Rosen enters his third season as the Saint Anselm baseball coach in 2008-2009 after being named as the head coach in August of 2006. In his first season, Rosen guided the Hawks to a 9-29 overall record and picked up his first win in a Saint Anselm uniform in March of 2007 vs. Assumption. In 2008, the Hawks finished at 15-28, including a regular-season sweep of regional champion Franklin Pierce.
Rosen brings 38 years of coaching experience to the Hilltop, including 16 at the collegiate level. Most recently as assistant coach at Brandeis University since 2003, Rosen served as the head coach at Merrimack College from 1992-2003. At Merrimack, his teams captured six regular-season conference championships, two conference tournament titles, one ECAC Championship and competed in two NCAA Regionals. He coached six players that went on to play professionally, six All-Region performers and four All-Americans.
Prior to Merrimack, Rosen was a head coach at Winthrop High School in Winthrop, Mass., from 1976-1992. Coach Rosen is involved in a number of professional organizations, including serving for 10 years on the executive board of the Massachusetts Baseball Coaches Association. Rosen is an executive member of the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association and is a past president of that organization as well. An instructor at a number of camps in Massachusetts, Rosen has also had his writing published in the ABCA Coaches Digest.
In addition to his baseball duties, Rosen was a high school science teacher, including a 32-year career at Winthrop High School. He recently retired as a chemistry teacher at Westford Academy in Westford, Mass., a position he held since 2004.
He is a 1972 graduate of the
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, receiving his Bachelor of
Science degree in biochemistry.
Matt Glauser returns to the staff in 2008-2009 for his second season as an assistant coach.
Glauser grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he attended Orem and Mountain View High School from 1979-81. He was a three-year varsity baseball player and as a senior, was selected to the Utah All-State team as a shortstop. Upon graduation, Glauser received a four-year scholarship to play baseball at the University of Utah. After his freshman year in 1982, Glauser was called to serve an 18-month Mormon mission in Nagoya, Japan. Upon returning in 1984, Glauser rejoined the Utes, became the team's starting second basemen and led the team with a .410 average in the Western Athletic Conference. For his performance, Glauser was named as a Second Team All-WAC selection. In 1985, the Utah Utes led the nation in batting with a .365 team average as Glauser was again the team's starting second baseman. He finished his four-year career with a batting average of over .350.
Glauser's coaching career started in 1995 where he started coaching Babe Ruth 13-14 year old boys in Arlington, Texas, and he continues to coach many young Goffstown area ball players today. He has served as the Goffstwon Little League coaches' training director from 2004-06, where over 400 children participate yearly. Glauser specializes in the art of hitting, as well as infield training.
Glauser resides in Goffstown, N.H.,
with his wife, Kathe, and his sons, Jake and Nick. Matt and Kathe
are both employed by American Airlines.
Bob Conway enters his third season on the Saint Anselm staff as an assistant coach in 2008-2009.
Conway, a native of Lowell, Mass., is a 1967 graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in mathematics and then earned his MAT in geography from Salem State College. He comes to Saint Anselm with 39 years of coaching experience at a variety of levels. He has been as assistant coach at both Chelmsford (Mass.) and Lowell (Mass.) high schools, as well as the head coach of the Lowell and North Chelmsford American Legion teams.
Since 2000, Conway has been the assistant general manager of the Lowell All-Americans of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) and prior to that coached to Leominster Collegiates of the NECBL.
Conway has international coaching
experience as well, conducting clinics in Nicaragua, Panama,
France, and Costa Rica. He is an active member of the American
Baseball Coaches Association and the International Baseball
Association. He is currently a math teacher at Lowell High School
and resides in Lowell, Mass.
