The doctor is in … again.
Dr. Barry Davis is returning to the dugout as the acting head coach for the Rider University baseball team this season.
Athletic director Don Harnum made the announcement on Thursday that Davis will fill in while head coach Lee Lipinski takes a personal leave of absence.
Davis guided the program for 20 seasons before he stepped down prior to the start of the 2025 campaign. He spent last season as the first base coach at Princeton while finishing his novel ‘Old Dog, New Tricks.’
Davis went 483-520-1 overall and 252-209 in MAAC play and his teams qualified for 13 conference tournaments, won four of them to make four NCAA appearances, and claimed two regular-season conference titles.
In 2023, Rider stunned No. 10 ranked Coastal Carolina in the NCAA regionals and came within a foul ball down the right field line of upsetting Duke in the next game. Under Davis, the Broncs set a school record with 36 wins in 2010 and 2023.
Rider went 34-18 overall last season and won the MAAC regular-season title with a 22-6 mark. It has to replace the production of MAAC Player of the Year Joe Tiroly (transferred to Virginia) and MAAC Pitcher of the Year Brian Young (graduation).
The Broncs begin the season on Feb. 20 with a three-game series at UNC Asheville.