Coaches

Showcase & Club

Cody Ortega

Recruiting Coordinator

Coach Ortega is entering his 8th year as the Recruiting Coordinator & Director of Baseball Operations for the New England Scorpions. In his time as director, Ortega has had over 79 players committed to various Colleges / Universities across the country (Notre Dame, Houston, USF, Harvard, UCONN, UAB, JMU & more). He also had former pitcher, Ben Sears, selected in the 2022 MLB Draft to the Kansas City Royals.

Ortega has led his teams to championship wins, such as Perfect Game (FL) and a #1 Regional Rank through Perfect Game. He has also had teams ranked Top 100 in the country through Perfect Game.

Prior to Ortega becoming the Director of Baseball Operations, he served as an assistant coach at the Community College of Rhode Island. At CCRI he served as their national recruiting coordinator / hitting & infielders coach. He helped the Knights finish second in the country in hitting and third in the country in fielding percentage. It was the highest ranking in CCRI Knights history. Ortega also assisted at the University of Rhode Island with camps & showcases.

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Joe Brooks

17U NE Scorps Showcase Head Coach

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Joe Brooks enters his 7th season with the New England Scorpions. Brooks has won numerous championships with his teams and led his current 17U team to a national rank of 85th in the country last season through Perfect Game. Joe runs the Pitching / Driveline program for the NE Scorps and is currently the Pitching Coach for the Community College of Rhode Island.

Brooks pitched 4 years at Rhode Island College

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Brent Hopkins

17U NE Scorps Showcase Asst Coach

Brent Hopkins enters his 3rd season with the New England Scorpions. Hopkins has won numerous championships with this team and helped lead his current 17U team to a national rank of 85th in the country last season through Perfect Game. Brent assists with hitters, Infielders, & catchers for the NE Scorps.

Hopkins played 4 years at UMASS, CCRI & Rhode Island College. He also played for the Newport Gulls and the Chatham A’s.

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Mike Mazzarella

17U NE Scorps Showcase Purple Head Coach

Mike Mazzarella enters his second season with the New England Scorpions. Mazzarella is currently the Varsity Head Coach for Mount Hope HS where he just won his 100th career game. Mazzarella has led his Huskies program to multiple playoff appearances.

Vin Scandura

17U NE Scorps Showcase Purple Asst Coach

Vin Scandura enters his 4th season with the New England Scorpions. Scandura has won championships with his teams and is currently the Varsity Head Coach for Barrington HS. Vin played college baseball at the University of Rhode Island (Catcher).

Mike Schuermann

16U NE Scorps Showcase Head Coach

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Mike Schuermann enters his 3rd season with the New England Scorpions. Schuermann has won numerous championships with his teams and led his current 16U team to a honorable mention rank in the country last season through Perfect Game. Schuermann is currently the Assistant Varsity Coach for Middletown HS.

Mike pitched 4 years at Salve Regina University.

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Joey Barter

16U NE Scorpions Showcase Assistant Coach & 9U Asst Coach

Joey Barter is an alumni of our New England Scorpions College Showcase program and is entering his second season as an assistant coach. He played four years of college baseball at CCRI and Keene State University (INF) after being a highly decorated High School baseball player at Mt. Saint Charles Academy.

Matt Ferreira

15U NE Scorps Showcase Head Coach

Matt Ferreira enters his 8th season with the New England Scorpions. Ferreira has won numerous championships coaching teams and handles all catchers in the Showcase program. Ferreira was formerly the Director of Baseball Operations for Nichols College.

Josh Ferreira

15U NE Scorps Showcase Asst Coach

Josh Ferreira is an alumni of our New England Scorpions College Showcase program and is entering his second season as an assistant coach. He is currently an infielder and RHP at Ohio Wesleyan University.

David Egan

15U NE Scorpions Showcase Asst Coach

David Egan is an alumni of our New England Scorpions College Showcase program and is entering his first season as an assistant coach. He is currently an outfielder at LaSell College.

Tony Viera

15U NE Scorps Purple Head Coach

Tony is a non-parent Head Coach. Tony has head coached with us the past 7 seasons. He is the Head JV Baseball Coach at Portsmouth HS. Tony has earned the reputation in our organization of being a very knowledgeable, committed and encouraging coach. He puts a lot of time and effort into team practices and player development.

Jacob Cloutier

15U NE Scorps Purple Asst Coach

Jacob Cloutier is an alumni of the New England Scorpions (Catcher). Jacob has coached with us the past 3 seasons. He is the assistant JV Baseball Coach at Portsmouth HS. Jacob has earned the reputation in our organization of being a very knowledgeable, committed and encouraging coach. He puts a lot of time and effort into team practices and player development.

AJ Viera

15U NE Scorps Purple Asst Coach

AJ is an alumni of the New England Scorpions college showcase program. AJ has coached with us the past 3 seasons and is the assistant JV Baseball Coach at Portsmouth HS. AJ played at LaSell College (Infield) and has earned the reputation in our organization of being a very knowledgeable, committed and encouraging coach. He puts a lot of time and effort into team practices and player development.

Seth Cloutier

15U NE Scorps Purple Asst Coach

Seth is an alumni of the New England Scorpions college showcase program. Seth has coached with us the past 3 seasons and is the assistant JV Baseball Coach at Portsmouth HS. Seth played at St. Joseph’s (LHP) and has earned the reputation in our organization of being a very knowledgeable, committed and encouraging coach. He puts a lot of time and effort into team practices and player development.

Kyle Davenport

14U NE Scorps Head Coach

Kyle is a non-parent Head Coach. He was an All-Division player at Lasalle HS and played 4 years college at Misericordia University and Roger Williams University. He is also a certified fitness trainer. Kyle played many years of high level travel baseball.

CJ Casalino

13U NE Scorps Showcase Head Coach

CJ Casalino is an Alumni of the New England Scorpions showcase program and enters his 2nd season coaching. Casalino was an infielder at the Community College of Rhode Island & Roger Williams University. Casalino is currently the Assistant Varsity Coach for Mount Hope HS.

James Sweeney

13U NE Scorps Purple Head Coach

Ed Silverio

13U NE Scorps Purple Asst Coach

Colby Paiva

13U NE Scorps Purple Asst. Coach

Mike Kay

12U NE Scorps Purple Head Coach

Mike is a non-parent Head Coach. He has extensive experience coaching AAU, Little League and Little League All-Stars. He has coached AAU for us the past 6 years, His teams have made the playoffs each season. His team won the 2019 11U NEAAU Championship and his 11U team finished 2nd in 2022 NEAAU playoffs.

Steve Rocchio

12U NE Scorps Black Head Coach

Steve is a non-parent Head Coach. Steve was a First Team All-State baseball standout at Cranston West High School. He played his college baseball at Johnson & Wales University and has many years experience playing high level travel baseball.

Joseph Casalino

10U NE Scorps Black Head Coach

Phone(401)265-5488

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Joe is a non-parent Head Coach and founder/co-owner of 365 Sports and the New England Scorpions Baseball Club.

Joe has extensive experience coaching high level AAU baseball, Middle School Baseball and High School Baseball. He was the pitchers/catchers coach for the Kickemuit Middle School Baseball team when they won back to back-to-back RI State Championships. He was also the pitchers/catchers coach on a 12U NEAAU Super Division Championship team and a 13U NEAAU Diamond Division Championship team. He has coached Little League All-Stars and every NEAAU team that he has managed has made the NEAAU playoffs. He is also currently an assistant baseball coach at Mt. Hope High School.

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Sean Hart

10U NE Scorps Purple Head Coach

Sean is a non-parent Head Coach. He has coached at Hope Highlands Middle School and Providence Country Day HS. He was the Head Coach of the 2022 CWLL 10 YO All-Stars that won the RI State Championship

Mark Barter

9U NE Scorps Head Coach

Mark is a non-parent Head Coach. Mark has extensive experience coaching youth baseball. He led the Coventry

12 YO All-Stars to Coventry’s first RI State title and trip to Bristol CT for the Northeast Regional just missing a trip to Williamsport. He also led Coventry Babe Ruth to the New England title and 3rd Place finish in the World Series in North Dakota.

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