A multi-sport legend turned educator, ⚾ 🏀 Joe DiSarcina opens up about resilience, championships, and shaping lives. 🏆 💡
✅ Join Paul Ponders as Joe reflects on his induction into the Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame.
✅ Explore his Intercity League legacy with seven championships in ten years.
✅ Discover his unique dual role as both player and manager.
✅ Hear about his San Diego Padres draft day thrill.
✅ Learn how health struggles ended his pro career but strengthened his resolve.
✅ Celebrate his four-year dual-sport captaincy at UMass.
✅ See how he transformed from athlete to respected educator and administrator.
✅ Count the five prestigious Halls of Fame where Joe is enshrined.
✅ Hear his wisdom on perseverance, hard work, and accountability.
✅ Feel inspired by how Joe continues to mentor and uplift future generations.
Joe proves true legends inspire both on the field and in life—through resilience, leadership, and love for the game. 💪
Joe DiSarcina is a celebrated coach, athlete, and educator with a career spanning more than four decades in New England sports. A former two-sport star at UMass Amherst, he earned All-America honors in baseball and excelled as both a shortstop and point guard. Drafted in the 3rd round by the San Diego Padres, Joe went on to captain his minor league team before health challenges led him to focus on coaching and teaching.
As a coach, Joe has amassed over 300 wins in high school basketball and has guided countless athletes in both basketball and baseball, including at Somerville High School, Winchester High School, Matignon High School, and Bunker Hill Community College. He also founded and directed the Middlesex Baseball Camp for 40 years.
His achievements include induction into the UMass Athletic Hall of Fame, the New England Basketball Hall of Fame, the Intercity Semi-Professional Baseball Hall of Fame, and the Somerville High School Hall of Fame. Recognized repeatedly as “Coach of the Year” by organizations such as the Boston Globe and the Baseball Umpires Association, Joe’s legacy reflects both his leadership on the court and diamond, and his impact as an educator and mentor.
When not on the sidelines, Joe served for decades as a teacher and administrator in the Somerville Public Schools and as Principal of Matignon High School, where he continued to blend academics with athletics. His lifelong dedication to student-athletes has made him a true pillar of the Massachusetts sports community.
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