Joe Lopez - 17U Manager
- Joe grew up in Florham Park where his passion for youth sports and coaching was learned from his father Ramon Lopez.
- Played football, basketball, and baseball at Bayley Ellard High School in Madison.
- He was the only person in the history of the group I school to earn 12 varsity letters in three sports. He excelled as a pitcher on the baseball team where he was voted All Area and All County.
- Baseball career continued at Lynchburg College in Virginia but was hampered by arm injuries and finally was cut short after his junior year by an elbow injury. Joe was asked to stay on with the team as a volunteer pitching coach during his senior season and earned his degree in Health and Movement Science.
- Coached for one year at E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg, Virginia.
- In 2003 Joe moved back to NJ and began teaching health and physical education at Pope John XXIII High School in Sparta, NJ.
- A certified personal trainer and has workedat Trainer's Edge in Denville, NJ for the past four years. Joe has coached baseball as an assistant for the past six seasons at Pope John.
- Currently lives with his wife Ann in Morristown, NJ.