UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT - UConn Huskies

UNIVERSITY MEET THE COACHING STAFF OF CONNECTICUT
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Bruce
ELLIOTT
Assistant Coach
Third Season » Cal State Poly '92
Azusa Pacific University '04
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Ryan
MARCOUX
Director of Baseball Operations
First Season » Connecticut '08
Bruce Elliott begins his third season as an assistant coach at the University of Connecticut after
serving for three years as an assistant baseball coach for Palomar College in San Marcos, Calif.
With Elliott at the helm, Palomar College was able to reach the State Community College Championship
game by winning its first two games in the 2005 State Final Four. Palomar was also the
2005 Pacific Coast Conference Champions.
In addition, while at Palomar College, Elliott helped lead the team to the 2004 California State
Regional playoffs and to the 2003 Pacific Coast Conference Championship. As Palomar’s recruiting
coordinator, the 2004 freshman class was ranked in the top-10 for California. Moreover, Elliott
helped in placing many of Palomar’s sophomores at the Division I, II, III, NAIA and professional
baseball levels. He is responsible for the Husky outfielders, assists with the hitters and coaches
first base.
Ryan Marcoux joins the UConn coaching staff for his first season with the ball club. He
will serve as the Director of Baseball Operations.
Marcoux transferred to UConn in 2006 to finish out his collegiate years from Manhattan
College. At Manhattan he played baseball for the Jaspers for two seasons, leading his
team to their first-ever MAAC Baseball Championship title and their first appearance
in the NCAA tournament since the 1957 season. Before Manhattan, he went to New
Milford High School, where he lettered in both baseball and hockey.
Marcoux, a native of New Milford, Conn., is currently a senior at the University of Connecticut,
majoring in marketing with a concentration in professional selling.
Elliott is also a nationally active instructor.
In the past two years he has
instructed camps at Stanford, Vanderbilt,
Clemson, Virginia Tech, Virginia,
Sacred Heart and the TPX Top 96 circuit.
He also serves as the camp director for
the Connecticut Baseball School and
has expanded attendance to record
levels for all of the year-round camps.
Elliott began his career in coaching at
the high school level. He served as the
head baseball coach at San Dieguito
Academy High School from 1998-
2002. The school earned a California
Interscholastic Federation (CIF) playoff
regional bid in 2002, the first in school
history. In addition to being a coach,
Elliott has served as a professional hitting
instructor at the San Diego School
of Baseball from 2002. The San Diego
School of Baseball is the largest summer and winter baseball camp in the San Diego County.
As a player, Elliott was an outfielder for Mt. San Antonio Community College. His team was a
member of the South Coast Conference and reached the state playoffs in two consecutive years.
“The value Bruce has added to our program is impossible to measure,” said Penders. “It is so large.
He is an incredibly positive, detail oriented, driven and dedicated teacher. His passion for the
game and our program is second to none.”
Elliott is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association, and holds a Master’s Degree in
physical education from Azusa Pacific University. He is a 1992 graduate of California State Polytechnic
University, at which he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration.
Elliott and his wife, Cindy, have a son, Wyatt, born August 13, 1998, and a daughter, Ainsley, born
December 23, 2002. The Elliotts now make their home in Mansfield Center, Conn.
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