Jeff Rago, Varsity Head Coach

Coach Rago was named the Barlow Head Baseball Coach at the start of the 2008 season.  Before coming to Barlow, he served as an assistant coach at Trumbull High School (2002-2007) and Greenwich High School (1995-1999). During the day he is employed as a Middle School Guidance Counselor and has been a school counselor since 1994.  Coach combines his passion and experiences as a player, coach, and educator to get his players to be the best they can be individually and collectively, both on and off the field.  He loves teaching every aspect of baseball from the individual skills to the team specific skills.  Coach feels that his greatest accomplishment in his tenure at Barlow is establishing a program that the Joel Barlow community is proud of—one that emphasizes to his students hard-work, respect, togetherness, and sacrifice for the greater good.  His goal for each of his players is to leave his program as more complete in all areas of their lives using baseball as his teaching tool to help them get there.  Coach Rago played his college ball at Queens College in New York and is still active as a player as a member of the Monroe Top Hats in the Men's Senior Baseball League which he feels helps him tremendously as a coach. When he is not on the ball field, you can bet that Coach is busy with his family. He is married to his college sweetheart Kim, and they have three children.

Adam Marks, Varsity Assistant Coach
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Coach Adam Marks joined the Barlow baseball staff, in 2002. This is his first season as the Varsity Assistant. He enjoys teaching the game that he loves to young student athletes, seeing them progress into better ball players and young men. He is very excited about the new addition to his family, his son Ryan, and he looks forward to bringing Ryan down to the field as often as possible.

Ed Conway, Varsity Assistant Coach

Coach Ed Conway signed on to Barlow Baseball in 2010 as the Pitching Instructor.  He has been with the Fairfield American Legion program since 2007. Prior to coaching in Fairfield, Ed was the pitching coach for the Stamford Senior Legion Baseball team for three years.  He played collegiate baseball at one of the top 20 ranked Junior Colleges in the country before attending Sacred Heart University.  At SHU, Mr. Conway had a combined 10-2 pitching record during his Junior and Senior years.  After Sacred Heart, he played semi-pro baseball in a variety of leagues including the Fairfield County Baseball League, Stamford Twilight and the MSBL.  At the age of 40, he stopped pitching and began his coaching career.  Conway enjoys working with the Barlow coaching staff and the Barlow baseball players. Conway works full time for the State of Connecticut as a Chief Probation Officer.  He has worked for the State of Connecticut since 1988.

 Bill Mackey, Junior Varsity Head Coach
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Coach Bill Mackey is a former Barlow baseball captain, where he played four years under Coach Jim Dolan.  Coach Mackey was part of the last Barlow team to win a conference championship, and was a three time all-league selection.  This is Coach Mackey's 2nd year back at Barlow, his 1st as the Junior Varsity head coach. Coach Mackey is excited for the opportunity to assist Coach Rago in restoring the Barlow baseball program to prominence.

Jamie De Simone, Varsity Assistant Coach
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Coach Jamie De Simone joined the coaching staff at the start of the 2010 campaign and will be directing the catchers as well as working with the hitters.  He played his college baseball at Wofford College in South Carolina and continues to play baseball with the Redding Ravens of the Northeast Baseball Association.   De Simone and his wife Holly and their three children live in Redding.

 John Maire, Junior Varsity Assistant Coach
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CoCoach John Maire comes to the Barlow Baseball Program having played ball for the past 10 years, 5 on the championship Men's league, Redding Ravens as their starting catcher.  As a resident of Redding for 18 years and the parent of a Barlow baseball graduate, Coach Maire was the head coach in the RGBC Baseball Program for 10 years.  The opportunity to assist the Falcons baseball program and offer his support is something not taken for granted. His love for the game equals his ability to teach young men all he has learned through his playing years and relationships with former MLB ballplayers.  Coach Maire lives in Redding with his wife, Rose and their two children, Jordan and Michelle.