Nick LaBella Position: Assistant Coach

LaBella, who graduated with honors from St. Bonaventure in 2002, returned to his alma mater in the summer of 2005 as an assistant coach.

The former Bonnies reliever will serve as the team's pitching coach. The Eldred, Pa., native was a four-year letterwinner for the Bonnies. He made a team-high 18 appearances in 2000, when St. Bonaventure won the Atlantic 10 Conference's East Division.

LaBella was the baseball coach at Port Allegany High School in 2004 and 2005 and is a mathematics teacher at the school.