Ryan Fecteau will return as a member of Steve Owens's staff for his second season with the Bulldogs, serving as the team's pitching coach and recruiting coordinator.

In 2011, he guided a Bulldogs pitching staff that finished the year with a 4.23 ERA, including a 3.85 mark against Northeast Conference opponents.

Fecteau fashioned one of the most decorated pitching staffs in the conference during the 2011 season. Under his tutelage, Mark Andrews, the all-time leader in appearances and saves in program history, finished his career on a high note, earning Second Team All-NEC honors as a relief pitcher. 

The Bulldogs starting rotation also thrived in Fecteau's first season in Smithfield. Bryant's starters put together a 3.87 ERA on the season and earned six NEC Pitcher of the Week Awards. A nine-game winner during his freshman year in 2010, Pete Kelich thrived under Fecteau, earning three Akadema/NEC Pitcher of the Week awards and finished the year with a 6-3 record and 4.04 ERA. That included a pair of complete game shutouts over Mount St. Mary's and Sacred Heart.

Fecteau also saw Andrews win Akadema/NEC Pitcher of the Week honors twice and Sal Lisanti claim the award once. In all, the Bulldogs won six of the 11 honors given out by the conference on the season.

On top of the weekly honors, the Bulldogs also claimed the league's top ERA amongst starting pitchers as John Michael Ryan sported a 2.57 ERA on the season.

Fecteau came to Smithfield after holding the same position for St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. While at St. Lawrence, where Fecteau also worked as a graduate assistant from 2005-2007, Fecteau helped the Saints pitching staff to the tenth best ERA in the nation in 2007.

Prior to St. Lawrence, Fecteau was the pitching coach for University of South Carolina Upstate and Southern Utah University. While at Southern Utah, Fecteau helped lead the Thunderbirds to an appearance in the Summit League Championship in 2008. The team also notched a program record 31 wins that season with Fecteau leading the pitching staff.

From 2008-2010, Fecteau was the head coach of the Haymarket Senators in the prestigious Valley Baseball League, located in Virginia. Fecteau led the Senators to a Valley League championship in 2009, and in 2010 he was named Coach of the Year, along with winning the regular-season championship. Former Bulldog pitchers Andrews and Sal Lisanti have both pitched for the Senators in '09 and '10, respectively.

As a player, Fecteau captained the 2004 Saint Anselm Hawks to a NE-10 regular-season championship as well as a NCAA regional. He finished his decorated pitching career as the program leader in wins (20), innings pitched (312) and strikeouts (254). Fecteau tossed the program's first ever no-hitter in his last career start, striking out 11 in a 1-0 win over American International College.

The Gilmanton, New Hampshire native earned his Bachelor's Degree in Business from Saint Anselm in 2005 and his Master's Degree in Education from Saint Lawrence in 2007.