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BROGNA RESIGNS AS HEAD BASEBALL COACH AT POST

May 1, 2006

WATERBURY, CT- Post University Associate Vice President for Athletics, Dan Mara announced today that Rico Brogna is leaving his position as Head Coach and Director of Athletic Advancement, a position that he has held for the past year. Brogna said being Head Baseball Coach at Post has been a great opportunity and an invaluable experience and that this decision wasn't an easy one to make. Brogna's last day in a Post uniform will be this Thursday at the baseball team's season closer against Caldwell College.

Although it will be his last day as head coach, Brogna will continue working in baseball as a scout for the Arizona Diamondbacks. "I am looking at this as an opportunity to get back into the major leagues," said Brogna, who was drafted in 1988 by the Detroit Tigers and retired as an Atlanta Brave in 2001. "College athletics is an exciting level to coach because players are really striving to reach that next level," he said. "I have built so many relationships with my players here at Post and hope to continue those relationships in my new role, however, like my players I am also eager to return to professional sports." Brogna will also be assisting his father as an assistant coach at The Taft School in Watertown this fall for baseball, football and basketball.

While head coach at Post, Brogna brought an impressive recruiting class to the diamond and started a number of young talented players this year. He believes the team will flourish when he leaves. "This is a great team," he said. "I am confident that in the next four years they will be very successful."

Despite taking a new position, Brogna, a Post alumni, said he would continue to be involved with the university. "I support all the positive changes the school is implementing and I believe it will be a competitor academically and athletically in the future attracting talented students and athletes," he said.

The university recently announced a restructuring of their curriculum aimed at training graduates to be "CEO's of their future." They will offer their first master's degree program to students this fall in human services and have developed relationships with companies like Verizon Wireless, IBM and Pfizer for placing students in internship positions.

The university has not named Brogna's replacement, but is confident in its pool of applicants. "We have had a phenomenal response to the open position," said Mara. "Although Rico has been a great asset to this program, we are excited about the stature of his possible replacements."