAA senior baseball in 2020 and ended with a career batting average of .378.
During Steve’s baseball journey, he also played for the Portuguese National Baseball team in the summer of 2008 during a World Baseball Classic Qualifier Tournament.
As an assistant coach, he returned to the University of Toronto from 2017 to 2021. As the outfield coach, hitting coach and 1st base coach, Steve was able to help the team capture 2 OUA Championships (2017 and 2021) and a Silver medal in 2018.
At the OBA level, he has acted as an Assistant coach as well as a head coach from the A to AAA levels from 1997 to 98 with Toronto Playgrounds AAA Bantam team and from 2020 – 2024 with Martingrove and Royal York A and AA teams at various age groups. Capturing 2 TBA championships along the way and, more importantly, helping kids grow their game in the process!
Coach Highlights
- Head Coach 11U AAA Ontario Provincial Finalist Milton Mets 2023
- Head Coach 10U AAA Ontario Provincial Finalist Milton Mets 2022
- Head Coach COBA AAA Champions Milton Mets 2022 (10U) & 2023 (11U)
- Head Coach 9U AA Ontario Provincial Champions Milton Mets 2018
- Assistant Coach COBA 11U All-Star Team 2023
13U
James DiFlorio
Head Coach
Darren Scott
Assistant Coach
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This is Darren’s first year coaching in the Terriers Baseball Organization. From 2017 through 2024, he coached in the Milton Mets Organization, coaching the ’09 and ’12 birth years. Darren’s love of the game was fostered by growing up and playing baseball in Camlachie, Ontario, where baseball was a way of life for family and friends.
Coach Highlights
- Head Coach 11U AAA Ontario Provincial Finalist Milton Mets 2023
- Head Coach 10U AAA Ontario Provincial Finalist Milton Mets 2022
- Head Coach COBA AAA Champions Milton Mets 2022 (10U) & 2023 (11U)
- Head Coach 9U AA Ontario Provincial Champions Milton Mets 2018
- Assistant Coach COBA 11U All-Star Team 2023
Program Consultants
Ed Heather
Program Consultant
Dr. Carm Filice
Performance Consultant
The Performance Lab
Sports Science