Tom Cockill, a 2017 LHU graduate and former Lock Haven pitcher returned to The Haven and joined the coaching staff as an assistant in July 2019.
The 2020 spring season will be his first official season with the Bald Eagles as a coach.
Cockill graduated from LHU in 2017 with a degree in exercise science and he enjoyed a solid two-year playing career at The Haven.
He spent the 2019 season as an assistant coach at Ursinus College. Cockill’s primary responsibility was to lead the pitching staff, but he helped in all phases of running a successful NCAA Division III program.
Ursinus won 18 games during the 2019 season and under Cockill’s leadership, a pair of Bears’ pitchers recorded 30-plus strikeouts individually. As a team, Ursinus recorded 190 strikeouts.
During the 2018 season, Cockill served as the varsity pitching coach at Devon Preparatory School.
After transferring from Mercer County Community College, Cockill enjoyed a strong two-year playing career at Lock Haven during the 2016 and 2017 seasons, serving primarily in a relief role. In 2017, he made 15 appearances on the mound for the Bald Eagles, who won a school-record 32 games and qualified for their first Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) tournament since 2009. Cockill was 3-0 in 2016.
Prior to transferring to Lock Haven, he was an important member of the pitching staff at National Junior College Athletic Assocation (NJCAA) Division II power Mercer County C.C., where he helped the team to a number of on-field successes.
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