Bob Carr Position: Assistant Coach Experience: Seventh season

Bob Car returns to Jen Finley's staff for his seventh season. As the team's pitching coach, Carr joined the coaching staff in 2002 and brings a wealth of knowledge to the Heights after many years of coaching amateur softball at both the youth and collegiate levels. A long-time instructor at pitching camps and clinics, he has coached many young pitchers who have gone on to collegiate careers.

In 2003, Carr was honored - along with Head Coach Jen Finley and Associate Head Coach Stephanie Fleischaker - by the Big East as Coaching Staff of the Year. In addition, he worked closely with Kim Ryan, helping her earn Big East Pitcher of the Year honors.

Carr and the Eagles reaped the benefits of one of the most successful pitching staffs in the conference. Ryan, an All-Big East first team, finished her career as the career and single season leader for most strikeouts while Tekae Malandris earned All-Big East honors for three consecutive seasons.

In 2001, Carr's first season with the Eagles, the pitching staff developed into one of the most effective units in the region. The staff set a school record with 367 strikeouts, surpassing the 1998 team's total of 328. The staff also posted the fifth-lowest earned run average in program history with its 1.65 mark. The squad threw 15 shutouts and only allowed opponents a .210 batting average. Both marks place second all-time at BC.

Individually, freshman Tekae Malandris owned a 1.32 ERA, the second lowest in school history and the lowest mark for a pitcher who threw over 100.0 innings. She became just the third Eagle pitcher to strike out over 100 batters when she sat down 166, while sophomore Kim Ryan repeated her 100+ strikeout performance from her freshman campaign with 136.

From 1989-1998, Carr served as the head coach of the Woburn, Mass. women's team in the Ruth Kirby League that won six league championships, three New England championships and earned the right to represent New England in three national tournaments.

As a pitching coach at Stoneham (Mass.) High School from 1986-1990, he helped coach the team to three Middlesex League championships and three state sectional crowns.

Starting in 1984 and continuing through 1991, Carr was the head coach and general manager of the Stoneham, Mass. 15-and-under and 16-and-under Junior Olympic teams. His entries won seven metropolitan Boston championships, five New England titles and represented New England in five ASA national tournaments.

Carr graduated from Harvard in 1968 and currently resides in Stoneham, Mass. with his wife. He has four children.