Corey Muscara stepped into the spotlight in June 2025 when he was officially introduced as the 26th head coach in Duke Blue Devils baseball history — a milestone marking his first head coaching role at the NCAA Division I level.
Born and raised in Manchester, New Hampshire, Muscara’s baseball roots go back to his playing days as a collegiate pitcher. He began his college career at Siena College before transferring to Franklin Pierce University, where he served as team captain in 2009 and helped lead the Ravens to back-to-back Northeast-10 Tournament titles and a regional championship appearance. After earning his degree in history from Franklin Pierce in 2009, Muscara turned his competitive drive and leadership instincts toward coaching — and the rest is baseball history.
Muscara’s coaching journey began in 2010 at Southern New Hampshire University, where he cut his teeth as a pitching coach and recruiting coordinator. During his second stint there in 2012, his staff led Division II in ERA and strikeouts per nine innings while the team reached the Division II College World Series and posted a school-record 43 wins — a sign of the pitching pedigree he’d build his career on.
After a season at Binghamton University in 2011, Muscara moved to St. John’s University (2013–2017), where he helped mold one of college baseball’s most respected pitching groups. Under his guidance, nine pitchers were selected in the MLB Draft, and the Red Storm consistently ranked among the nation’s top teams in ERA and strikeouts — including a top-10 ERA finish in 2017 and NCAA Tournament appearances in 2015 and 2017.
From 2018 to 2021, Muscara took his talents to the University of Maryland, serving as the Terrapins’ pitching coach. There, he played a key role in helping Maryland achieve back-to-back 30-win seasons for the first time in years and brought in a top-10 recruiting class highlighted by promising arms that reinforced his reputation as both a developer of talent and a recruiter.
It was his next stop that truly cemented his national reputation. From 2022 to 2025, Muscara served as pitching coach at Wake Forest University, where his staff helped the Demon Deacons average 43 wins per season and made a landmark run to the College World Series in 2023 — the program’s first trip since 1955. That season, Wake Forest’s pitching unit led the nation in ERA, strikeouts, and strikeout-to-walk ratio, earning Muscara D1Baseball’s Assistant Coach of the Year honor. Even in subsequent years, his staffs remained among the nation’s elite in strikeouts and shutouts.
At Duke, Muscara inherits a program with recent success in the ACC and NCAA tournaments but also one in transition after a coaching change and player movement.
Off the field, Muscara is a family man — married to his wife Suzie, and a father to three children. His path to Duke underscores a lifetime in the game: from a kid with a glove in New Hampshire to one of the most respected pitching minds in college baseball, now leading the Blue Devils with vision and enthusiasm.
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2/18/26 – Gina Kim, LPGA Tour Player
3/4/26 – A Special Guest Speaker
3/18/26 – A Different Special Guest Speaker