COTUIT, Mass. – If you have been to Lowell Park in the past two summers, you've probably seen him in the golf cart, taking out the trash or selling 50/50 tickets. However, this year, he sports a different uniform, the Kettleer pinstripes, as Elliot Wolf is in his first season on the Ketts coaching staff.

"Elliot's just a great human being who loves the game. Tremendous work habits and wants to be here. He has all the ingredients that you look for in a coach," Cotuit skipper Mike Roberts said.

Wolf has been with the Cotuit organization for three seasons, going from gameday intern to assistant coach. In his second season with the Kettleers, he was an analytics intern, the first time Cotuit ever had that position. However, at the end of last season, Wolf was called upon to be the bullpen coach for the season's final four games as Jake Nemith had to depart from Cotuit early.

"I didn't think that I'd ever be on the staff — that kind of just happened,” Wolf said. “It was kind of brought up, and I told him I'd go sit in the bullpen if he needed me to. I always wanted to do something with analytics, and I was building more towards that.”

Going back to school, Wolf was finishing his senior year at Colby College, trying to figure out what was next. What ended up happening was the opportunity to return to Cotuit, but this time as a coach for the entire season.

"I mean, I guess I was pretty good at scrubbing toilets and taking out the trash. Coach Roberts appreciates hard work, and he's really why I am back here," Wolf said.

For Roberts, it was a no-brainer to bring Wolf onto the staff, as over his three years with the Ketts, his tenacious work ethic has always been on display at the park.

"You watch people, you get to know them, and you care about them. When people hang around the ballpark, whether it be him or Will [Thompson], the more that I was around him, the more I'm saying he needs to be in uniform," Roberts said.

One of Wolf’s main jobs before being on the staff was fieldwork. The fieldwork for Cotuit is one of the most important jobs as it keeps Lowell Park clean. While Wolf now gets to work mainly on the field itself, fieldwork was one of the stepping stones to becoming part of the staff.

"He didn't really fit the profile of being a field worker. He looked a little nerdy; he looked more like the analytical guy,” said Al Blanchette, the head of the field workers. “He embraced the job, and he enjoyed it. He wasn't too mechanically inclined, but he picked up the machinery and learned.”

The Ketts have six assistant coaches on the staff, all of whom have just recently graduated or are headed into college. While the coaches have many responsibilities on the field, the assistant coaching duties range from taking care of the field, running Kettleer clinics and compiling scouting reports; it is a 24/7 job for them. Cotuit has probably one of the youngest coaching staffs in the entire league, and it is something that Roberts loves.

"You know, we probably have the youngest coaching staff in the league every year. Every year. And I love it. One, they're hard workers. They take care of the field, they do camp, they're prepared to learn, and I am so grateful for them," Roberts said.

Wolf has made one of the biggest jumps in Cotuit history, going from a game day intern to a part of the coaching staff, but it's not without earning it. Wolf and the coaches now have their eyes set on winning a CCBL championship.

"We got an opening last year, and we put him in it, and he came back this year, and he has everything that I am looking for, and I'm thrilled that Eliott is on our staff," Roberts said.