Little League: No Offseason for Amherst Women’s Hoop Coach G.P. Gromacki
A Daily Hampshire Gazette article points out that Gromacki has fostered success not only in coaching Amherst College women’s basketball, but also in coaching his young son’s Little League baseball team, the Amherst 12U All-Stars, during recent summers.
“The Amherst College women’s basketball head coach has brought the Mammoths to nine NCAA Division III Final Fours, winning three national championships. His latest semifinal trip isn’t with his team in purple and white, though,” writes reporter Kyle Grabowski. “Gromacki is coaching his son Derek Gromacki’s Little League baseball team.”
“It's just a lot of fun. It's just a joy to be around them and to help the Amherst community,” the coach is quoted as saying (and his son agrees). Compared to college basketball players, the Little Leaguers “can get down on themselves a little bit more. … There are definitely differences just because of the age but, you know, it’s all competition.”