Greg Harjula will mark his second year as the head coach of the Lasell College baseball team in 2012 after guiding the team to a program best record of 21-15 in 2011. 

Harjula came on board with the Lasers as an assistant during their initial year as a club sport, and then helped the team to an incredibly successful inaugural season as a varsity NCAA team, in 2009.   In 2010, Harjula was promoted to head coach of the young program, leading the team to the outstanding 21-15 record in 2011, including an 8-6 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) slate, the best finish in program history. Coach Harjula also led the team to their first appearance in the quarter finals of the GNAC tournament after an 8-5 first round win over Albertus Magnus College. Harjula coached six Lasers onto the all-conference team and one athlete onto the NEIBA All-New England team during that time.

Prior to his time at Lasell, Harjula worked a one year stint at Randolph High School as the varsity head baseball coach, in 2007.   Harjula was a four year starter at Eastern Nazarene College, in Quincy, Massachusetts, and served as captain his senior year.

A native of Rockland, Maine, Harjula is still an active player in the Yawkey League as a member of the South Boston Saints. Coach Harjula currently resides in Needham, Massachusetts with his wife Amy and their newborn son, Colton.

Jon Cruickshank has been with the Lasell College baseball program since its inception in 2008 as an assistant coach.  He has helped the team progress through one season as a club sport, to an NCAA Varsity program in 2009.   

Coach Cruickshank is a 2005 graduate of Lasell College with a Bachelor of Science in Sports Management.  He played both baseball and basketball at Bunker Hill Community College prior to an injury ending his athletic career.  Prior to college, Cruickshank played four years of varsity baseball at Hargrave Military Academy.  

In addition, Cruickshank serves as the assistant boys varsity basketball coach at Weymouth High School.  He will be pursuing his Master of Science in Sport Management at Lasell beginning in the Fall of 2010.

Mike Luce begins his first season as an assistant baseball coach at Lasell College where his major emphasis will be to work with the team’s hitters and outfielders.

Before coming to Lasell, Luce was a volunteer assistant coach at Dean College in Franklin, MA. During his eleven years at Dean, his teams accumulated a record of 160-163-6, including a school record in wins in 2009 going 27-11-0.  Prior to Dean, Luce spent ten years coaching at the high school level in Foxboro and Medway, MA.

A retired elementary school principal, Luce is currently working at Lasell as an adjunct faculty member in the Education Department supervising elementary and early childhood student teachers.

Coach Luce currently resides in Wrentham, Massachusetts with his wife, Lesley, and their son, Michael, who is a sophomore at Lasell.

Entering his first season with the Lasell College Baseball program Coach Kolodzinski is no stranger to pitching.  He has worked & rehabbed with collegiate and professional baseball pitchers.  Years of continuing education, coaching and conducting pitching lessons have afforded him an impressive resume, but it's his philosophy's on pitching and life that is more interesting.

Coach Kolodzinski’s philosophies are grounded in the importance of conditioning and managing the mental aspect of the game.

“It all starts with being healthy, and in good physical condition. Coaches need to help athletes understand the importance of proper strength and conditioning. Getting into shape and staying fit keeps you in the game and puts you ahead of your competition. Games are often won or lost in the weight room.”

“The way you handle adversity plays a big part in your performance. Pitchers are at their best when they can make themselves comfortable in an uncomfortable situation. The difference between playing in Pawtucket or Boston is the mental aspect of the game."

“Pitchers need to recognize that they are pitching to a situation. The most important pitch you throw is the next pitch.  Learning to stay in the moment, not letting an error, a bad pitch, or a blown call by the umpire effect the next pitch you throw.  In baseball you have to maintain your composure, just like you have to do in life.” 

Coach Kolodzinski lives in Walpole, MA with his wife Janet.