Gulls Coaching Staff

Frank Holbrook - Manager

Born and raised in neighboring Middletown, RI, Frank Holbrook went on to attend Portsmouth Abbey in Portsmouth, RI. Holbrook has been part of the Newport Gulls organization since he was a young child as his family hosted Gulls players prior to Holbrook playing and eventually coaching for the team in later years.

A right-handed pitcher for Wheaton College (Norton, MA), Holbrook remains one of the program’s most accomplished players. Leading his team to four successful seasons and a runner-up finish in the 2012 Division III College World Series, his 26 wins and career ERA (2.32) rank second in school history, while his innings pitched, and other stats are among the top 10 for the Lyons. In 2012, Holbrook posted a 10-0 record with a 1.38 ERA, which are both school records for a single season.

The Gulls offered Holbrook a chance to join their 2012 roster, starting the Gulls first game of the season. It was an exhibition match against the Wareham Gateman of the Cape Cod League; a team that included 2016 World Series Champion Kyle Schwarber. He would go on to throw in 10 games that summer, finishing with a perfect 3-0 record and 23 strikeouts over 21.2 innings of work, walking just three opposing batters. That season the Gulls captured their fifth NECBL Championship and were ranked the #1 College Baseball Team in the country.

Holbrook returned to Newport in the summer of 2013, this time as an assistant for manager Mike Coombs. Working with the team’s pitchers, Holbrook helped the Gulls return to the NECBL Finals after completing the regular season with a record of 3014. He was then hired by his alma mater as an assistant coach from 2014- 2018. The Lyons would return to the College World Series during Holbrook’s tenure and help lead the pitching staff to have the second-lowest WHIP (1.16) in the country, as well as an All-American closer who led the nation in saves with 13.

His successes as an assistant with Wheaton landed him the head coaching job at Rhode Island College for the 2019 season. In his first year, the RIC Anchormen tied a program record for wins, ending the season with a 26-16 record. He was 7-1 in 2020 prior to COVID-19 cutting the season short and notched a 23-11 record in 2021. Holbrook’s Rhode Island Anchormen completed the 2022 Regular Season ranked fifth in New England’s Region II with a 29-10-1 Overall Record.

Ted Regan enters his second year as the Gulls hitting coach in 2022. He has a wealth of experience having served as an assistant coach for Eckerd College for 14 years.

Regan has been an assistant coach and manager for numerous summer collegiate teams including the Bourne Braves and the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League and he spent time with the New Bedford Bay Sox of the NECBL prior to joining the Gulls staff in 2021.

While coaching for Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River, MA, Regan was given the honor of “Coaches Who Make a Difference” by the Fall River Herald News He served as the Director for River City Baseball for 15 years and coached the 1996 USA and Japan Friendship Series in Tokyo.

Dan Gusovsky - Pitching Coach

Dan Gusovsky joins the Newport Gulls as the team’s Pitching Coach for the summer of 2022. This is the same position Gusovsky held at his most recent coaching destination of Lehigh University.

Gusovsky, enters his first year with the Gulls alongside fellow first year manager Frank Holbrook. However, the two are no strangers, having deeply rooted ties dating back to their playing days at Wheaton College. Gusovsky and Holbrook were teammates on the Lyons squad that reached the 2012 Division III College World Series, among other accomplishments. Now the two are reunited, helping lead the Gulls in 2022.

Gusovsky finished his playing days in 2013. The following season, Gusovsky earned his first coaching gig as a hitting coach right at home with the Lyons. Following that season, he departed from his alma mater to become an assistant coach at William & Mary for the 2016 season. It didn’t take long for the Andover, Massachusetts native to find success; that year, the Tribe won their first-ever CAA Championship.

After his first season at W&M, Gusovsky made the move to Swarthmore College with the same assistant coach designation. In his second season, the Garnet won their first Centennial Conference Title and advanced to the Division III College World Series for the first time in program history.

Following the successful 2018 campaign, Gusovsky joined Division I Lehigh University as their pitching coach before the 2019 season. He guided the team’s pitchers during the 2019 and 2020 seasons prior to the COVID-19 pandemic ending the year unexpectedly.