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Harv at Fenway Park, in Boston, talking to a fan prior to playing against the 1984 USA Olympic team. Mark Maguire and Will Clark were teammates on the USA team.

Baseball Career

2001 Major League Baseball International Envoy Coach of South Africa

1998 300 Victory Award from Massachusetts Baseball Coaches Association

  • 1992 National High School Master Coach Award Selected by Easton Bat Company & Collegiate Baseball
  • 1983 Boston Gobe Division II Coach of the Year
  • 1983 Metro-West News Coach of the Year
  • 1991 Boston Globe Division II Coach of the Year
  • 1998 TAB Newspaper-Readers Choice #1 Coach of the Year
  • 1986 Inducted into Adrian College's Hall of Fame
  • 1994 Inducted into Boston Park League's Hall of Fame
  • 1990 Boston Park League Sportsmanship Award
  • 1984 Boston Park League All Star played against USA Olympic Team at Fenway Park
  • 1962 All North Worcester County 1st Team Selection
  • 1962 Athol High School Most Outstanding Athlete-Danny McDonald Memorial Award
  • 1965 All MIAA Conference 1st Team Selection
  • 1966 All MIAA Conference 1st Team Selection
  • 1974-2006 Chairman of Tri-Valley Baseball League
  • 1976-2006 State High School Baseball Coaches Clinic Director
  • 1980 President Massachusetts High School Baseball Coached Association
  • 1991 Awarded as an honorary member of the Oklahoma High
    School Baseball Coaches Association
  • 1994 Produced one major league player (Mark Sweeney,
    San Diego Padres) and twelve other professionals through high school coaching and batting school

  • 1994 Batting School, professional player from Holliston High School, Rich Corani, Chris Festa, Doug Caroll, Bill Knight.
  • 2005 Participate as a player for the New England Red Sox in the National over 50 Adult Fun Baseball Tournament in Las Vegas. Red Sox won the 2005 National Championship.


    Coaching Experience

  • 1958 Coached Athol Pee Wee League
  • 1962 Founded the Athol Twilight League
  • 1968 Holliston High School Varsity Baseball Coach
  • 1970 Coach/Player United States Army All Thialand Softball Team
  • 1971-1973 Holliston High School, Junior Varsity Coach
  • 1974-2002 Holliston High School Varsity Baseball Coach
  • 1973 Stan Musial League State Champs(Framingham Tigers)

  • 1999 AAU 12 year old All-Star Team New England Flame

  • 2000 AAU 13 year old All-Star Team New England Flame

  • 1992 Hitting Coach for the Harwich Mariners Cape Cod
    Collegiate League


    Guest Speaker and Clinician

  • 1988 National Convention-American Baseball Coaches Association at Opryland Hotel: Topic- How to Teach and Learn the Art of Hitting Step by Step
  • 1994 National High School Baseball Coaches Association in Dallas, Texas
  • State Baseball Clinic Chairman 32 years
  • State High School Clinics

    Massachusetts - 1976 & 1981 &1988
    Arkansas - 1985 & 1999
    Illinois - 1986
    Wisconsin - 1986 & 2002
    Minnesota - 1987
    Oklahoma - 1990
    Florida - 1985
    Texas - 2005

  • Hired by the Bermuda Government and the Bermuda National Softball Association to conduct 12 days of clinics and training sessions involving 200 girl softball players and men's national team

    1976-2006 Guest instructor at Bucky Dent's Baseball School in Del Ray Beach, FL

    Have spent at least a day or more teaching hitting with
    and or discussing one or more hitting techniques with:
  • 1961 Ted Williams as my hitting coach at his camp in
    Lakeville, MA
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  • 1986 At the Wisconsin Clinic, spent an hour in Ted William's room discussing
    hitting as I was a guest speaker with him.
  • Dr. Mike Marshall studies on hitting, graduate school at
    Michigan State
  • Charlie Lau - Major League hitting instructor & author

    Scott Fletcher - 15 years Major League hitter and hitting instructor with "RightView" software of analysis of the Baseball swing.
  • Taught hitting with Don Baylor, Hal McRay, Don Mattingly, Champ Summers,
    Pete Rose, and Dave Justice
    at Bucky Dent's Baseball Camp

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Coach K and Hall of famer Gary Carter together at Bucky Dent's Baseball School.


Harv with Don Mattingly at Bucky Dent's baseball School.


Holliston High School Varsity Baseball trip to North Carolina. Coach K. with co-captains Brent Colborne adn Nick Corda.

Coach K with dad