Jared comes to the Crushers after spending two seasons as the Hitting Coach for Brooks Carey and the NJ Jackals.  In 2022, their offense led the Frontier League in batting average and was top 3 in many important offensive categories including Hits, Runs, RBI, HR and Slugging %.   Prior to NJ, Jared was the Hitting Coach for the Ottawa Champions under Hal Lanier and Sebastien Boucher winning a Can-Am League Championship in 2016.    Jared has also been a Head Coach at the Collegiate and High School levels in his home state of Maine at Southern Maine Community College and his alma mater Maranacook High School winning conference Coach of the Year at both places respectively.  Jared played professionally as a center fielder for five years at the independent level serving four in the Can-Am finishing with the Quebec Capitales and one in the American Association for Sioux Falls. Jared was educated at Bowdoin College in Maine where he played and was Bowdoin's Male Athlete of the Year in 2006 and got his Master's degree from Springfield College in Sports Management while serving as a Teaching Fellow. Jared is married to Veronique Levasseur and has a Jack Russell named Willie.  He loves playing soccer and softball and enjoys singing karaoke from time to time.