Trevor Purcell ’03 enters his fourth season as head coach of the Mount Saint Mary College baseball program in 2025-26. One of the most decorated players in program history, Purcell is the third consecutive alum to lead the Knights and remains one of the most prolific two-way athletes ever to wear the Mount uniform.
During the 2025 campaign, Purcell guided the Knights to their best season since 2018, finishing 22-18-1 overall and 13-6 in Skyline Conference play. Mount Saint Mary advanced to the Skyline Semifinal and secured a third-place conference finish. Under his leadership, Tyler Van De Bogart earned both First Team All-Conference and ABCA All-Region honors, while Liam Horan was named Second Team All-Conference. Through his first three seasons, Purcell holds a 46-74-1 overall record and a 26-33 mark in Skyline play.
As a student-athlete from 1999–2002, Purcell posted a .393 career batting average across 151 games and still owns program records for career hits (216), triples (32), runs scored (161), RBI (150), and slugging percentage (.639). On the mound, he compiled a 22-12 record with a 2.57 ERA and 173 strikeouts over 262.2 innings, setting program standards for wins, ERA, and innings pitched. His standout career earned him Skyline Conference Rookie and Pitcher of the Year honors in 1999, another Pitcher of the Year award in 2000, and back-to-back Skyline Player of the Year accolades in 2001 and 2002. In 2002, he was named First Team All-New York Region, and he was inducted into the Mount Saint Mary Hall of Fame’s inaugural class in 2012.
Purcell brings extensive coaching experience across multiple levels of baseball. He spent the 2022 season leading the Newburgh Free Academy modified program and previously served nine seasons (2010–18) as an assistant coach at Mount Saint Mary. His résumé also includes six years as an assistant varsity coach at Valley Central, his alma mater, and more than a decade as head coach of the Taconic Rangers of the HVCBL. He continues to compete as a player with the New York Mariners of the Dutchess County MSBL.
A 2003 Mount Saint Mary graduate with a degree in Public Relations, Purcell lives in Newburgh with his wife, Melissa, and their daughters, Peyton and Emily.
