AnThony Ballistrea

Ballistrea’s coaching career began as an Assistant Varsity Baseball Coach at Kenmore West High School. In his first year with the program, the team captured the Niagara Frontier League Championship. Two years later, the  program won another NFL title while also winning their first-ever Section VI Class A Title, ranked 4th in the New York State Class A rankings. During his  tenure at Kenmore West, he also helped resurrect the schools' modified baseball program; posting a 30- 9 record over 3 years as the head coach. In addition to his time coaching high school ball, Ballistrea has coached the All In Sports AAABA and MUNY AAA teams. The All In AAABA team finished first in the league twice and also won a bid to the National Tournament in Johnstown, PA. Tony now coaches on the East Coast Orville’s AABA team, coaching some of the area's best college players. Ballistrea currently serves as the New York State Section 8 American Legion Administrator (League Director). He is the founder of East Coast Pipeline; a college/professional recruiting and scouting agency that provides baseball, softball and performance training. His college coaching career began as the Recruiting Coordinator/ Assistant Coach for Hilbert College in 2020. In 3 years he has helped Hilbert to their two best single seasons ever, winning 16 games in 2022 and 26 games in 2023. Leading the AMCC in stolen bases 2 years in a row, Hilbert was 11th in the nation in stolen bases per game in 2022. In those 3 years he coached 9 all conference players and 2 all region players, as well as one All American. In the Spring of 2023, Tony served as an Assistant Coach on the WIlliamsville East Varsity Baseball team that won the league title, Section A1 title, and state semi-finals. The team made it to the NYS finals game, and finished as runner’s up. Tony has now taken a position to be the Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator for D’Youville University Baseball. He resides in Cheektowaga, NY.