Gary Puccio

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| current_title =Assistant Coach

| current_team =Ohio Christian Trailblazers

| current_conference =River States Conference

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| alma_mater = LIU Post

| coach_years1 = 1989–1993

| coach_team1 = Old Westbury

| coach_years2 = 1994–1998

| coach_team2 = Manhattan

| coach_years3 = 1999–2002

| coach_team3 = Suffolk County CC

| coach_years4 = 2006–2010

| coach_team4 = Briarcliffe

| coach_years5 = 2011–2018

| coach_team5 = Fairleigh Dickinson

| overall_record = 181–409–2

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| awards = MAAC Coach of the Year: 1996, 1998
Knickerbocker Conference Coach of the Year: 1993 NJCBA Division 1 Coach of the year 2012

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Gary Puccio is an American college baseball coach and former player. He was the head coach of the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights baseball team from 2011 to 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.fduknights.com/coaches.aspx? |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Knights|title=2012 Baseball Coaching Staff|accessdate=December 22, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2010/08/04/fdu-names-gary-puccio-head-baseball-coach/|publisher=College Baseball Daily|title=FDU names Gary Puccio Head Baseball Coach|date=August 4, 2010|author=Brian Foley|accessdate=December 22, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/coaching-roundup-fdu-hires-puccio/|publisher=Baseball America|title=Coaching Roundup: FDU Hires Puccio|author=Aaron Fitt|date=August 4, 2010|accessdate=December 22, 2013}}

Puccio earned his degree at C. W. Post, and later added a pair of master's degrees from Dowling College. He served as a scout for the Seattle Mariners organization for many years, and as head coach at several levels of baseball. He began at Division III SUNY Old Westbury for five seasons before moving to his first Division I job at Manhattan. He helped develop a struggling program and registered 20 wins in 1998, the first time the Jaspers had accomplished that since 1903. He then coached at Suffolk County Community College for four seasons. He later led USCAA Briarcliffe to five straight national tournaments, including a pair of national championships, from 2006–2010. He took over at Fairleigh Dickinson in the summer of 2010. Prior to taking over the Knights, he also taught math at Island Trees High School in Levittown, New York, coaching baseball while not working at the college level.

Head coaching record

This table depicts Puccio's record as a head coach at the Division I level.

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| season = 1994

| name = Manhattan

| overall = 2–31

| conference = 2–16

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| season = 1995

| name = Manhattan

| overall = 5–42

| conference = 1–17

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| season = 1996

| name = Manhattan

| overall = 9–30

| conference = 4–13

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| season = 1997

| name = Manhattan

| overall = 11–28–1

| conference = 6–12

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| season = 1998

| name = Manhattan

| overall = 20–21

| conference = 14–12

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{{CBB yearly record subtotal|name=Manhattan|overall=47–152–1|confrecord=27–70}}

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| season = 2011

| name = Fairleigh Dickinson

| overall = 12–38

| conference = 9–23

| confstanding = 8th (9)

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| season = 2012

| name = Fairleigh Dickinson

| overall = 24–26–1

| conference = 18–14

| confstanding = 5th (9)

| postseason = NEC Tournament{{efn|The top four finishers of the NEC's eight eligible teams qualified for the tournament in 2012. Bryant was ineligible as they transitioned to Division I.}}

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| season = 2013

| name = Fairleigh Dickinson

| overall = 12–36

| conference = 7–25

| confstanding = 8th (9)

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