Baseball

“Our baseball program’s philosophy is based on how ‘the majority of our players think, work, and act a majority of the time.’ By creating honest relationships with each other, we develop a clear understanding of how everyone ‘thinks’ about their goals, plans, and role.”

Ray Bernier was named the Terriers Head Baseball Coach in the summer of 2023. He first joined the Terriers’ coaching staff in 2019 serving as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator until the end of the 2023 season.

In Bernier’s first season (2019) as pitching coach for the Terriers, he helped guide the pitching staff to a 3.21 conference ERA (2nd best in school history) and a 10-6 North Atlantic Conference record (2nd highest conference win % in program history). Bernier was promoted to recruiting coordinator in 2020, prior to the season being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, he again helped the program post a winning conference record, while producing the conference’s Pitcher of the Year.

Prior to his time at Thomas, he served as a recruiter for the Suffolk Fightin’ Crabs of the Tidewater Collegiate Baseball League (Virginia Beach, Va.) for the 2018 Season and as Head Coach and Pitching Coach for Messalonskee High School (2010-2019). Over his last four seasons as Messalonskee’s head coach (2016-2019), he guided the team to the post-season each year while producing multiple all-conference and all-state players. Additionally, he served as Head Coach and General Manager of the Messalonskee Senior and Junior Legion programs with an overall 43-23 record and one State Runner-Up finish (2018). Prior to his role as head coach, he served as the Eagle’s pitching coach (2010-2014) and helped lead the pitching staff to a 59-37 regular season record, 10-3 postseason record, three Eastern Maine Class A Championships (’12-’14), and one Class A State Title (2012).

A 2012 graduate of Thomas College with a master’s in business administration, Bernier is currently a Senior Project Manager for Atlantic Corporation in Waterville, Maine. Bernier and his wife, Michelle, have one son, Carson, and reside in Sidney, Maine.