Frank Torre and Tino Gaudino hired to lead local college program

THBA Director Frank Torre Jr. has been named Indian River State College head baseball coach.Indian River State College has hired Frank Torre Jr. as head baseball coach.

Prior to joining IRSC, Torre was the head baseball coach at William T. Dwyer High School in Palm Beach Gardens, where the program earned four FHSAA District Championship wins (’12, ’16, ’17 & ’18), one FHSAA Regional Championship (in 2017), and one appearance in the FHSAA Class 8A State Championship game (also in 2017).

Additionally, six players under his guidance were selected in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft and 44 students have moved on to play collegiate baseball, 21 of those in Division I programs.

Torre’s other credentials include signing with the Pittsburg Pirates in 1999 after being drafted out of college. His father, Frank Torre Sr., played Major League Baseball with the Milwaukee Braves, a team with which he won a World Series title in 1957.

Torre Jr.’s uncle, longtime New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals manager, Joe Torre, is a member of The Baseball Hall of Fame, and he currently serves as MLB’s Chief Baseball Officer.

Coach Torre has hired THBA Assistant Director Tino Gaudino as his assistant coach. Torre and Gaudino have worked together leading THBA camps and Dwyer HS. Both coaches plan to remain involved in THBA camps and programs. Congratulations on this outstanding achievement!