JUSTIN MATYAS IS ENTERING HIS FIRST SEASON AS THE HEAD COACH OF SPARTA BASEBALL. COACH MATYAS HAS PREVIOUSLY COACHED AS AN ASSISTANT AT RANDOLPH HIGH SCHOOL, MENDHAM HIGH SCHOOL, AND MOST RECENTLY, AT MADISON HIGH SCHOOL. COACH MATYAS IS ALSO THE HEAD COACH AND DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AT NJ RISING REBELS, A CLUB BASEBALL PROGRAM, WHICH OPERATES AT DELBARTON HIGH SCHOOL. PRIOR TO COACHING, COACH MATYAS PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL AT CRANFORD HIGH SCHOOL, A PERENNIAL POWERHOUSE IN THE STATE, AND COLLEGIATELY AT MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY. OUTSIDE OF COACHING, JUSTIN HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES AND A MASTER'S CERTIFICATE IN TEACHING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. HE HAS BEEN TEACHING AT RANDOLPH HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS. COACH MATYAS IS EAGER TO BRING ABOUT A NEW PASSION FOR SPARTA BASEBALL. 

NICK IS ENTERING HIS FIRST SEASON AS AN ASSISTANT VARSITY BASEBALL COACH AT SPARTA HIGH SCHOOL. NICK GRADUATED FROM MOUNT OLIVE HIGH SCHOOL IN 2009. HE OBTAINED HIS UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN REHABILITATIVE AND HUMAN SERVICES FROM EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY IN 2014 AND HIS MASTER’S DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK FROM MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY IN 2016. HE IS CURRENTLY A SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER AT SUSSEX COUNTY TECHNICAL SCHOOL. NICK PREVIOUSLY COACHED BASEBALL AT THE VARSITY LEVEL AS AN ASSISTANT FOR 3 YEARS AT MENDHAM HIGH SCHOOL AND 2 YEARS AT SUSSEX TECH PRIOR TO TAKING ON THIS OPPORTUNITY. NICK COACHES CLUB BASEBALL FOR PROSPECTS BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL ACADEMY. NICK IS ALSO THE BOYS HEAD VARSITY SOCCER COACH AT SUSSEX TECH AS WELL AS THE FRESHMAN BASKETBALL COACH. PRIOR TO TAKING THE BOYS SOCCER HEAD COACHING POSITION IN 2021, NICK COACHED JV SOCCER AT MOUNT OLIVE HIGH SCHOOL FOR 7 YEARS.

THOMAS DARLING COMES TO SPARTA HAVING PREVIOUSLY PLAYED AT ROXBURY HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN HAVING CONTINUED HIS PLAYING CAREER COLLEGIATELY AT CALDWELL UNIVERSITY. COACH DARLING IS EXCITED TO SHARE HIS PASSION FOR THE GAME WITH THE SPARTANS. HE ALSO BRINGS EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CATCHING POSITION TO SPARTA AND IS EAGER TO SHARE HIS INSIGHTS. 

COACH FRANK MARCHIANO WILL BE ENTERING HIS 29TH SEASON OF COACHING BASEBALL. HE HAS BEEN AN ASSISTANT BASEBALL COACH FOR SPARTA SINCE 1999. PRIOR TO COACHING IN SPARTA, COACH MARCHIANO COACHED AT JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1995-1999. COACH MARCHIANO, KNOWN AS COACH MARSH TO HIS PLAYERS, IS GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH ATHLETES GROW AND DEVELOP THROUGH THE PROGRAM. ASIDE FROM COACHING BASEBALL, COACH MARCHIANO IS THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT SPARTA HIGH SCHOOL.