Brian Spagnola
President/General Manager gm@AmsterdamMohawks.com

Brian Spagnola has been president and general manager of the Amsterdam Mohawks since 2003. As a lifelong Amsterdam resident, he has dedicated himself to making Shuttleworth Park into a top venue for baseball in the area. "We have had tremendous support here in Amsterdam. The local media, politicians, and community as a whole gave us a great deal of assistance in helping to achieve what we did. We have only just begun, however, in the process of updating Shuttleworth Park. It is a thrill for me to cotinue to see Shuttleworth Park completely filled with fans, enjoying a great baseball game."

As a result of his vast coaching experiences at the collegiate level, Spagnola is familiar with the level of play along with the duties and responsibilities of running a quality collegiate program. He has served as an assistant coach under Bob Bellizzi at The College of Saint Rose from 1991 to 2003 and also was the head coach of the Schenectady Mohawks from 1991-1993. In that time, he posted a 63-57 coaching record. His 1991 team had on it eight players who later went on to play professional baseball. He also served as an assistant coach with the Mohawks 1990 and 1994. He is currently the second winningest coach in Mohawk history. In 2003, he stepped away from Saint Rose to become the head coach at his alma mater, Amsterdam High School, where in just a few short years he has turned the program into one of the finest in the areas and has made Amsterdam baseball a giant success with drawing regular crowds of over 300 fans per game.

Spagnola and his wife Tammy reside in Amsterdam, with their sons Max and Andrew.

David Dittman
CEO

David Dittman joined the Mohawks in 2007 and in one short season was instrumental in helping double attendance figures and create a more business friendly environment with the Mohawks organization. Dittmann previously owned the Newport Gulls and helped start of Vermont Mountaineers of the New England Collegiate Baseball League where he was instrumental in the success of both teams. He also owned the Peninsula Pilots of the Coastal Plains League. All three of these teams have led their respective leagus in attendance during Dittmann's tenure.

Earlier, Dittmann owned an array of minor league team baseball teams, including the New Haven Ravens AA team. He grew up around baseball as his father was the corporate attorney for the Philadelphia Phillies for years.

In January 2007, he climbed Mt. Kilamanjaro and in 2008 he plans to also climb Mt. Everest.

Dittmann resides in Newport, RI.

Drew Pearce
Asst. General Manager- Drew@AmsterdamMohawks.com

Drew Pearce was an assistant coach for the Mohawks in 2007 and was hired to help run the day to day operations of the team. He is the team's first full time employee and will involved in marketing and sales with the team as well as performing many other tasks.

Pearce is a California native and played baseball at the University of California where he was a pitcher.

He is also currently a part time assistant coach at Division I Siena College.

Barry Rouse
Vice President, Sales-Barry@AmsterdamMohawks.com

Barry Rouse was hired in 2007 to help head the Mohawks sales team. Rouse brings a ton of sales experince and enthusiasm to the Mohawks organization.

He resides in Amsterdam with his family.

Bob Bellizzi (1949-2006)
Past Owner

Team President Bob Bellizzi, who passed away May 7, 2006, had been involved with college baseball for over twenty-five years and believed that Amsterdam was a perfect match for the Mohawks and the NYCBL. Before his passing he was thrilled with the success that the Mohawks had in their seasons in Amsterdam. "The combination of a sports minded city and an operator (Brian Spagnola) who was born and raised in Amsterdam, makes this a great place to play summer baseball...it was our intention to bring a quality level of collegiate baseball to Shuttleworth Park and provide entertainment and excitement throughout the season and that is what we did...the sense of cooperation and support exhibited by the community only confirmed our belief that Amsterdam was the ideal home for the Mohawk Baseball Club..."

Bellizzi, the head coach at The College of Saint Rose from 1978 until his passing, had over the past quarter century, developed the Golden Knights into a national powerhouse at the NCAA Division II level. Saint Rose had made the NCAA Northeast Division II Regionals in 1994, 1995, 1997, and 2000. His 2000 team reached their ultimate goal by advancing to the NCAA Division II World Series in Montgomery, Alabama. Prior to that, at the NAIA level, Saint Rose made regional appearances in 1990 and 1991 and went to the 1990 NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Idaho.

Bellizzi boasted a staggering career record of 720-367-2 at Saint Rose and has enjoyed success at the club, NAIA, and NCAA levels. He had dozens of Saint Rose players continue their baseball careers at the professional level, including 1993 grad Glen Barker, who played for the Houston Astros at the major league level from 1999-2001. From 1988-1990, Bellizzi also guided the Schenectady Mohawks to a remarkable 87-37 record and won the league championship in 1988 with a 34-8 record.

Interns
Assisting in any way, shape, or form.

Dave Gage- Promotions, Public Relations, Customer Service
Katie Gardner- Public Relations, Customer Service
Jimmy Hall- Sound
Matt Mancini- Broadcasting
Nicole Meritt- Public Relations, Customer Service
Scott Weil- Broadcasting, Official Scoring, Game Write-Ups, Website Updating