After serving as the assistant baseball coach and recruiting coordinator for the Buccaneers for seven years, Marc Pavao’s first season as the Buccaneer baseball skipper was the best debut in school history, as Barry went 33-21-1 to top Chris Cafalone’s mark (30-19-2) in 1996.

Pavao now enters his third season as the Buccaneer’s head coach. In two seasons, he has compiled a 65-44-2 overall record and a 25-23 mark against Sunshine State Conference opponents.

After starting the 2007 season 16-19, Pavao led the Buccaneers to an outstanding finish, winning 16 of the last 21 games. The Buccaneers finished third in the SSC with a 14-10 mark and narrowly missed out on an NCAA tournament berth.

The 2007 honors were topped by senior Orestes Gonzalez who was named an NCBWA Honorable Mention All-American. He was also dubbed Daktronics, ABCA, NCBWA All-Region and First-Team All-SSC before signing a free-agent contract with the Kalamazoo Kings.

Gabriel Casanova and David Bernat were named Second-Team All-SSC, while Andrew Frezza picked up an SSC Honorable Mention award and freshman Nick Shaw, who set a Barry single-season recorded with 58 walks, picked up the ABCA South Region Golden Glove Award for shortstops. Casanova was also drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 37th round and Jayson Brown was picked in the 39th round by the Los Angeles Angels.

The Bucs went 33-21-1 and set a school record in 2006 by hitting .323, led by Seattle Mariner draftee Alex Meneses and NCBWA All-American Nick Corbeil, to break the mark of .320 set in 1998. Meneses, who along with Cesar Aranguren owns most the Buccaneer career records, hit .367 and walked 55 times to lead the SSC in on-base percentage at .515. Corbeil hit 16 homers to finish second all-time at 30.

The pitching staff was paced by junior Jayson Brown who led the SSC with a 1.97 ERA and the team with 94 strikeouts. In addition to Meneses, who played most of the season with the High A California League champs Inland Empire 66ers, Corbeil, Jerry Thornton and Greg Dicso all signed professional contracts.

In addition to being a seven-year veteran with the Barry baseball program, Pavao spent two summers, 2003 and 2004, as the head coach of the North Adams Steeple Cats, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) in North Adams, Mass. In 2004, he led the Steeple Cats to a franchise-record 24 wins. The team also set several other individual and organizational records, earning a second-seed berth in the Northern Divisional playoffs.

In 2000 and 2001, Pavao worked with Major League Baseball International in Europe and served as a liason with baseball federations in Germany and France. He worked closely with members of each, planning and organizing strategies for club and national teams.

From 1997-99, Pavao served as the assistant coach for the Rhode Island Reds, a member of the NECBL in Warwick, R.I. He also served as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for Community College of Rhode Island for three seasons (1996-98) helping the team to the Junior College Division II World Series. Pavao began his coaching career in 1994 as an assistant at Coyle-Cassidy High in Taunton, Mass.

Pavao is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association and holds a professional certification in turf management from the University of Georgia. He is certified by the state of Florida and Massachusetts Departments of Education as a professional educator. In addition, he has been licensed by the Florida High School Athletic Association and the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association as a high school football official.

As a player, Pavao began his collegiate playing career at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. At UMD, he earned a starting position at third base as a freshman, helping the team to consecutive appearances in the NCAA Northeast Regional. Following his sophomore season, Pavao transferred to Bridgewater State where he earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1996.

Pavao has also been active in the Miami Shores community, working with community service organizations Habitat for Humanity, Toys for Tots, and reading programs for local elementary schools. He and the baseball team have run in Relay For Life to benefit cancer research and Run For Your Life to aid disadvantaged area youths.
A native of Fall River, Mass., he completed his master’s degree in sport management at Barry in December 2000. During his tenure at Barry, he has served as an adjunct instructor for the School of Human Performance and Leisure Science.

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