Maritime Athletics

THROGS NECK NY- Dick Hack, Maritime College’s Athletic Director, is pleased to announce the hiring of Eugene Steinbach as the new Privateer Head baseball coach. Coach Steinbach brings years of AAA playing experience and more than 15 years of coaching experience to Maritime. His passion and love for the game is something that he takes pride in, something he hopes to transfer to his student-athletes each and every day.

Coach Steinbach was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers as a 6th round pick in 1981. He played 4 years in the Dodger organization before being acquired by the Cleveland Indians.

Prior to Maritime, Coach Steinbach was an assistant coach at Adelphi University. The majority of his college coaching experience came from Molloy College, where he spent 6 seasons as the assistant and 2 as the associate head coach. He coached the catchers and was the hitting coach while at Molloy, helping guide the team to a NYCAC Conference Championship in 2001. "You can bet that I will bring my passion for the game with me to Maritime", commented Steinbach. "I will work tirelessly to put a competitive and respected team on the field every game we play."

"I am looking forward to coaching at Maritime and taking the program to the next level", said Steinbach. "One of my primary roles as head coach is to build life time character traits. Every day is an opportunity for me to be a positive influence in a young man’s life."

Aside from coaching at the college level, Steinbach was an assistant coach for the L.I Tigers and a hitting instructor for high school, college, and many minor league players. Gene is also active in his community where he volunteers his time coaching youth baseball, lacrosse and soccer. He also runs coaching clinics for Little League coaches all across Long Island.

"Coach Steinbach will be an excellent fit for Maritime College and will be a successful leader of the young men in our program", commented Dick Hack. "He brings to our program, experience, knowledge, dedication, discipline and passion; all key ingredients for a successful tenure at Maritime College. Coach Steinbach made a very favorable impression with all the staff members who had the opportunity to meet him. We are all pleased to have Coach Steinbach a member of our team".

Coach Steinbach grew up in Long Island, graduating from Valley Stream South High School before attending Georgia Southern University. Steinbach currently owns and operates two successful restaurants. Gene resides with his wife Bonnie and nine year old son Kyle in Garden City, NY