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Matt Mazurek
Position: Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Alma Mater: Canisius '06
Phone: (716) 888-8479
Email: mazurekm@canisius.edu

Mazurek is in his seventh season with the Golden Griffins coaching staff and his fourth year as an assistant coach after spending three seasons as a volunteer assistant coach. He is the longest tenured assistant coach in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

Mazurek has served as the program's hitting instructor during the past four years, which included the selection of Sean Jamieson and Steve McQuail in the Major League Baseball Draft. Jamieson, the 2011 MAAC Male Athlete of the Year who hit .350 with 13 home runs and 51 RBI as a shortstop, was selected in the 17th round of the 2011 MLB Draft, the highest selection by a Golden Griffin since 1994. McQuail, an ABCA All-America selection who hit .397 with 20 home runs and 81 RBI in 2010, was chosen in the 30th round of the 2010 MLB Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays and was the first Canisius junior selected in the MLB Draft since 1994. Mazurek has been a member of the coaching staff that has seen eight players drafted in the last five years, including four hitters (Jamieson, McQuail, Kevin Mailloux and Kevin Mahoney).

The Golden Griffins have posted a team batting average of .300 during the last four seasons, including a high of .330 during the 2010 season when Canisius ranked 31st in the country. Canisius has led the conference in home runs in three of the last four seasons, highlighted by a total of 90 home runs in 2009 when Canisius was 19th in the nation. The Griffs have had at least 80 stolen bases in each of the last four seasons, ranking 45th in the country during the 2012 season. Canisius has ranked in the top 35 nationally in being hit by pitch in three of the last four years. Canisius also has averaged 7.2 runs per game since 2009, ranking in the top two of the conference each season.

During the past five seasons, the Golden Griffins have won 175 games, putting Canisius No. 4 in wins in the Northeast region. Accolades for the Griffs during that time include:

  • Fourth in the Northeast in wins the last five seasons
  • 47th in the country in wins the last five seasons
  • 20th among schools from non-power conferences in wins the last five seasons
  • One of 44 schools in the country with 33-plus wins in at least four of the last five seasons
  • One of two schools in Northeast with 33-plus wins in at least four of the last five seasons


Mazurek played professional baseball for three seasons - spending the 2007 season with Joilet Jackhammers of the Northern League and the 2008 and 2009 seasons with the Rockford Riverhawks of the Frontier League. Mazurek played in 75 games each the two seasons with Rockford.

Mazurek played for coach Mike McRae during his first two seasons in leading the Blue and Gold. The 2006 Canisius College Male Athlete of the Year hit a team-leading .358 as a senior with 44 RBIs, 18 steals and set a school-record with 68 hits. As a junior, Mazurek led Canisius with a .351 batting average with seven home runs, 41 RBIs and 54 hits.

Mazurek graduated from Canisius with a degree in physical education and also received mhis Master's Degree in Sport Administration in May 2012.

 

 

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