Cody Mercier was named Head Coach of the Lesley University Baseball program in October 2024.

Mercier takes over the helm of Lynx Baseball following six years in the private sector, AAU scene and high school landscape where he served in various roles. Most recently, he was a Head Coach for the Merrimack Valley Prospects AAU program, taking pride in developing young student-athletes physically and mentally both on and off the field. He also spent three years with the Pure Baseball AAU program serving as both a Head Coach and Private Hitting Instructor, developing minds of the game but also teaching life lessons that can coexist within baseball and everyday life. Mercier also was a member of the Reading High School coaching staff for three years and has served as a Personal Hitting Coach to athletes ranging in ages from 14 to 22 since 2018.

As a collegiate baseball player, Mercier attended Fisher College where he was inducted into the Falcons Hall of Fame as part of the 2023 Induction. He was four-year starter in the outfield and over 170 career games, Mercier collected 176 hits with a .324 career average, .442 on-base percentage and.555 slugging percentage. He was a five-tool player scoring 152 runs, driving in 107 RBI, drawing 101 walks and stealing 60 bags. The lefty could also hit for power, collecting 38 career doubles, 14 triples and 23 home runs. He was named to the Association of Independent Institutions (A.I.I.) All-Conference squad his sophomore, junior and senior seasons and over his career led the Falcons to 106 wins and four berths in the A.I.I. Conference Tournament as well as the NIAC Tournament Championship his senior season.

A three-time Fisher captain, Mercier was named the Fisher College Athlete of the Year his senior campaign and graduated as the all-time leader in Home Runs, Triples and Walks. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice while minoring in Sports Management.

In addition to his baseball background, Mercier boasts professional experience in enterprise resource planning recruitment as well as some supervisory work at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

He currently resides in Hudson, N.H.

(Last updated Oct. 1, 2024 - 12:30 AM)