Baseball coaching staff

Brendan Eygabroat
Head Coach
Phone: 617-287-7817
Email:  brendan.eygabroat@umb.edu

In just three seasons, Head Coach Brendan Eygabroat has already led the Beacon nine to milestones never broached before and shown the ability to sustain continued success every season.  He also holds the highest career winning percentage of any other baseball coach in school history and is second on the career victories list at UMass Boston. 

In just his first season at the helm of UMB’s baseball post, he led UMass Boston to its most wins in the conference in school history and a first-ever win in Little East Conference tournament.  He followed that in 2006 by establishing a new school-record for wins in Little East Conference play and a first-ever ECAC New England tournament appearance, while taking down national powerhouses, University of Southern Maine and Eastern Connecticut State University for the first time in school history.  His pitching staff shattered the 23-year old school-mark for lowest earned run average, posting a 4.48 figure in 2006, led by Nick Conway, the first-ever UMB player to be named Little East Conference Pitcher of the Year.  Last season, the Beacons’ pitching staff set another school-record for ERA, registering a 4.36 team mark, which ranked third in the LEC.  The squad also matched the Beacons’ record for conference wins en-route to the team’s third straight appearance in the Little East Conference Tournament, where they picked up a tournament win, a feat no other baseball coach in school history can claim.

Eygabroat’s program has produced the league’s Pitcher of the Year and six players have been named to the Little East Conference All-Star squad.  In just three seasons.

 Prior to his arrival on the Harbor Campus, he spent four seasons as an Assistant Coach at nearby Suffolk University, where he worked with the Rams’ hitters and catchers. 

Under his guidance, Suffolk catchers threw out just over 40% of would-be base stealers and the Rams saw much success as a team, winning the Great Northeast Athletic Conference tournament championship in 2003, catapulting them into the NCAA Regionals.

He also saw time as an assistant coach in the New England Collegiate Baseball League for the Mill City All-Americans working with the outfielders and hitters. 

Before joining the college coaching ranks, Eygabroat enjoyed an outstanding college playing career at Mary Washington College in Virginia, where he helped the Eagles to a pair of NCAA Regional tournament appearances in 2001 and 1998.  The Rochester, New York native was named captain for the Mary Washington nine for his senior season and hit .341 on way to earning South Region Honorable Mention honors as well as a spot on the Capital Athletic Conference First Team.  He also helped the Eagles capture the CAC championship as a freshman. 

Eygabroat graduated from Mary Washington in 2001 and earned a masters degree in higher education administration from Suffolk in 2003.  He resides in Jamaica Plain with his fiancee, Joanna Bengel.

Scott Blumsack
Assistant Coach
617-287-7817

Scott Blumsack returns for his third season on the UMass Boston staff.  He is a student of the game with an abundance of collegiate coaching and playing experience and will work with the team’s pitchers and hitters.

The former Malden High School star spent three seasons as the Head Coach of Bunker Hill Community College, where he helped produce a pair of All-New England players and directed his squad to the conference championship in 2004.  He has also coached and played in Boston’s famed Intercity League for the past 11 years and helped lead the Athletics of the ICL to a pair of playoff appearances and was selected as a coach for two All-Star games as well.

His presence has not only been felt on the New England coaching scene, but also as a player, having played two seasons at Roger Williams University, where he hit over .330 for his career and, prior to that, helping the Penmen of Southern New Hampshire University to an ECAC Division II championship during the first of two campaigns with the program in 1997.

A Greater Boston League All-Star, Blumsack currently resides in Watertown, MA with his wife, Danielle.

Kraig Kupiec
Assistant Coach
617-287-7817

Kraig Kupiec begins his first season with the Beacons. The knowledge and baseball aptitude he brings to the UMB baseball program has its roots in both his playing and coaching experience.

Selected by the Houston Astros in the 1991 Major League Draft out of Durfee High School, he opted to accept a baseball scholarship to Division I Wake Forest University. He patrolled centerfield for the Demon Deacons for four years posting a .324 batting average in the Atlantic Coast Conference. He earned a spot on the ACC All-Scholastic Team in 1993 and enjoyed a season with the Wareham Gateman in the legendary Cape Cod League in 1994. A severe quad injury ended his post-college playing career.

After graduating from Wake Forest with a political science degree in 1995, Kupiec attended the University of Southern Mississippi where he received a masters degree in political science in 1998. Since then, he has operated and worked as the hitting instructor at Inside the Park, Inc. Indoor Batting Cages in Fall River, MA for nine years. In 2006, a book written by Kupiec was published entitled “Hitting Made Simple: A Guide for Parents and Coaches” which brings to print his uniquely simple and successful philosophy on hitting. He will be working with the Beacon hitters and outfielders. Kupiec teaches history at Randolph High School and resides in Randolph, MA with his wife Melissa.

Peter Nickerson
Assistant Coach
617-287-7817


Peter Nickerson joins the UMass Boston Baseball staff for his first season and will work with the Beacons’ pitchers and assist in the team’s recruiting efforts.

The former pitcher is no stranger to New England baseball or the UMass system, having starred for Division II UMass Lowell for four seasons, where he owned a 20-6 record and a 2.21 earned run average in 220 innings of work. He ranks among the program’s career leaders in victories, ERA and winning percentage. The southpaw was a three-time All-Conference selection, including a First Team honoree as a sophomore and a senior. His recognition went beyond the Northeast-10 Conference as evidenced by First Team All-Region awards following his sophomore and senior campaigns and a Second Team All-Region spot as a junior. Nickerson saw action during the summers as well, playing in the prestigious New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association league and getting two invites to play in the NEIBA All-Star Game at historic Fenway Park.

Following his collegiate career, the Dracut native played professionally in for the Anderson Joes the South Coast Independent League.