Scott Kushner recently completed his third season as the head baseball coach of Centenary College. In two seasons, he has guided the team to 46 wins overall, including 22 conference victories and two Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Tournament berths.

The team finished the 2011 campaign 11-24 overall, including 5-13 in the CSAC. In his first season with the Cyclones, sophomore Victor Nunez earned First Team All-CSAC Designated Hitter, Third Team New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association (NJCBA) All-State and NJCBA All-Rookie Team honors. He was joined on the All-Conference teams by juniors Anthony DeSomma and Chris Smith and seniors Brian Lemay and Lou Penna, as each were named Honorable Mention. Off the field, the team earned eight CSAC All-Academic Team honors.

In 2009-10, Kushner guided the team to the first 20-win season of his coaching career. Centenary finished 20-22 and 10-8 in CSAC action and entered the conference tournament as the fourth-seed, eventually falling in a hard-fought 8-5 contest to Neumann. Senior Michael Fasano named First Team First Base while  DeSomma and senior Mark DeMaio took home Second Team Designated Hitter and Outfield honors, respectively.

Fasano also received New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association (NJCBA) Second Team All-State and American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-Mid-Atlantic-Region Third Team while pitcher Chris Sisco earned ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove First Team accolades. The team also saw success off the field, as DeSomma was named ESPN the Magazine/Cosida College Division Academic All-District 2 First Team as a designated hitter.

In his first year at the helm of the Cyclones, Kushner guided the team to a 15-20-1 record, including a 7-8 mark in the CSAC and a berth in the conference tournament. The team started slowing, losing nine of its first 13 games, but finished strong, going 11-8-1 the rest of the way, including a 5-2-1 mark in its final eight contests.

In the conference tournament, Centenary fell to the eventual champion No. 9 Keystone in its opening game, before losing to Gwynedd-Mercy in a nail biter, 10-9, in its second contest. Under Kushner’s guidance, five Cyclones received All-Conference honors, as Andrew Koncen, DeMaio and Fasano were named to the First Team while Dan Chapman and Andrew Granozio earned Honorable Mentions.

Kushner made the move to Centenary from the United States Merchant Marine Academy, where he was the head coach for two years and the Director of Physical Fitness in 2007. While at the Academy, he handled all the baseball operations and over his two-year tenure was able to improve the program’s output in nearly every statistical category. On the fitness side, Kushner oversaw the Physical Fitness Assessments (PFA) for the entire regiment of Midshipmen, which totaled nearly 1,000 students.

Prior to his pair of seasons at Kings Point, Kushner was an assistant/interim head coach at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pa., from 2003-2006. He also was involved with the strength and conditioning program at Swarthmore as the director of that specialized area from 05-06.

Before his coaching career, Kushner was a four-year starting centerfielder for Swarthmore College (1999-2002). During his playing days he was a two-year captain. He also earned the Hustle Award (1999), was a two-time Dick Hall Award Winner (2001-02), an All-Centennial Conference selection (2001-02) and finished his career among the top 10 in numerous statistical category’s on the school's all-time list. Following graduation, Kushner went on to play in the North American Baseball Association semi-pro and Delaware County semi-pro baseball leagues. 

Kushner holds a Bachelor of Art’s Degree in Sociology from Swarthmore (2002) and a Master’s Degree in Sports Management from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst (2004). He and his wife, Tiffany, reside in Hackettstown.

Brett Stout is entering his fourth season with the Centenary College baseball program. Stout came to Centenary following a four-year playing career at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa. With the Greyhounds, Stout earned four varsity letters while playing primarily as a second baseman and pitcher, also seeing some time in the outfield.  Stout was the Gus Garcsar Memorial Award Winner in 2006, Team MVP in 2008, and the team’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Representative from 2005-2008.

Stout graduated in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and brings solid baseball experience with him to the coaching staff.   During the summer of 2008, he started his coaching career as a volunteer assistant with a local American Legion Baseball program and head coach of the Lehigh Valley Baseball Academy’s 14 and under team, which participated in Elite Championship Baseball Tournaments. Stout continues to work at the Lehigh Valley Baseball Academy as an instructor, videographer, and head coach of the 15 and under baseball team.  During the summer of 2009, he worked as the videographer for the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs, the triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, while also throwing batting practice and serving as a bullpen catcher. 

Stout lives in Easton, Pa., and is pursuing his Master’s in School Counseling from Centenary College.