Joining the program as a staff member in October of 2019, Consolmagno has spent his time at UMass Lowell overseeing all offensive facets of the game while also working with outfielders and catchers. He has also played a major role in the recruitment of student-athletes. Over Consolmagno’s tenure, he has led the River Hawks to some of the best offensive seasons in UMass Lowell’s Division 1 tenure.
The River Hawks are coming off a 2024 campaign where they were ranked 1st in the America East regular season in batting average (.276) and totaled the most amount of hits of any America East team including playoffs with 528 hits. The 2024 River Hawks named four offensive players to All-Conference Teams. Carlos Martinez was named First Team All-Conference as an outfielder, Ryan Proto was named First Team All-Conference as a catcher, Alex Luccini was named Second Team All-Conference as an outfielder and Fritz Genther was named Second Team All-Conference as a shortstop. The 2024 offense also set the record for most doubles hit in a D1 season with 110, breaking the previous record of 105 that was set by the 2022 team. Carlos Martinez led that charge by finishing 2nd in the nation with a school record 26 doubles in 2024.
The River Hawks saw a fantastic season n 2022 where their offense set D1 records for nearly all offensive categories. The 2022 offense tallied 564 hits, good for 9.72 hits a game while scoring 404 runs, good for 6.96 a game. The team produced 105 doubles, 17 triples, 50 home runs and a .387 on-base percentage which totaled a team .OPS of .810. The team also finished 7th in the nation in stolen bases, totaling 137 in 58 games.
Prior to his years at UMass Lowell, Consolmagno served as an assistant coach for the Fitchburg State University Falcons for two years. He oversaw an offense that scored the most runs in school history (269) en route to the Falcons winning a program-record 26 games in 2019, including five MASCAC All-Conference selections.
Before Fitchburg State, Consolmagno spent time as an assistant for the Wachusett Dirt Dogs of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League and for Saint Peter Marian High School, where he spent his high school career.
Consolmagno adds to the wealth of experience within the River Hawk staff as a former student-athlete at Lowell, where he earned a NE-10 All-Rookie Team nod and America East All-Academic honors, as well.
He capped off his collegiate career as one of UMass Lowell's finest, having appeared in 178 games with 170 starts during the River Hawks' Division I transition. The outfielder batted .268 with 167 hits, 106 runs, 77 RBI and ranks first all-time with 14 career triples. Throughout his four-year tenure, Consolmagno committed only four errors in the outfield, good for a .988 fielding percentage.
In his senior season, the Worcester, Mass. native finished atop the Division I ranks with 10 outfield assists. His performance in 2016 led him to be named to the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association Division I All-Star Team, including a nomination for the 2016 America East Fans' Choice Player of the Year.
Consolmagno earned his degree in Criminal Justice from UMass Lowell in 2016.
