University of Albany

    Matt Quatraro enters his fifth year as a member of Jon Mueller’s coaching staff after spending seven years in the Tampa Bay  Rays’ organization.
    Quatraro’s best season came in 2001 with Orlando, as he hit .325 with six home runs and 35 RBI. That season, Quatraro also had a career-high 88 hits, including 24 doubles. In his career, he reached as high as AAA Durham, in 2002.
    Originally an eighth-round pick of the Rays in the 1996 MLB Draft, Quatraro earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Old Dominion University. He helped lead ODU to three straight CAA conference titles and three consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. One of only two Monarchs to bat .400 for his career, Quatraro earned second-team All-America honors in 1996. He was inducted into ODU’s sports hall of fame on April 24, 2004.
    Quatraro, who earned the Rays’ Community Service Award in 2002 for his work with children, has served as a bullpen catcher and instructor in the Tampa organization since 2003. He spent two seasons as a coach for the Hudson Valley Renegades, Tampa Bay’s short season-A affiliate in the New York-Penn League, before taking over as manager of the club for the past two seasons. He is the first former Rays farmhand to join the organization’s coaching staff. Quatraro and his wife, Christine, reside in the Capital Region.