Professional Staff
Subscribe to our NewsletterLogan Gillis- Director of Player Development
A native of Merrimac, NH, Logan played baseball collegiately for Northeastern University and Bentley University. While in college he played summer ball in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League where he was a two time All-Star for the Nashua Silver Knights. Logan holds numerous offensive records for the Silver Knights and was the FCBL batting champion in 2011. Since retiring as a player to focus on coaching and training, Logan has become one of the most sought after hitting instructors and team trainers in Northern New England. Over the last 5 years Logan has been responsible for training the NH Black Flies 10U, 11U, 12U and 13U teams. Additionally Logan has worked with Bedford Little League to train their 11U and 12U LL District Teams. Three of these teams have gone on to win NH state championships including this year’s 2016 11U and 12U District teams. Finally, in addition to his duties with Next Level Baseball, Logan is the head coach of Nashua North HS Varsity Baseball.
Stewart Strong- Director of Operations
Stew Strong, a former professional pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization and college standout at UConn, will oversee operations and scheduling for the Shamrocks. He has been coaching youth baseball in New Hampshire for over a decade. Most recently Stew has been the head coach of the Northeast Hurricane’s 11U and 12U teams and is currently the head coach of the 2015 State Champion Windham Jr. American Legion baseball team.
Jeremy Hinton-Head Coach- 10U
Brent Clanin- Head Coach 11U
Zach Hutton - Head Coach 14U
Nic Lops- -Head Coach- 13U
Nic Lops is currently the Assistant Baseball Coach and Head Recruiting Coordinator at Daniel Webster College in Nashua, New Hampshire.. Nic attended Cheverus High School in Portland, ME and led his team to a State Championship. He went on to play his college ball at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. During his time there, Nic helped the team win 3 conference championships and attended 3 New England regional tournaments. He was a 2-year captain for the squad and garnered several honors including: NEIBA All-New England: Second Team (2014), NEIBA All-New England: Third Team (2012), D3Baseball.com All-New England: Third Team (2012), GNAC Rookie of the Year (2012), All-GNAC: First Team (2014), All-GNAC: Second Team (2012,2016), All-GNAC: Third Team (2013), GNAC All-Tournament (2012),GNAC Tournament Most Valuable Player (2012), GNAC Player of the Week: 3/7/16, GNAC Rookie of the Week: 4/16/12), GNAC Honor Roll: 4/2/12, 4/9/12, 3/17/14, NCAA DIII Player to Watch: (2014) GNAC All-Academic (2013,2014,2015), Capital One Academic All-District: (2016).
After his college career, Nic went on to play a summer of professional baseball for the Watertown Bucks of the Empire League and the Ottawa Champions of the CanAm league. Nic carries himself in every walk of life as a professional. He is very excited to begin coaching for the Shamrocks. Nic is a great addition to the staff due to his knowledge for the game, and the way he will teach his players how to carry themselves like ballplayers.
