Joe Litterio

Joe Litterio

Litterio with Rutgers in 2018
Biographical details
Born	(1971-01-15) January 15, 1971 (age 53)
Playing career
1990–1993	Rutgers
Position(s)	Second base
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994	Rutgers (assistant)
1995–1998	Monmouth (assistant)
1999	Winthrop (assistant)
2000–2011	Wagner
2012–2013	Rutgers (assistant)
2014–2019	Rutgers
Head coaching record
Overall	380–550–3

Joe Litterio (born January 15, 1971) is an American college baseball coach, was the head coach of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball team. He has held that position since the 2014 season until the end of the 2019 season. After his playing career with the Scarlet Knights, Litterio served as a volunteer assistant with his alma mater while also coaching at Immaculate Conception High School. He then became an assistant at Monmouth for four seasons before one season as an assistant with Winthrop. He then earned his first head coaching job at Wagner, where he remained for twelve seasons. In 2012, he returned to Rutgers as associate head coach under Fred Hill before assuming the top role two years later.^[1][2][3] On May 28, 2019, Litterio was let go by not having his contract renewed.^[4]

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Litterio's yearly records as an NCAA baseball coach.

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Wagner Seahawks (Northeast Conference) (2000–2011)
2000	Wagner	24–30–1	14–8	3rd (South)	NCAA Regional
2001	Wagner	16–30–1	8–14	4th (South)
2002	Wagner	10–39	8–19	T–8th
2003	Wagner	11–36	10–16	9th
2004	Wagner	20–29	12–11	4th	NEC Tournament
2005	Wagner	22–27	13–10	4th	NEC Tournament
2006	Wagner	18–34	15–9	3rd	NEC Tournament
2007	Wagner	17–34	11–17	6th
2008	Wagner	27–28	17–11	3rd
2009	Wagner	31–21	17–9	1st	NEC Tournament
2010	Wagner	26–31	17–15	4th	NEC Tournament
2011	Wagner	18–33	12–20	6th
Wagner:		240–372–2	154–159
Rutgers Scarlet Knights (American Athletic Conference) (2014)
2014	Rutgers	30–25	14–9	T–3rd	AAC tournament
Rutgers Scarlet Knights (Big Ten Conference) (2015–2019)
2015	Rutgers	19–35–1	7–17	11th
2016	Rutgers	27–28	9–15	11th
2017	Rutgers	19–34	7–16	10th
2018	Rutgers	25–25	7–16	11th
2019	Rutgers	20–31	9–14	10th
Rutgers:		140–178–1	53–87
Total:		380–550–3
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. Rich Fisher (February 27, 2014). "Rutgers moves on with Joe Litterio in place of Fred Hill". The Trentonian. Trenton, NJ. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
2. Jim Waggoner (January 10, 2012). "Wagner College baseball coach Litterio departing to take Rutgers assistant job". Staten Island Advance. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
3. "Joe Litterio Bio". Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
4. Keith Sargeant (May 28, 2019). "Rutgers baseball coach Joe Litterio will not return in 2020". www.nj.com. New Jersey On-Line LLC. Retrieved May 29, 2019.