Jarrod Saltalamacchia - Manager
Jarrod Saltalamacchia is the head coach/field manager of the Falmouth Commodores.
2025 Coaches and Staff
Coaching Staff
Coach Saltalamacchia, also known as “Salty,” spent more than 12 seasons in Major League Baseball and has extensive coaching experience as well as Cape Cod Baseball League experience.
Saltalamacchia was drafted straight out of high school in the first round of the 2003 MLB Draft by the Atlanta Braves. While with the Braves, he won the 2005 Minor League Player of the Year and was a Minor League All-Star. During those years, he also competed and won three gold medals with Team USA in 2001, 2002 and 2005.
From 2007-2010, Saltalamacchia played for the Texas Rangers before being traded to the Boston Red Sox. He helped the Red Sox win the 2013 World Series. That same year, he was named the Palm Beach County Professional Player of the Year. Saltalamacchia also had stints with the Miami Marlins, Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers and Toronto Blue Jays before retiring in 2019.
For the past three years, coach Saltalamacchia had served as an assistant coach with the Bourne Braves. He has also served as the head varsity coach for The King’s Academy over the past five years after joining them as the varsity baseball assistant coach in the 2018-19 season.
Saltalamacchia was just recently named an inductee in the 2020 Palm Beach County Sports Hall of Fame.
Beau McMillan - Asst. Head Coach
Beau McMillan is the assistant head coach of the Falmouth Commodores and leads the Commodores’ youth baseball clinics.
He is in his fourth season as associate head coach at Palm Beach Atlantic University and his sixth year as head coach for the Delray Beach Lightning.
McMillan spent a total of six seasons on the coaching staff at his alma mater, Lynn University, in Boca Raton, Fla., which included being a part of the staff for the Fighting Knights' NCAA Division II National Championship team in 2009.
In his first year coaching LU, he oversaw eight team offensive records shattered as LU won its first national title. The Knights broke marks for at-bats, hits, runs batted in, total bases, runs, walks, on-base percentage and sacrifice flies while also finishing in the top three for doubles, slugging percentage, sacrifice hits, batting average and home runs.
The only player in program history to garner First Team All-Sunshine State Conference accolades twice, McMillan left LU with program records for doubles (49), total bases (394), runs scored (200) and stolen bases (77). He also finished in the top five for games played (196) and started (194), hits (251), at-bats (758), triples (8), home runs (26) and runs batted in (119).
McMillan began his professional career with the Gulf Coast League Marlins before being twice promoted to the Jamestown Jammers of the New York Penn League and the Greensboro Grasshoppers of the South Atlantic League. He later advanced to the Marlins' Triple-A affiliate, the Albuquerque Isotopes.
Following his playing career, he worked with Perfect Competition, a company that promotes performance enhancement, skill and professional development, and sports nutrition.
A 2004 graduate with a degree in business administration, McMillan resides in Delray Beach.
Quinn Stromberg - Infield/Hitting Coach
Quinn Stromberg is the infield/hitting coach for the Falmouth Commodores.
A former four-year bullpen catcher at Auburn University, Quinn has a strong foundation in pitching and catching dynamics, along with a deep understanding of game strategy.
Stromberg’s coaching resume includes roles as the bullpen coach for the Charlottesville Tom Sox (Summer 2023) and the first base coach for the Bourne Braves (Summer 2024). He was part of Auburn's 2022 College World Series run, along with taking the Bourne Braves to the 2023 championship in the Cape Cod Baseball League.
General Management
Paul Aries - General Manager
Paul is joining the Falmouth Commodores as general manager.
He is a 25-year partner at A2 Associates, LLC, responsible for all aspects of conference planning for non-profit organizations. He recently retired from 18 years with Nelnet Business Services where he managed SaaS sales for billing and payments to the higher education sector. In this position, he also developed relationships with colleges and universities, trained new staff members and presented at industry conferences.
Actively involved in community sports, Paul has been chair of the Town of Westwood Recreation Commission, on the board of the Northern California Junior Hockey Association, a coach and tournament director for the Tri-Valley Minor Hockey Association and an official and trainer for the USA Hockey Program.
Paul and his wife Jennifer reside in Mashpee, Mass., where he is president of the Mashpee Shores Association (HOA). They enjoy being a host family for the Commodores.
Nick Carlson - Assistant General Manager
Nicholas Carlson is from Kings Park, N.Y., and graduated from Virginia Tech in 2024 with a B.A. in philosophy.
With a diverse background in sports management, coaching and business operations, Nicholas is passionate about player development and bringing innovation to the baseball community. He also currently serves as the assistant GM of operations at Seven Tool Catching & Heavy Hitters Club, where he is an instructor, manages clinic logistics and implements the use of HitTrax for player performance analysis.
Beyond coaching, he is the head of sales for C25 Catcher Training Products, where the company has successfully expanded its reach to MLB organizations and collegiate programs nationwide. Nicholas is also a project manager with American Made Baseball Company, where he combines strategic planning and engineering collaboration to innovate systems that elevate the baseball re-manufacturing process. He looks forward to being a part of a special culture here in Falmouth.
Medical Staff
Don O'Malley, M.D. - Team Physician
Dr. O’Malley enters his 24th year as the team physician for the Falmouth Commodores.
He trained at the Military Medical School in Bethesda, Md., and did his orthopedic training at Naval Hospital in Bethesda. He served 16 years in the Navy before coming to Falmouth. Dr. O’Malley was the team physician at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy from 1994-98. He attended the Advanced Team Physician Course and is board certified in the specialty of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. Dr. O’Malley is the former president of the Irish American Orthopedic Society and a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and American College of Sports Medicine. Dr. O’Malley is currently the Medical Director for the Cape Cod Baseball League.
Karen Trait-O’Malley, MS, PA-C - Physician Assistant
Karen begins her 18th year working with the Commodores.
She received her undergraduate degree from Boston University (BU) and her Master’s Degree from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. While at BU, she was on a full athletic scholarship for women’s lacrosse and played in the NCAA playoffs in 1999-2000. Originally from Syracuse, N.Y., Karen was also a championship Irish Step Dancer and qualified for the World Championships in Ireland. She is a physician assistant working for Falmouth Orthopedic Center, Cape Cod Healthcare, in Falmouth.
Erich Menke - Athletic Trainer Intern
Erich is a rising junior at Endicott College, majoring in Exercise Science/Pre-Athletic Training.
He is returning this summer, working with the Falmouth Commodores' AT staff.
Lane Caldwell - Athletic Trainer Intern
Lane is a rising senior at the University of South Carolina, working on her bachelor’s degree in exercise science.
She is an Atlanta native and plans to attend graduate school for athletic training in the future. Lane has worked as a student athletic training intern with the University of South Carolina football team for the past two years, and has previously had student AT internships with a minor league hockey team and lacrosse team.
Laura Murphy, EdM, ATC, LAT, CSCS - Athletic Trainer
Laura is in her 13th season with the Commodores; she is originally from Boxborough, Mass., and a 2011 graduate of Endicott College in Beverly, Mass., with a Bachelor’s Degree in Athletic Training.
After graduating from Endicott, she went on to work at Emerson College in Boston, Mass. as a graduate assistant athletic trainer. She currently works as community care coordinator at Hanger Clinic. Laura is a certified member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association and is a licensed athletic trainer by the Massachusetts Board of Allied Health. She is also a certified strength and conditioning coach through the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
Nina Wilson - Assistant Athletic Trainer
Nina is a recent graduate of Texas Christian University, completing her M.S. in athletic training.
She completed her undergraduate studies at Louisiana State University with a degree in Kinesiology (Pre-AT). This will be Nina’s second season with the Cape Cod League, and she is excited to spend her summer with the Commodores as a certified athletic trainer.
Nina joins the Commodores for her second season as the Assistant Athletic Trainer.