Head baseball coach Kristaps Aldins announced the hiring of Brendan Smith as an assistant in December 2023.
Smith comes to Castle Point after serving as an assistant coach for both Somers High School and the Taconic Rangers travel team program. Additionally, the Purdys, New York native was a contributor to FanSided and SB Nation covering such topics as major and minor league baseball, Syracuse University football and college basketball recruiting. As a student-athlete, Smith spent five years on the diamond for both The State University of New York at Albany and Iona College, where he earned five victories, averaging nearly a strikeout an inning over 43 career appearances (16 starts). Prior to entering the Division I ranks, Smith went 4-4 with a 3.93 earned-run average over 48 2-3 innings at Dean College, which was competing in the National Junior College Athletic Association. Smith also has professional experience with four independent teams, most recently with the Windy City ThunderBolts of the Frontier League.
Smith earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in rhetoric and communication in 2019 and he completed his master’s degree in sports communication and media with an advanced certificate in cybercrime and prevention from Iona in 2021.
