VARSITY COACH | Jim Mc Dermott
Coach Mc Dermott is entering his first year as varsity coach for the West Morris Wolfpack after previously serving as assitant coach. Prior to joining the WMC coaching staff, he served as Varsity Baseball Coach at Mount Olive High School for 10 years, where he received The Star Ledger, Daily Record and Mugs Media Coach of the Year Award in 2014. Mc Dermott also worked as a coach at the following colleges fulfilling varied roles: Seton Hall, Fairleigh Dickinson University, County College of Morris and Trenton State College. Coach Mc Dermott attended Seton Hall University where he received his BS in Education, then Trenton State College where he obtained his Masters Degree in Education. Coach Mc Dermott brings with him passion, enthusiasm, and committed work ethic.
Assistant COACH | ERIK Jacobsen
Coach Jacobsen is in his 17th year as baseball coach here at West Morris Central, having coached both Junior Varsity and Freshman levels. Prior to coaching for the Wolfpack, he also coached softball at Ridge High School for 4 years and baseball at Voorhees High School for a season. Originally from Columbus, Ohio, Coach Jacobsen attended Thomas Worthington High School playing a variety of sports, including baseball where he pitched and played center field. Coach Jacobsen has been a part of the West Morris community for over twenty years, with sixteen of those years as teacher in the History Department. He is married, (his wife Joy also works at West Morris Central) and has two sons, Patrick (Class of 2023) and Luke (Class of 2026). Coach Jacobsen is thrilled to work with such a strong coaching staff and great West Morris Central Families.
Assistant COACH | Ryan Casey
Coach Casey is in his second year as assistant coach with West Morris. Prior to joining the Wolfpack staff, he served as head coach at Randolph HS, assistant coach at Mount Olive HS with Coach McDermott, and assistant coach at Parsippany Hills HS. He is a math teacher at Randolph High School and lives in Denville with his wife and two children. Coach Casey played at Roxbury HS and pitched for The College of New Jersey.
Assistant COACH | Jeffrey Falzano
Coach Falzano is entering his first year as an assistant coach at WMC and brings over 35 years of experience in coaching high school baseball, including 30 as a head coach spread over Bridgewater East, Watchung Hills, and most recently Bernards where he coached for 22 years. Over his tenures as head coach he accumulated 358 career wins, (with 298 of those at BHS) a handful of division titles, 2 Somerset County Tournament titles, and two Sectional titles.
JV COACH | JOHN Cassidy
Coach Cassidy is entering his 10th season as baseball coach at West Morris Central, where he has coached at both the Junior Varsity and Freshman levels. For the past 16 years he has also coached a variety of recreation, travel and tournament baseball teams ranging in age from 10U to 18U. Cassidy graduated from Lehigh University where he majored in Electrical Engineering and also earned an MBA from Rutgers University. He is married, has four children, and has been a Mathematics teacher at West Morris Central High School since 2010.