Baseball

Coach Nesbit has been a successful high school and collegiate coach since 1987 in both baseball and basketball.  Nesbit began his coaching career in 1987 at DuBois Central Catholic as Varsity Baseball Coach and remained in that capacity until 1997 when he became Assistant Coach at D1 Penn State University.   He returned to coach baseball at DCC in 1998 and remained as coach until 1999.  In his eleven years as baseball coach at DCC, Nesbit compiled an overall record of 126-89.  His team reached the district championship game four times, winning twice and advancing to the PIAA western semi-finals in 1990.

As a basketball coach, Nesbit had an overall career record of 404-138 while coaching both boys and girls varsity teams over a twenty year career all at DuBois Central Catholic.  His teams advanced to the district championship game five times and qualified for the PIAA state playoffs ten times.  His 2006-2007 boys team won the western region of the PIAA class A tournament before losing in the state title game. 

In 1997, Coach Nesbit and Head Penn State DuBois Baseball Coach Tom Calliari established the Keystone Baseball Academy and helped form the Allegheny Mountain AAABA Collegiate League.   He and Coach Calliari co-managed from 1997-1999 winning three league titles.  Their 1997 team was the first in AAABA history to win a regional crown  and advance to the AAABA National Tournament as a first year franchise.  The two also coached a 16 and under team in USA Baseball’s National Youth Baseball Tournament in 1997 in Fort Myers, Florida, where their team placed 8th out of 80 teams from across the United States.  Nesbit and Coach Calliari have coached numerous players who were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft.   That list includes Nate Bump (Florida Marlins) at Penn State University and Joe Beimel (Pirates) who played for the Keystone Baseball Academy in the 1997 AAABA National Tournament.  

Coach Nesbit lives in DuBois with his wife Becky.  He is Vice-President of Swift, Kennedy and Company.