SCHENECTADY, NY – Paul Mound has been named the head baseball coach at Union College, Director of Athletics Jim McLaughlin announced Tuesday. Mound joins the Dutchmen after spending the past 12 years as the head coach and general manager of the Saratoga Stampede.

 

“I am pleased to welcome Paul to our program as the head coach,” McLaughlin said. “I am confident that he will provide the necessary leadership that will result in a positive experience for the student-athletes in the program both on and off the field.”

 

“It's an opportunity of a lifetime,” Mound said. “I've been coaching high-level baseball and softball for 17 years now and the chance to come to Union College with a storied academic and athletic tradition provides the opportunity to put the baseball team on the map.

 

“The Liberty League is a prestigious conference with a lot of talented teams and the competition is great. I'm looking forward to help raise Union baseball to that level.”

 

Mound, who served as an assistant at Union under interim head coach Gary Reynolds for the second half of the 2010 season, has posted a 448-143 record with the Stampede and has led the American Legion team to a top-eight finish in New York State in three of the past four seasons. The team won its district twice in the last three years.

 

During his tenure at Saratoga, Mound has helped place many of his players on college rosters and has had several players receive Division I or II baseball scholarships in the past four seasons.

 

His other coaching responsibilities include serving as the head coach and player development for Saratoga Central Catholic High School since 2007 and the head varsity soccer coach for SUNY Adirondack since August. Mound, who coached the Saratoga Thunder Softball Program from 1995-99, has also been the director of the Saratoga Summer Baseball Camps since 2006.