Rosati comes to the NMSU baseball program as the volunteer coach and also brings plenty of winning experience with him. Before arriving at NMSU, he coached at Albany High School in Albany, Ga. from 1986-2007 and had a 21 year coaching record of 306-237, while making 15 state tournament appearances. While at Albany High School, Rosati led his team to three regional championships (1993, 1994 and 1996) and seven Elite Eight finishes. He was also selected as the 1996 AAA Region Coach of the Year when he led his team to a 24-0 record in the regular season, along with being selected as the Southwest Georgia All-Star Coach in 2006 and 2007.
From 1984-86, Rosati was the head coach at Indian Hills Community College in Centerville, Iowa where he led the team to a 44-16 record and a state championship in 1985. That year, his team also participated in the JUCO World Series and finished fifth in the country. Rosati was voted North District Coach of the Year in 1985 for his accomplishments.
Rosati began his winning ways when he coached Apache Junction High School in Apache Junction, Ariz. from 1982-84. His team went 38-10 during his two years there. In 1983, he led his team to a state championship and was named AA Coach of the Year. His team was the runner-up in 1984.
Rosati’s first full-time job came at La Marque High School in La Marque, Texas where he was the assistant baseball coach and taught health and physical education. Before that he was a graduate assistant baseball coach while he was working on his masters degree at Baylor University from 1980-81.
Rosati received a bachelor of science from Grande Canyon Univeristy in Phoenix, Ariz. in 1979. That year he was also part of the No. 1 nationally ranked NAIA baseball team. In 1977, Rosati played for Aggie assistant coach Gary Ward at Yavapal Junior College in Prescott, Ariz. and helped his team to a National Junior College Championship.
“Rosati played for my dad (Gary Ward) at Yavapal Junior College when they won the National Junior College Championship and has won lots of games in Georgia as a high school coach so he knows how to be a winner,” head coach Rocky Ward said. “Usually we bring in guys who have just graduated to be our volunteer coach, but Rosati is a guy who is not only mature, but very energetic and he just loves the game of baseball.”
