Donn Foltz remains the River Bandits manager for the 2008 season. Donn has been a coach for the River Bandits for all four years of the franchise and he has been a key figure in the success of the young Bandits franchise. The Bandits made the playoffs the first two years and made a big turnaround in the middle of the 2006 season when Foltz was named the manager. The River Bandits were one of the most competitive teams in the valley league the last twenty-two games of the season.

Donn is also the head baseball coach at Central High School. Donn took a struggling program, added new energy and enthusiasm to the program and Central had its first winning season in six years. Donn was previously the head coach at Massanutten Military Academy for 2 years and an assistant at Central the previous 9 years.

Donn has a long time relationship with River Bandit’s owner, Stu Richardson, having played Junior Varsity basketball for him in high school. Stu had a big impact on Donn as a young athlete and he continued his athletic career in college as a basketball player.

John Cardamone, Assistant Coach - John returns to the Bandits after being hired in the middle of the 2006 schedule. He did an outstanding job of working with the River Bandit players. He played at Alfred State College in New York and has been an assistant coach for Donn Foltz at Central High since 2003.

Anthony Macaluso, Pitching Coach - Anthony comes to the Bandits from Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, FL and serves as an assistant coach working with the pitchers. Prior to coming to Hillsborough, he was an assistant coach at King High School in Tampa. King High won four district titles in a row from 2001-2004. The 2004 team was ranked 4th in the state of Florida. Anthony played two years at Hillsborough Community College until two shoulder injuries cut his playing career short. He began his coaching career when he graduated from University of South Florida.

Jeff Bromley, Volunteer Coach - Jeff returns to the Bandits from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL. He played for the River Bandits last year and will be helping out with the team this year.

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