Rich Borawski enters his second season as SUNY Old Westbury head softball coach in 2019.
In his first season at Old Westbury, Borawski led the Panthers to their first Skyline Conference Championship appearance since 2012. Old Westbury finished the 2018 campaign with a 14-13 overall and a 7-9 mark in the league standings. Borawski's efforts led to the development of a trio of 2018 All-Skyline Conference selections. Eight of his student-athletes achieved 3.30 or greater grade-point averages during the season to be named to the Skyline Conference 2-18 Spring Sports Academic Honor Roll.
Borawski, who also served as Old Westbury’s head women’s volleyball coach from 2015-17, is no stranger to college softball. From 2009-12, Borawski held the role of assistant softball coach at NCAA Division II Adelphi University. During his four seasons with the Panthers, Adelphi totaled 128 wins during that span. Borawski’s time at Adelphi led to the development of all-american (1), all-region (7) and all-conference (23) selections.
Borawski spent the 2017 season as the head junior varsity softball coach at Farmingdale High School, where he led the Dalers to a 9-3 record. He also coached The Mary Louis Academy’s softball team from 1992 to 1998, where he guided the Hilltoppers to the 1998 New York State Catholic School Championship and Diocesan City Championship.
Borawski received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona in Business Administration in 1991, and achieved his master’s degree in Health Education in 2001 from Hofstra University.
He is currently a Health Education teacher at Howitt Middle School in Farmingdale, New York, while also serving as Assistant Chief of Lifeguards on the City of Long Beach Ocean Patrol. Borawski resides in Lido Beach, New York, with his wife, Laura, sons, Brady, Greyson and Hunter, and daughter, Peyton.
