Ingomar

Jim Basilone

Basilone played four years of college baseball at Edinboro University. He currently holds the single season stolen base record. During his four years at Edinboro, he played centerfield and was the Scots leadoff hitter. Two of those years he was selected to the Pennsylvania State All Conference Team.

Coach Basilone has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Edinboro University, and a Masters in Education from Clarion University. He has been coaching baseball for the past 30 years. Several of those years were Varsity Head Coaching positions.

Coach Basilone has experience on the College and High School levels. In 1980 he was one of the assistant coaches at The College of Wooster. During his time at Wooster they were ranked 7th Nationally NCAA Division III. Basilone, who has been coaching at North Allegheny use to be the Head Junior Varsity Baseball Coach.

This will be his second year as the head coach at Ingomar Middle School. Coach Basilone has developed a positive baseball environment at IMS. Last years team had a record of 12 wins and 7 losses.

Basilone has experience as a head coach on the high school level as well. His teams and the teams that he has assisted have won SECTION, WPIAL, and PIAA championships. They have also been ranked as high as 11th in the nation. Several of his players have moved on to play Division I, II, and III college baseball. He also had players in the major league draft and play in the minor leagues.

Coach Basilone is an enthusiastic, experienced and well organized coach with exceptional player motivation and development skills. With the experience of extensive instruction and team leadership coach Basilone has become effective at giving players the opportunity to develop and achieve success on the high school and college level.

This is Coach Hreha's eighth year teaching and first year coaching. Coach Hreha is a North Allegheny Baseball alumni who began playing for North Allegheny at Ingomar Middle School and spent three years at the varsity level as a middle infielder. He was a member of the 1994 runner-up WPIAL and State squad as well as a captain of the 1996 WPIAL and State Championship team. Coach Hreha is an excellent motivator who helps to provide a positive environment that is focused on learning and improvement of fundamental skills.

Coach Hreha enjoys teaching athletes the skills he has learned throughout the years. He is looking forward to a great season, and he is excited about this year's dedicated team at Ingomar Middle School.

Coach Basilone feels that Coach Hreha will be a big part in the developmental process of these fine young players at Ingomar Middle School. He understands the system that coach Basilone runs and will be able to teach it to the young players at Ingomar. We are very fortunate to have Coach Hreha as part of our program and educational staff.