New Jersey City University Athletics

Larry Babich, a highly-respected baseball coach on the collegiate and summer league level, is the winningest baseball coach in JCSC history.  During his 13 seasons as head baseball coach at JCSC, he posted a school-record 128 victories. He guided JCSC to Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division II-III tournament berths in 1978 to 1980. Babich led the 1978 team to JCSC’s first New Jersey Athletic Conference tournament berth. He also coached for 19 seasons in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League (ACBL) where he became the all-time winningest coach in the league with the Jersey Pilots, recording 427 wins. The Pilots won league titles in 1973, 1984 and 1990.

Over his years as a mentor, Babich sent more than 100 players into professional baseball. Fourteen of his ACBL players reached the major leagues, including former New York Yankee Rick Cerone. He was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 1993. As head baseball coach at New York Tech for seven seasons (1996-72), he developed the program from scratch to a perennial NAIA power destined to move to NCAA Division I status. He also coached Rogosin High School of Jersey City to back-to-back Metropolitan Yeshiva High School Basketball League championships in 1974 and 1975. Combined, his teams won over 800 games. Babich earned a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from the University of Bridgeport in 1975 where he starred in basketball and baseball. Married to his wife Elinor for 34 years, Babich has three sons: Rory, Marc, and Rick. Co-author of the book Sports Films: A Complete Reference, he has served as a news and sports reporter for the Jersey Journal since 1960. Babich served as sports information director at JCSC for 10 years. He and his wife reside in South Brunswick.