Richard
Hurley Head Coach Richard Hurley completed his sixth season at the helm of the Franklin Pierce University softball program in 2008. Hurley, the longest-tenured coach in the program's 20-year varsity history, is the program leader in career wins, having accumulated 63 victories in his first six seasons with the team. In 2008, Hurley led the Ravens to a 9-33 record, including an 8-20 mark in the competitive Northeast-10 Conference. The team's eight conference wins marked the most for the program under Hurley and tied for the second-highest conference win total in school history. One of Hurley's key recruits from last season, Emily Griffin, also became the first player in program history to earn All-Conference honors from the NE-10 with her selection to the second team. The head coach guided the Ravens to double-digit win totals in three of his first four seasons with the team, including his first season in Rindge, in which he led the team to a 14-26-1 record despite injuries to key players throughout the spring. No stranger to the Northeast-10 Conference, Hurley came to the Franklin Pierce after serving as an assistant coach at Assumption College, in Worcester, Mass. While at Assumption, Hurley was responsible for running infield and outfield practices in addition to working with athletes on batting technique.
For the past seven summers, Hurley has coached the Massachusetts Lightning U-18 Junior Olympic Team. The team captured the Lowell ASA Invitational title in 2002, and has also won the Pony National Qualifier (2001) and Leicester Pony Invitational (1999) under his leadership. Hurley had prior experience with the Massachusetts Lightning U-16 and U-14 programs over the previous four years before taking over the U-18’s. A member of the Central Massachusetts Softball Umpires Association, he has served as the director of the St. Bernard’s Winter Softball Clinic and attended the Olympic Softball Team Clinic in Worcester and the Lisa Fernandez Clinic at Brown University in 1996. Hurley graduated from Mount Wachusett Community College with an Associate’s degree in business administration. In addition to his duties at Franklin Pierce, Hurley is a sales representative for Creative Packaging, Inc., a company that manufactures corrugated boxes, in Worcester, Mass. Hurley resides in Leominster, Mass. with his wife, Mary Ellen, and his daughter, Johanna (27). Hurley's History
Tim
Conway Tim Conway completed his third season as an assistant coach of the Franklin Pierce softball team in 2008. He assists Head Coach Richard Hurley with all aspects of the team, specifically the Ravens outfield. Conway's coaching career includes nine season as an assistant coach of the Leominster High School basketball team and seven seasons as the assistant coach of the Blue Devil's softball team. In addition to his duties at Franklin Pierce, Conway has assisted Coach Hurley with the Massachusetts Lightning Junior Olympic Softball Team and served as a clinician at numerous Fastpitch Coaches Association Camps and Clinics. Conway, a 1981 graduate of Fitchburg
State College, resides in Leominster, Mass. He
has four children, Karey, Michael, Meghan and Mick.
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