(October 3, 2005) ?C Jeff Cohen, an assistant coach at C.W. Post College for the past five years, was named Volunteer Assistant Baseball Coach at Fordham University it was announced today by head coach Nick Restaino. Additionally, Restaino announced that assistant coach Tony Mellaci will become the Director of Baseball Operations for the Rams. Cohen joins the Rams?? staff after serving on the staff at C.W. Post College since the fall of 2000. He served as an assistant coach from 2000-02 before taking over as the pitching coach in the fall of 2002, a position he held until this past spring. While with the Pioneers, he had four pitchers named All-New York Collegiate Athletic Conference (NYCAC). Cohen is no stranger to Restaino, having served as an assistant coach to the Fordham mentor with the Long Island Collegians of the ACBL in 2003, helping the squad earn a playoff berth. He also served as an assistant with the Collegians in 2004. This past summer, Cohen served as the pitching coach of the Metro New York Cadets of the ACBL. The Cadets won the Kaiser division of the ACBL and had three pitchers named to the All-Star team. A native of Brooklyn who currently resides in East Elmhurst, New York, Cohen is a 2000 graduate of C.W. Post College with a degree in Physical Education, He also received a Master??s Degree in Physical Education with a concentration in sports management from Brooklyn College. Mellaci, who has served as an assistant coach at Fordham for the past 19 years, moves to the Director of Baseball Operations position for 2006. Over the past 19 years, he has directed the infield play and the defense, served as first base coach, and championed Fordham??s strong recruiting program, which has brought some of the finest players coming out of high school and junior colleges to Rose Hill. Along with Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year Nick Restaino, Mellaci helped the Rams have a resurgent year in 2005, posting 34 overall wins and 17 conference wins. The 34 wins were the most since the 1997 campaign, while the 17 conference victories were the most by Fordham since joining the Atlantic 10 in 1995-96. As a member of the Atlantic 10, Mellaci has helped Fordham to the Atlantic 10 Tournament on four occasions, including the 1998 title. Mellaci has also helped coach ten All-Atlantic 10 players, two Players of the Year, and two Rookies of the Year. Among the team accomplishments in Mellaci's tenure, Fordham has had eight 30-win seasons, and captured seven league titles (3 - MAAC, 3 - Patriot League, 1 - Atlantic 10). Mellaci graduated from Mercy College in 1981. He currently resides in Cliffside Park, New Jersey with his wife, Allison, and son, Tyler. Transactions: Fordham named Jeff Cohen Volunteer Assistant Baseball Coach and Tony Mellaci Director of Baseball Operations.