Frank Catalanotto, a Long Island native who enjoyed a 14-year Major League Baseball career, has been named the 15th head baseball coach at Hofstra University, it was announced today by Hofstra Vice President and Director of Athletics Rick Cole Jr.

Catalanotto played 14 major league seasons with the Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers, and New York Mets, and spent two years (2019, 2020) as the head coach of the New York Tech baseball program. He led the Bears to their first-ever Division II College World Series appearance in his first season, winning a program record 37 games.