Ernie May Named Coach

The Martha’s Vineyard Sharks have signed Ernie May as head coach for the 2012 baseball season, general manager Jerry Murphy announced this week.

The Sharks will be running personal and group clinics this summer that will be supported by the players and Mr. May’s coaching staff, starting with free team clinics on June 10 at three different fields on the Vineyard for the six teams in Little League and for each team in the newly-formed Junior League.

Mr. May, an assistant coach at the University of Massachusetts for 12 seasons and the former head coach at Wofford College, is entering his second season as an assistant coach with Trinity College in Connecticut. He has also been an assistant coach at Springfield College and Thayer High School in New Hampshire. In 1990, he served as the general manager of the Class-A Pittsfield Mets of the New York-Penn League.