Elvys Quezada is in his fourth season as the Manhattan pitching coach. He has guided a number of young pitchers to early success during his time with the Jaspers and was a key part of Manhattan's 2012 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship.
In his first year in Riverdale, Quezada helped lead the Jaspers to program's third Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title. Manhattan won 33 games and earned the league's regular season championship after posting an 18-6 conference record.
Manhattan was the only team in NCAA Division I to post an undefeated home record going 18-0 at Van Cortlandt Park in 2012. Quezada's pitchers carried a 3.00 earned run average with 120 strikeouts at home in his first year with the program.
Quezada mentored a pitching staff that ranked in the top half of the conference in ERA (3.38) and opposing batting average (.256) against MAAC opponents. The Jaspers' relievers set a program record with 13 saves. Quezada had one pitcher earn All-MAAC first team honors and a second pitcher named to the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Northeast Region First Team, who went on to sign a professional baseball contract.
A seven year veteran of professional baseball, Quezada was a two-time Major League draft pick, once by the New York Mets in 2002, and again by the New York Yankees in 2003. Each year, he was selected in the 15th round. The pitcher spent five years in the Yankees minor league organizations before spending parts of two seasons with the Mets. He also competed in independent leagues in the United States and in the Dominican Winter League in the 2005-06 seasons.
Prior to being drafted, Quezada was a standout pitcher at Seton Hall, where he was coached by Jaspers' second year head coach Jim Duffy. Quezada helped lead the Pirates to two NCAA Tournament berths in 2000 and 2001, including a Big East championship in 2001. Quezada was named a captain in both his junior and senior years.
Quezada's coaching background includes working as an instructor with "B'S Baseball Academy" in Sanford, Conn., along with numerous youth clinics and starting camps such as his own EQuilibrium Athletics in Florida.
Quezada earned a bachelor's degree in liberal studies from Seton Hall in 2010.
