Head Coach
Tim Sinicki

Having guided the Bearcats to back-to-back America East regular season championships, head coach Tim Sinicki begins his 17th year at Binghamton in 2009.

His program has increased its win total in each of the last five seasons, and owns the best cumulative conference record of any America East team in that span (65-43, 60%).

Sinicki has earned recognition from his peers as Coach of the Year twice in the last four seasons.

Ironically, one of his best coaching campaigns didn't result in individual honors, as Sinicki's young 2008 squad won 15 league games to capture the team's second straight regular season title. He had to replace six of eight position starters from a senior-laden 2007 squad and played the 2008 campaign with four starting freshmen - six starting newcomers in all. That team won a school-record 29 games and ultimately finished as runnerup at the America East Championship tournament.

The 2008 team had a school-record nine-game win streak in midseason and finished the regular season by winning 20 of its last 26 games. A conference-best four Bearcats earned first team America East all-star honors, with just one repeat selection from the then- record four first-teamers in 2007.

In each of the last four seasons, a Binghamton player has been chosen for one of the major awards (Player, Pitcher, or Rookie of the Year).

Strong pitching has always been a staple of Sinicki-coached teams and 2008 was no exception. Under the tutelage of the former elite collegiate pitcher and MLB draft pick, the Bearcats again led the league in ERA, had one of the league's premier pitchers in three-time first team all-star Zach Groh, and had one of its promising stars in 6-foot-6 lefty Jeff Dennis. Dennis was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in June but will return to campus for his senior season.

Former Sinicki lefthander Scott Diamond is quickly advancing in the Atlanta Braves organization. Diamond, who signed with the Braves in 2007, was named the Braves' Pitcher of the Year for their Class A-Advanced Myrtle Beach team. In all, 10 Binghamton player have signed professional contracts in the last two years.

In addition to his team's on-the-field success, Sinicki's program prides itself on achievement in the classroom. The baseball team has achieved a 3.0 or higher grade-point average in 16 of 18 semesters and has maintained the highest team GPA in the America East in six of the last seven years.

During the team’s transition to Division I, BU captured an ECAC championship in 2000 and earned runner-up conference honors in 2001. That 2000 season was highlighted by a school-record 26 wins, and the post-season bid in 2001 was the fifth in seven years for Sinicki.

The program’s other ECAC crown came in 1997, when then-Division III BU went 26-10-1, registering the highest win percentage in school history (.716).

Sinicki began his collegiate playing career as a freshman all-conference pitcher at Binghamton in 1985. One year later, he was named to the All-Region III team while pitching at nearby Broome Community College, where he was tabbed by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the Major League Baseball amateur draft.

He finished his playing career at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C., where the Catamounts captured back-to-back Southern Conference titles and competed in the NCAA Division I Championship both seasons. In two seasons, Sinicki compiled 15 wins, including a team-leading nine as a senior.

He graduated from Western Carolina in 1988 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

Tim resides in Vestal with his wife, Tina, and their children Allison, Tanner and Ashley.

Assistant Coach
Ryan Hurba

Ryan Hurba enters his fourth season as hitting coach and recruiting coordinator for the Bearcats in 2009.

Under Hurba's tutelage, BU's young offense thrived in 2008, setting program records for runs, hits, RBI's, total bases and walks while helping the Bearcats earn their second straight regular season title and tournament runnerup honors. More importantly, the Bearcat hitters seemed to peak once conference play started, leading the America East in hitting with a .324 average. The lineup, which featured four all-conference players, finished first or second in almost every offensive catetory.

In 2007, four Bearcat hitters earned all-conference honors, including conference Player of the Year Brendon Hitchcock. Two BU freshmen were also named to the America East All Rookie Team.

Hurba came to Binghamton from Division II powerhouse Mount Olive College (N.C.) (2008 Division II National Champions), where he served as an assistant for two years. While at Mount Olive he coached four All-Americans and four future professional players. Three of those players signed as free agents, while one was an MLB draft pick.

Hurba has also served as an assistant at Brevard Community College. There Hurba worked with head coach Ernie Rosseau, a former minor league hitting coordinator with the Chicago Cubs and New York Mets. Their Brevard team advanced to the Florida State Junior College tournament, finishing fourth in the state. Hurba coached five Brevard players who were drafted by MLB teams.

Prior to heading into college coaching Hurba spent four years as the head coach at the oldest overnight baseball camp in the country, the Sho-Me Baseball Camp (Branson, MO). There he oversaw the entire on field summer program as well as their satellite camps in the off season.

As an undergraduate player, he earned All-America honors at Oswego State in 1996. Hurba was a three-time all-region selection, three-time all conference selection and two-time ECAC all-star. In 2001, he was inducted into Oswego's Baseball Hall of Fame.

He has also served as an associate scout with the Milwaukee Brewers and was head coach and league director of the Dunwoody Senior Baseball Developmental League in Georgia.

Ryan resides in Endwell, NY with his wife Carrie, and their daughter Kaylee.

Assistant Coach
Andy Hutchings

Former collegiate standout Andy Hutchings begins his fourth season as an assistant coach in 2009. A Binghamton-area pitcher who concluded his college career with the Bearcats in 2004, Hutchings earned his bachelor's degree in human development from the University in 2005.

After an outstanding two-year stint at College of Charleston, Hutchings transferred to Binghamton for his senior season and helped the 2004 Bearcats more than double their win total from the previous year.

A 2002 pre-season All-American for Charleston, Hutchings returned home to Broome County, where he was an all-state selection for Binghamton High School in the late 1990s.

He was drafted in the 27th round by the Houston Astros in 2000, was used as a set-up man at Charleston as a junior. He posted a 2-2 record with a 2.91 earned run average in 16 appearances. The previous year, Hutchings was one of the top closers in the nation. He saved a school-record 12 games (ranked fifth in nation) and earned second team All-Southern Conference honors. Hutchings then pitched in the prestigious Cape Cod League, averaging 13.1 strikeouts per nine innings with a 2.25 ERA. He sat out the 2002 college season with a minor shoulder injury.

Out of high school, he played one season at Alfred State, going 8-2 with a 2.06 ERA.

Hutchings played professionally with the New Jersey Jackals of the Can-Am League.