Staff

Front Office

Sal Colangelo

Director of Baseball Operations

Richard Hsu

Special Assistant

Richard Hsu is the Voice of the Big Train at Shirley Povich Field. He grew up listening to Rex Barney at Memorial Stadium, and started announcing games for the team in 2014, learning from longtime Big Train announcer Bob Johnson. He has announced CRSCBL playoffs, championship series, All-Star Games, and Home Run Derbies, and the MD State High School Baseball Playoffs.

Richard has been the full-time announcer since 2022. He and his baseball-loving family reside in Bethesda, MD.

In July 2024, he was appointed Special Assistant to Big Train.

Coaching Staff

Sal Colangelo

Manager

Sal Colangelo brings a wealth of playing and coaching experience to his 25th season with Bethesda Big Train. In 2005, he led the Big Train to a Cal Ripken, Sr. Collegiate League Regular Season Championship in his first year as manager. His team also finished first in the regular season in 2006.

From 2009-2011, Colangelo led the Big Train to a threepeat of Cal Ripken Collegiate League Championships. In addition, the Big Train was ranked the No. 1 summer collegiate team in the country (out of more than 350 teams) by Perfect Game USA. He was named Maryland State Amateur Coach of the Year by the Maryland State Association of Baseball Coaches (MSABC) for leading the Big Train to the 2011 National Championship. Colangelo won five consecutive CRCBL titles from 2016-2021, and in 2018 led Big Train to a franchise-record 34 regular season wins and a league-record .850 winning percentage. His team also won the 2023 CRCBL Championship. The CRCBL did not play in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

His record-setting season earned him the 2018 MSABC Manager of the Year Award. He owns a 510-208 career regular season record and a .718 winning percentage in 18 seasons at the helm of Big Train. Total 564 wins. In total, he has led Big Train to 13 regular season league titles and 10 Cal Ripken League championships. In addition to his top-ranked 2011 team, three other Big Train teams have finished the season ranked in the top ten nationally (2009 - 9th; 2017 - 4th; 2019 - 6th). He is a member of the Cal Ripken League Hall of Fame, and was inducted in 2019 as part of the hall's inaugural class.

Colangelo is a graduate of Potomac High School in Woodbridge, Virginia and is currently the activities director at C.D. Hylton High School in Woodbridge. Previously, he served as the assistant activities' director, assistant varsity baseball coach, and head golf coach at Potomac High School in Dumfries, Virginia. In addition, he is a baseball instructor at Stars Baseball Regional Director in Prince William County, Virginia and Montgomery County, Maryland.

Before taking over as manager, Colangelo served as an assistant coach for Big Train from 1999-2004. From 1995-97, Colangelo served as an assistant baseball coach at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. From 1991-1995, Colangelo played baseball and football for Virginia Tech. Colangelo earned his undergraduate degree from Va tech and a Master's Degree from Johns Hopkins (Administration/Supervision) and the United States Sports Academy ( Athletic Administration).

He lives in Lorton, Virginia, with his wife Alison and their daughters, Emma and Abigail.

Galvin Morris

Associate Head Coach

Coach Morris returns for his eighth season with the Big Train. He is in his fifth season at his alma mater, South Lakes HS, in Reston, VA as hitting and catching coach, after a five year stint at Oakton HS, where he was the varsity catchers, pitchers and hitting coach. He served as the varsity head coach at South Lakes High School in Reston, Virginia from 1999-2014, and as an assistant coach at the school for four years prior. Morris was named the 6A Conference 6 Coach of the Year in his final year with the Seahawks. Morris also has coached several summers in the Clark C. Griffith Collegiate Baseball League. He serves as a hitting and catching instructor at MVP Baseball in Herndon, VA. Morris works in Special Education at South Lakes and resides in Reston with his daughters, Davilyn and Gracie.

Craig Lopez

Pitching Coach

Craig Lopez joins the Big Train as the Pitching Coach this summer. Coach Lopez has spent over 10 years as the Pitching Coach for the Baltimore Redbirds. He also has worked as a PE teacher in Stafford County Virginia for over 25 yrs. He has been the Varsity Head Baseball coach for 14 years at Mountain View High School. Craig has over 30 years of coaching experience and encouraging young men and using baseball as an avenue to teach them life skills.

Coach Lopez is a native of Stafford County. He graduated from Stafford High and went on to play baseball at VCU. He was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles as a pitcher. That experience has helped him to guide many young men to receive baseball scholarships and to be drafted.

Craig lives in Fredericksburg with his wife Terri. They have 2 adult sons, Jacob and Craig, and a daughter Grace.

Joe McIntyre

Assistant Coach

Joe McIntyre is in his second year with the Big Train. He grew up in Bethesda and graduated from Gonzaga College HS where he played for Churchill HS legend and current head coach at The Catholic University of America, Ross Natoli. After starting his college career at Montgomery College, Joe pitched and played outfield before transferring to Virginia Tech where he played for the Hokies. Following his collegiate career, Joe signed a free agent contract and pitched in the Philadelphia Phillies organization from 1991-1993. Upon retiring from baseball, Joe returned to Montgomery County, where he taught pitching lessons for former Big Train skipper Derek Hacopian. Joe married his college sweetheart Carrie Shannon McIntyre, and is raising his three daughters, Maeve, Maggie, and Bess in Darnestown. “I am excited to get back to baseball, and coach on the same field I grew up on. Sal has put together a winning team and coaching staff year after year. I can’t wait to be a part of the 2024 season”.

Chris Devlin

Assistant Coach

Chris Devlin rejoins the Bethesda Big Train staff after previously working with the Baltimore Redbirds. Coach Devlin has coaching experience at Calvert Hall High School, where he was also a student athlete and lettered in three sports, and at Essex Community College. Devlin graduated from Rider University where he played baseball and basketball.

Currently, Coach Devlin owns and operates a small business with his son Chris, Jr., and he is happily married to his wife, Dottie.

Dr. Brandon Holland

Athletic Trainer

Dr. Brandon Holland is currently his 18 th year as an athletic trainer in secondary schools in Prince William County, Virginia, where he is responsible for the prevention and treatment of injuries for over 900 athletes annually. In addition to this role, Dr. Holland serves as a preceptor for the athletic training programs at George Mason University, and he also holds positions as an adjunct professor of kinesiology at Concordia University of Chicago St Francis College, and Frostburg State University.

Brandon was born and raised on the south side of Baltimore City. He attended Frostburg State University, where he received his Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training degree in 2004. Immediately following, he took a graduate assistant position, also at Frostburg State University, while he completed his Master of Science in Human Performance degree, which he finished in 2006. Brandon completed his Doctor of Athletic Training degree at A. T. Still University in 2017. His research included patients’ self-report of function in the first 10-14 after lateral ankle sprain. Currently, he is a student in a PhD program at Concordia University Chicago, where he is studying Leadership with a Doctoral Focus in Health and Human Performance. His current line of research involves identifying factors that contribute to low levels of diversity in athletic training students and professionals. In his pursuit to improve diversity in education and diversity of athletic training, Dr. Holland has developed specializations in curriculum development, curriculum instruction, and coordination of clinical education.

Dr. Holland is passionate about advocating for the profession of athletic training. He currently holds a seat as the Virginia State Representative for the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers’ Association’s Ethnic Diversity Advisory Committee, and he serves as a mentor in multiple programs, including programs at George Mason University, Johns Hopkins University, Prince William County Schools. His clinical work includes experience with over 30 different sports at varying competitive levels, from youth and amateur adult to professional and international athletes.

Dr. Holland currently lives in northern Virginia with his wife and two sons. His hobbies include music, working out, grilling, and entrepreneurship. He sees every single event as an opportunity for learning and improvement, and he LOVES to answer questions!

Joe Monteleone

Director of Baseball Analytics

Joe Monteleone is a graduate of the class of 2024 at Hood College, where he majored in Integrated Marketing and Communications (IMC). At Hood College, he was a member and Captain of the Hood College baseball team. Joe is a pitcher on the team and works with often with statistics and metrics, which includes using Rapsodo equipment. He enjoys playing and watching all sports, especially baseball, basketball, and football. Joe is looking forward to being a part of the Big Train this summer!