joe styborski founder of the Tides
Tides founder and director of baseball operations is Joe Styborski, he started the program in 1994, when he was attending Rhode Island College. Styborski has a long coaching resume, as he has previously coached at Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick, RI. There Styborski acted as the varsity pitching coach for 4 years, and then began teaching in Providence and took a job coaching the JV baseball team at Classical High School. In his 6 years as the Classical High School head JV coach his teams won 6 Metro Titles and 4 JV State Championships. As the Tides have begun to grow, Styborski stepped down from the high school coaching ranks, and now just runs the Tides, as that requires a great deal of time. Styborski also teaches psychology and law in the city of Providence. To Contact Joe Styborski directly email him at rhodeislandtides@yahoo.com  or call 401-265-7944.
13U Team Coaching Staff
The head coach for the 13U team is Joe Styborski, (see above), who is also the founder and director of the organization, he is assisted by Mark Andrews and Jarrod Brucato. Coach Andrews is the team's third base coach and coordinates the practices for the 13U team. He is also the assistant varsity baseball coach at Moses Brown School. In addition, Coach Brucato is the pitching and catching coach for the team. Jarrod also pitched at Providence College when the institution had  a baseball program. Over the past 5 years this coaching staff has worked together as the team has gone on to compete in the AAU Nationals in each of those years. In those 5 years the team has advanced to championship pool each year, and the sweet sixteen twice.
rian mccarthy
To contact Coach Rian McCarthy, email him at mccarthyrian@yahoo.com
15U Team Coaching Staff
In 2007, our 14U team had an outstanding season, finishing 3rd in the country and bringing home a Bronze Medal, as team traveled to Disney to compete in the AAU 14U Nationals. But it wasn't an easy season, our team had a quite a few high school players and this caused a lot of juggling with not just the pitching staff but also the everyday lineup, but Rian and his staff did a great job of keeping it all together and in the end the team was very successful. So in 2009, Coach McCarthy and his staff will return, but will move up and head coach the
15U team.  From Middletown, RI when he is not coaching the Tides, Rian is an assistant coach at Salve Regina University, he played baseball at Colby College, and has been an assistant at Salve for a couple of years now. As previously stated with the Tides in his first year as a head coach he guided his 14U team to a Bronze Medal finish at the AAU Nationals in Disney. Also, during the Super Division playoffs, the Tides went into the Final Four of New England as the #1 seed, overall they finished third in New England and then third in the country, and had the highest finish nationally of any New England 14U team.  Rian, also coached in the NE Ruffneck program, so he is familiar with the AAU circuit. He is assisted by Mike Lewis, who pitched at Salve Regina, and Mike acts as the pitching coach for the 15U team. The 15U team is also assisted by Shawn Rogers, who played at Roger Williams University. This coaching staff will be taking the 14U Tides team to Disney for the AAU Nationals in July.

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   "2009 Staff"
joe and clint talking

 

coach andrews talking to the team
"Coach Andrews (middle) discussing strategy with the 2006 13U team"
Coach Andrews also acts as the varsity assistant coach at Moses Brown School, which competes at the Class "A" level of baseball in our state. Mark was an All-State shortstop for Warwick Vets and also played shortstop for CCRI. He is now a Providence school teacher.

To contact Mark Andrews directly email him at mandrews19@cox.net

 

coach jarrod brucato
Assistant Coach, Jarrod Brucato is the 13U teams pitching and catching coach. He is a former Connecticut high school All-State and All-Division catcher, and was converted to a pitcher once at Providence College where he played baseball. To contact him directly, email Jarrod.Brucato@CITIZENSBANK.com
2009 Coaching Staff

12U Team
Head Coach, Albert Marano
Asst. Chris Morgan

13U Team

Head Coach, Joe Styborski
Asst. Mark Andrews
Asst. Jarrod Brucato

14U Team
Head Coach, Steve McManus
Asst. Sean McNamara

15U Team
Head Coach, Rian McCarthy
Asst. Shawn Rogers
Asst. Mike Lewis

Special Instructor
Idris
12U Team Coaching Staff
The Tides 2009 12U team will be head coached by Albert Marano, and he will be assisted by Chris Morgan. Both Al and Chris played baseball for the Tides in the mid-90s before going on to establish themselves as standout players at the Amateur and Collegiate levels of play. As players their resume's are extremely impressive and they are sure to bring a wealth of knowledge to our 12U team.
Liasu

Organization's Trainer

Greg Murphy
14U Team Coaching Staff
Steve McManus returns to the Tides for another season, 7th all total. A former professional in Europe, Steve also acts as the assistant varsity baseball coach at Pilgrim High School in Warwick, RI, and before that he was an assistant coach at Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI. With the Tides Coach McManus has been able to coach some of the top talented players to come out of the Ocean State in recent years. He has also taken 7 Tides teams to the AAU Nationals. Overall his teams always perform well, and his players enjoy playing for him.  Currently Steve works as a special Ed school teacher in Warwick, RI. He will be assistant by Coach Sean McNamara, who played baseball at Pilgrim High School, CCRI, and then Rhode Island College, his positions are pitcher and catcher, and currently Sean works at the Diamond Baseball Academy in East Greenwich, RI.  Email Steve at stefica1@verizon.net and you can Email Sean at snm7cnam@yahoo.com

 

 

coach steve mcmanus
14U Head Coach Steve McManus, Email him at stefica1@verizon.net
sean mcnamara picture
14U Assistant Coach Sean McNamara, Email him at snm7cnam@yahoo.com

 

coaching staff 15u team
Coach McCarthy (holding Bronze Medal Plaque) Coach Rogers and Coach Lewis receiving their awards at Disney last year.
coach lewis visits the mound
15U Pitching coach Mike Lewis visits the mound at Disney last year during the AAU Nationals. Email Coach Lewis at michaelthomas.lewis@yahoo.com
coach rogers coming to the mound
Coach Shawn Rogers making a pitching change at Disney during the AAU Nationals. You can email him at Shawn.Rogers@APCC.com
coach chris morgan batting for umass
Tides 12U Assistant Coach, Chris Morgan, shown above batting
for UMASS, Email him at Christopher.Morgan@FMR.com
Coach Chris Morgan
Our 12U assistant coach, Chris Morgan, is a 3 year letter winner at Bishop Hendricken high school, during his 3 years as a varsity catcher the Hawks had a combined record of 72 and 8, winning state titles in 97 and 98. As a collegiate player at UMASS, Chris was voted All-New England 3 times, and is ranked 10th all time at UMASS in doubles and RBI's, and 7th all time in Home Runs, over the course of his 4 year career with the Minutemen, Morgan posted a .317 batting average, while totaling 23 home runs, 35 doubles, and 115 runs batted in. As an amateur he led the NECBL in batting in 1999, with a .399 average, and played for the Orleans Cardinals in the Cape Cod Baseball League.
Coach Albert Marano
12U Head Coach, Albert Marano, Email him at marano7@yahoo.com
Coach Albert Marano
Our 12U head coach, Al Marano, played on 4 state championship teams while at Bishop Hendricken high school, and earned a scholarship to play baseball at Quinnipiac University, where he finished in their top 20 in batting average, 15th in runs scored, 9th in hits, 8th in doubles, and top ten in triples and home runs. Voted 2004, Quinnipiac Male Athlete of the Year. Also, played for Team USA, EAST COAST, which is a team of minor league players and ex-pro players who played in the World Championship Games held in the Czech Republic where the team won the Gold going 6 and 0, Al led his team in hits, batting average, runs scored, and stolen bases. And this past year he began his coaching career at the middle school CJCR leading the team to it's most every wins and it's first post-season appearance in school history.
Contact Us
rhodeislandtides@yahoo.com
401-265-7944