SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Every good thing must come to an end.
Anthony Guida resigned as the South Plainfield High School varsity baseball coach on Monday he and Athletic Director Kevin McCann told TAPinto South Plainfield.
Guida held the position since 2009 and the decision to step down was because of family.
“It was family oriented. It really was,” Guida told TAPinto South Plainfield. “It’s been in my head for a few years. I’ve had two coaches the last two years resign because of family. I’m sitting there and saying I have a family too. It’s getting hard on my wife and my in-laws. I’m at the point where I had to make a decision based on my family. I’m happy. I’m sad. I’m firm with it. I’m going to miss it. I’m leaving the program at a high level. They are going to be successful. Whoever takes over will have a good bunch of kids to coach.
Guida has racked up 213 wins for his career, and he reached the 200-win milestone on April 11, 2019.
In 2015, Guida was named the NJ.com Coach of the Year and Home News Tribune Coach of the Year on the diamond after his Tigers won the Group 3 state title for the first time. It was the last state title for the Tigers since 1975.
South Plainfield won its first Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament championship as well in 2018.
Under Guida’s watch, the Tigers have had nine winning seasons in Guida’s 11 years. There was no season in 2020 because of the pandemic. Guida has six seasons of at least 20 wins.
Guida graduated from fellow Middlesex County school, Monroe, in 1995 and went on to play for Rowan. He played in the outfield. Guida was previously the head coach at Dunellen.
Guida coached South Plainfield in the Last Dance World Series last summer where the Tigers went 2-1, including a walk-off, 5-4 win in their last game against Old Bridge.
Going forward, McCann hope to make a choice sooner rather than later.
“Coach Guida is going to be missed. He’s run an outstanding program for years and has had tremendous success. We’re going to look for someone who can continue that. As of now, we did post the position, and we’ve received interest from the outside and inside. We’ll see how that goes.”
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https://www.tapinto.net/towns/south-plainfield/articles/anthony-guida-steps-down-as-sphs-baseball-coach-talks-decision
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