Coaching change won’t slow down Grand Street Campus baseball
Grand Street Campus is known for perennially being one of the biggest baseball programs in New York City and Wolves starter Alexander Quas says the reason for that is the incredible coaching staff. However, for the first time in 19 years there is a new head coach at the Bushwick school.
That doesn’t mean that expectations have changed, however. The person taking over for Melvin Martinez is his brother Steve, who has served as the assistant coach for the last 14 years.
“It’s really been the entire staff, not just Melvin,” Quas said. “This team is like a family. That’s how Melvin and Steve have run things, that’s what has made this program such a big success and having Steve take over for Melvin hasn’t changed much. Steve is just a little more strict.”