UMass Lowell Athletics

Eric Pelletier, who enters his third year at UMass Lowell in 2015-16, joined the River Hawks after three years as an assistant coach at Southern New Hampshire University.

His duties included working with infielders and hitters and directing the players' strength program. While at SNHU, Pelletier helped the Penmen rank as high as 4th in the nation in consecutive years. He also helped bring the Penmen a Regional Championship and Division II World Series appearance in 2012.

Pelletier has also spent three summers coaching in premier collegiate summer leagues throughout the nation. He has served as an assistant coach for the Yarmouth Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Collegiate League in 2012, spent two summers as an assistant coach with the North Shore Navigators of the New England Collegiate Baseball League and helped bring the organization its first ever NECBL Championship in 2010.

Pelletier started his coaching career as the recruiting coordinator and infield coach for Division III powerhouse Keystone College. Under Pelletier’s guidance, the Giants won a Regional Championship and made its first-ever College World Series appearance.