Barry Gorman will begin his first season as the head coach of the men's and women's tennis teams in the fall of 2008. 

Gorman was an outstanding student-athlete on the BSC men's tennis team from 2005 to 2008. He capped off his illustrious career by capturing the second flight singles title at the Little East Conference Men's Tennis Tournament this past spring. Gorman completed the 2008 season with a perfect 14-0 mark in singles play.

In his four seasons at BSC, Gorman posted an impressive 41-10 mark in singles play as he recorded an .803 winning percentage.  His doubles record stands at 30-17 (.638) which includes a 10-5 mark in 2008 and a 9-1 mark in 2007.

Along with capturing the second flight singles championship in 2008, Gorman also team with Brendon Barbo to win the third flight Little East Conference championship in 2007.

Gorman, who hails from Hopedale, Massachusetts, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education from Bridgewater State in May of 2008.  Most recently he coached the boy's tennis team at Blackstone-Millville High School in the spring of 2008.

Ron Santacroce joins the BSC tennis coaching staff this season.  Ron is also in his second stint as a varsity coach at Hopedale High School for both the boy's and girl's teams.  He coached at Hopedale from 1977 until 1984, and then again from 1999 up until the present.

Ron is a 1972 graduate of the University of Maine at Orono.  He also earned his Masters degree at Southern Connecticut State University in 1974.

Coach Santacroce just recently retired as a Guidance Councilor at Hopedale, a position that he held since 1997.   He presently resides in Milford, Massachusetts with his daughter, Kailyn.