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Joe Pavlow (Head Baseball Coach)
Pavlow enters his second season as head coach for the Nittany Lions.
In his first season, Pavlow led his team to a 22-16 overall record and a 17-11 record in the Penn State University Athletics Conference (PSUAC). He led his team to the PSUAC Conference Tournament, for the first time since 2004. He was named the PSUAC Coach of the Year and four players received post season honors.
Prior to his arrival at Penn State Abington, he was the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Rutgers-Camden. At Rutgers-Camden, he worked with the hitters and infielders. During the 2008 season Pavlow’s infielders ranked 2nd in the nation in Double Plays per game, and 16th in the country in total Double Plays.
Joe also was the head coach of the Cherry Hill (NJ) American Legion Stealers team for both the U17 and U13 groups. With the Cherry Hill American Legion program, Pavlow’s teams qualified for the playoffs every year, including winning the League regular season Championship in 2008. During his three years Pavlow’s teams went a combined 52-31.
Pavlow was the head coach at Paul VI high school for four seasons. During that time, his squads captured the Olympic Conference National Division (2004) and were state tournament qualifiers (2004, 2006). He also spent a season as an assistant at Audubon High School(NJ), working for Rich Horan.
Pavlow is a 1997 graduate of Rutgers University with a degree in Economics. Joe resides in Holland, PA with his wife Kim, his 7 year old step son Luke, and his two year old son, Chase. They are expecting their third child in October of this year.
Joe was recently named as the newly appointed Compliance Coordinator for Penn State Abington as they enter their provisional year in the NCAA.
