Boyertown American Legion Baseball

Boyertown American Legion Baseball

Bears Coaches

Justin Konnick

Head Coach

Justin became the Head Coach of the Bears in 2021 after serving as an assistant in 2020.

Justin played collegiate baseball at Keystone College and West Chester University. At Keystone, he was a team captain and selected to the All-Region 19 team.

Justin was the head baseball coach at Penn State Berks from 2012-2020, guiding the Nittany Lions to 4 Northeastern Athletic Conference titles and 5 NCAA D3 Tournament appearances. Prior to joining the PSU Berks coaching staff, Justin was the pitching coach for Boyertown High School for 11 years and Boyertown Grizzlies Junior Legion coach for 2 years.

Craig Eddinger

Assistant Coach

Craig has been an assistant coach of the Bears for 34 years. He is a graduate of Boyertown High School, where he played for the Legion team for 3 years, winning a PA Legion state championship in 1971. He went on to play baseball at St Joseph's University, earning an All-MAC Conference Selection at second base three times. He was inducted into the St Joe's Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019. Craig is also a member of the PA Legion Hall of Fame.

Craig coached the BMBL A's for four years before joining the Bears as an assistant in 1988. Over his 33 year coaching career with the Bears, they won 14 PA Region 2 titles, 13 PA State titles, 3 Mid-Atlantic National Titles, and one American Legion World Series runner up.

Lee Mecherly

Assistant Coach

Steve Price

Assistant Coach

Steve is in his third season as the Bears pitching coach. He played collegiate baseball at Alverrnia and is a graduate of Boyertown High School, where he was varsity baseball MVP and first team all-PAC in 2011. Steve played Legion ball for the Bears for 3 years, winning a state title in 2009.

Dave Raifsnider

Assistant Coach

Dave is in his second year as an assistant with the Bears. He was an assistant coach at Penn State Berks from 2017-2020. While he was an assistant at PSU Berks, the Nittany Lions won 2 Northeastern Athletic Conference titles and made 2 NCAA D3 Tournament appearances.

Dave played collegiate baseball at Centanary College.