Albright College co-Athletic Directors Rick Ferry and Janice Luck announced on Tuesday the hiring of Justin Perry as the new head baseball coach of the Lions.
 
Perry joins the Albright staff following seven seasons as associate coach at Gettysburg College. "Justin rose to the top of our search," said Ferry.  "He has a lot of experience under some outstanding college baseball coaches, brings great energy and enthusiasm to the job and will be an outstanding mentor to the current and future players in our program."
 
Prior to Gettysburg, Perry was at Trinity College, Westfield State University and Anna Maria College as an assistant baseball coach at each stop.  Perry has been a pitching coach throughout his career.
 
"I would like to thank Rick Ferry, Janice Luck and the members of the search committee for allowing me the opportunity to lead the Albright baseball program," said Perry.  "After being on campus and seeing everything Albright has to offer both academically and athletically I knew it was a place I wanted to be."
 
While at Gettysburg, he helped lead the team to back to back Centennial Conference playoffs, coached three academic all-americans, two all-region players, fourteen all-conference players, two scholar-athlete of the year and one NCAA post graduate scholarship recipient.  He was also the recruiting coordinator and pitching coach for the Bullets.  In addition to his baseball coaching duties, Perry was an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Gettysburg.
 
A native of Feeding Hills, Mass, Perry was a four year pitcher at Stonehill College, where he graduated in 2009 with a degree in Criminology.  He finished his career with five collegiate wins and two saves over 37 appearances.  Perry earned a master's degree in Sport Management and a certificate in Athletic Administration from Southern New Hampshire University.
 
Perry will begin work immediately at Albright.