COACHING STAFF


Head Coach Peter Wilk

Pete Wilk enters his 16th season as the head coach of the Georgetown baseball program, taking over duties in the fall of 1999 and helping to rebuild the program in that time. On the field, the Hoyas have become a competitive program in the always-tough BIG EAST Conference and his 298 wins make him the all-time winningest coach in Georgetown history. Off the field, his team has been successful in the classroom and involved in the community, both on-campus and off.

In 2012, the Hoyas won 24 games overall, including 10 in the BIG EAST and went into the final day of play in the regular season with a chance to make the BIG EAST Tournament. In 2004 and 2005, Wilk guided the team to its most successful two-season win total (50) since the 1984-85 seasons. Wilk also was named Coach of the Year by The Hoya for his efforts in 2004.

During his tenure on the Hilltop, Wilk has implemented a Career Night for current Hoya baseball players to get career advice and network with GU baseball alumni. Georgetown players have also been involved in community efforts, working with the on-campus Hoya Dreams program and annually taking part in the D.C. Heart Walk, which raises money for the American Heart Association as well as volunteering with several other off-campus projects.

Wilk has also initiated the preseason First Pitch Dinner which is a fundraiser exclusively for the baseball program. The inaugural First Pitch Dinner in 2005 featured Terry Francona, manager of the 2004 World Champion Boston Red Sox, as the guest speaker and television and radio personality Mike Barnicle as the emcee. Since that time, other sports luminaries such as ESPN analyst Tim Kurkjian, National Baseball Hall of Fame members Johnny Bench and Dave Winfield, 1980 U.S. hockey goalie Jim Craig, former Major League pitcher Jamie Moyer, former major league umpire Bruce Froemming, Tim Russert from NBC's Meet the Press, Baltimore Orioles General Manager Dan Duquette and New York Mets General Manager Sandy Alders have joined the Hoyas at their season-opening event.

Wilk has seen seven Georgetown players move onto the professional ranks. Most recently, the Hoyas had two players selected in the 2012 draft, shortstop Mike Garza and outfielder Justin Leeson. Other Major League draft picks include pitcher Tim Adleman (B'10), Matthew Bouchard ('07), Parker Brooks (C'05), catcher Erick Fernandez (C'11), Rand Ravnaas (B'11). Three other former players, Eddie Pena (B'05), Michael Lombardi (B'04) and Eric Sutton ('02) all signed free agent contracts following their graduation.

Before becoming head coach at Georgetown in 2000, Wilk served as an assistant coach with the Hoyas for the 1998 and 1999 seasons.

Wilk came to the Hilltop in the fall of 1997 after serving as the head baseball coach at Acton-Boxboro High School in Massachusetts, where he helped turn around a program that previously went 3-17 into a 13-10 team that made an appearance in the 1996 state semifinals.

Prior to coaching at Acton-Boxboro, Wilk served as an assistant coach at Harvard University for four years (1992-95). He began his collegiate coaching career at Boston University where he was an assistant coach for two seasons (1990-91).

In addition to his Georgetown coaching duties, Wilk was an assistant coach for the Harwich Mariners of the prestigious Cape Cod summer league, which won the Eastern Division title in 1997 before the Barrington, R.I., native took over the helm of the Mat-Su Miners of the Alaska Baseball League in 1998 and 1999.

Wilk has a wealth of international baseball experience. He has previously worked baseball clinics in the Dominican Republic (2000, '01, '02, '05), as well as in Germany (1996) and Sweden (1994) for Major League Baseball. In January 2001, he worked a clinic in Oslo for the Norwegian Baseball Federation.

Wilk is a 1987 graduate of Rollins College, where he earned a degree in American Studies.

He and his wife, Erin, live in Virginia with their daughters Reese and Casey.


Phil Disher - Assistant Coach

Disher has served as the hitting coach for the Hoyas since the 2013 season. He came to the Hilltop after spending two years as an assistant at Wofford College, where he worked with the hitters and catchers.

Disher was selected twice in the Major League Baseball Draft, first by the San Francisco Giants in the 45th round (2007) and then in the 15th round of the 2008 draft by the Houston Astros. During his first year of pro ball he was named the MVP of the New York-Penn League while with the Tri-City Valley Cats in Troy, N.Y. He finished playing professionally with the Houston Astros organization when he was forced to retire due to an injury.

Disher, a native of South Carolina, graduated from the University of South Carolina in 2007 with a degree in exercise science and a minor in coaching. During his four year career at USC, he was named All-Southeastern Conference during his junior and senior seasons (2006, 2007) and was a third team All-American selection by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association as a senior. While his teams made several postseason appearances, he was named to two NCAA All-Regional teams as well as two All-SEC tournament teams while being named the MVP of the 2007 Virginia Regional.

Disher served as head coach of the Forest City Owls in the Coastal Plains Collegiate Summer League this past summer. The Owls were the first half division champions and Disher was elected as the head coach of the all-star team.


Erik Supplee - Assistant Coach

Erik Supplee joined the Georgetown baseball coaching staff on July 1, 2014 as the pitching coach.

Wake Forest won a combined 58 games in Supplee's two seasons in Winston-Salem where he served as the director of operations in 2013 and the volunteer assistant coach this past season. The Demon Deacons had six players selected in the MLB Draft in the past two seasons, including five pitchers.

Prior to Wake Forest, Supplee spent two seasons as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Lynchburg College where, under his tutelage, five pitchers were selected to the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) All-Conference team and three to the South Region All-Region team. In each of Supplee's seasons, the Lynchburg pitching staff saw significant improvements lowering its team earned run average every year. Lynchburg pitchers also had a great deal of individual success with five pitchers being selected to the Old Dominion Athletic Conference All-Conference team and three to the South Region All-Region team.

Supplee also recruited and oversaw the development of two pitchers named as the 2011 ODAC Rookie of the Year and the 2012 Virginia State Rookie of the Year.

The Hornets had a banner year in 2012, winning the ODAC Tournament for the first time in 22 seasons. The 2012 squad also set a school and ODAC record with 34 wins by posting a record of 34-10.

In the summer of 2012 Supplee served as the head coach of the Wisconsin Woodchucks in the prestigious Northwood's League. That summer, the Woodchucks set a franchise record with 43 wins and reached a national ranking of as high as third in the country according to Perfect Game. Three Woodchucks were named to the postseason all-star team along with seven players being placed on Perfect Game's top 75 prospect list and two being placed in the top six. On Supplee's Woodchuck roster were current Demon Deacon pitchers Jack Fischer, who was named the 2012 Northwood's League Pitcher of the Year, and Austin Stadler.

Prior to his time at Lynchburg, Supplee served as the pitching coach at Longwood University during the 2009 season. While at Longwood, he mentored two pitchers that went on to sign professional contracts with the New York Yankees.

Supplee began his coaching career at Millersville University in 2008. During that year Supplee worked with the outfielders and assisted with the pitching staff. In 2008, the Marauders won the PSAC East regular season title after finishing 9-37 the previous season.

Supplee has also served as the pitching coach for the Lehigh Valley Catz of the Atlantic Collegiate League in the summer of 2008 and the Covington Lumberjacks of the Valley Baseball League in the summer of 2009.

As a player, Supplee pitched four seasons at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. For the Red Foxes, Supplee posted a career record of 18-10 with a 3.79 earned run average. He helped Marist win the 2005 MAAC regular season and conference championships, and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Supplee graduated from Marist in 2007 with a B.A. in History.


Eric Pearlman - Volunteer Assistant Coach

Pearlman joined the Georgetown coaching staff in the fall of 2014. He previous served as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Ursinus College for three seasons. He helped lead the Bears to 42 wins over the past three years and Ursinus received an All-Centennial First Team selection in 2014.

Prior to Ursinus, Pearlman spent two seasons at Swarthmore College as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator.

He played his collegiate baseball at West Chester University, where he helped the Golden Ramsreach the Division II College World Series for the first time inprogram history.