Bill Gaffney enters his third season as Head Coach after being appointed to the helm in 2012.

The 2013 Pioneers finished the season at 16-29, with three players being named to the ECC All-Conference Teams. Senior Pitcher Bo Budkevics is currently pitching for the Rockland Boulders of the Can-Am League.

The 2012 Pioneers posted a 27-20 overall record, going 18-8 in conference play.

Gaffney, who had been involved with the program as an assistant for the previous seven seasons before 2012, is a veteran coach with experience on both the collegiate and summer league levels.

Gaffney’s tenure as an assistant has seen the Pioneers win two East Coast Conference Championships, post two 30-win seasons, and advance to the 2011 NCAA Regionals. 

From 1982-84, he was an assistant coach for the Adelphi Panthers, helping the team to a berth in the 1982 Northeast Regionals. He also was a coach for the Long Island Red Sox summer league team from 1995-03.

During his playing days, Gaffney was selected in the 19th round of the 1979 draft and played two seasons in the Seattle Mariners organization.

Gaffney and his wife, Maureen, a senior Vice President at Winthrop University Hospital, live in Westbury, N.Y., and are the parents of three sons: Mike, who played five years in the Kansas City Royals farm system; Kevin, a graduate of LaSalle University; and Scott, who played five years in the Cincinnati Reds organization; along with a daughter, Laura, a graduate of Bloomsburg University.