Coaching Staff

Ryan Smyth returned to the Gatemen for his second season as manager in 2024. In his first season at the helm, the Gatemen finished 15-27-2. They improved to 22-17-1 in his second season. Smyth was previously an assistant coach with the Brewster Whitecaps for six years under Jamie Shevchik, and was on staff for the Whitecaps’ CCBL Championship wins in 2017 and 2021. Before joining the CCBL in 2016, Smyth worked with the Danbury Westerners in the New England Collegiate Baseball League as both an assistant and a manager from 2011 to 2015.

During the rest of the year, Smyth works as the associate head coach at Keystone College, where he’s been a part of the staff since 2011. In 2016, he was promoted from an assistant to the associate head coach. The New Jersey native also played baseball at Keystone, helping the Giants post a combined record of 70-15 during his time on the team. He went on to have a two-year playing career in the Frontier League before transitioning to coaching.

Mike Mobbs joined the Gatemen for the third season in 2024, having coached in Wareham in 2018 and 2023. Mobbs served as hitting coach/3B coach for the 2018 championship team. Mobbs has spent eight years coaching collegiately, four years at Felician University (2014-17) and four years at New York University (2017-21). Mobbs has spent the past two years coaching at Don Bosco Prep, who are back-to-back NJ State Champions, crowned the No. 1 ranked team in the state of NJ and top 50 nationally. In 2019, NYU would set a program record for conference victories while once again leading the UAA in runs, triples and walks. Five players were selected All-UAA, three received ACBA All-Region awards and one was a CoSIDA Academic All-District selection. In 2018, with Mobbs as hitting coach, NYU set a school record in wins and hit .300 as a team.

As hitting coach at Felician University, the Falcons would lead the East Region (37 teams) in batting average in consecutive years, 2016 and 2017. In 2017, Felician would become nationally ranked for the first time in school history, reaching as high as No. 16 in the country. Mobbs played collegiately at Fordham University, where he would finish top 20 in school history in games played. As a senior, Mobbs led Fordham in runs scored and fielding percentage while being named team captain. After graduating, he would go on to play three years in the Frontier League & American Association, collecting 135 hits in 135 professional games. In 2011, Mobbs finished as a finalist for the Frontier League Rookie of the Year, hitting .288 with 17 doubles and seven home runs.

Born and raised in Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Eric Luksis had made a name for himself within baseball. As a left-handed pitcher at Manhattan College, he won a MAAC Championship, and had a Gainesville Regionals appearance. After two seasons as a Jasper, Eric transferred to the University of Tampa to finish out his college career. At Tampa, he was a two-time conference champion, and won the National Championship in 2013. After graduating, he spent the summer as a pitching coach for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks in the Cape Cod Baseball League, the team making a Final Four appearance.

Throughout his career, Eric has had a consistent winning record, whether it was as an athlete, or a coach, and this is shown through his achievements. In 2023, Eric was awarded the Florida Diamond Club Coach of the Year for the entire state amongst all classifications, as well as the Art Vandeguard Award winner for Respect selected by the Umpires Association.

Cody Doyle returned to Wareham for his fifth season on the Gatemen coaching staff. Cody specializes in working with catchers and assists with all aspects of the team's offense. He is also the Gatemen Youth Clinic Director and Lead Instructor. In his time with the Gatemen, the team has had three catchers selected as Cape Cod League All-Stars (Dallas Beaver in 2019, Jimmy Crooks in 2021 and Ryan Campos in 2022).

Currently, Cody is the head varsity baseball coach at Trinity-Pawling School, a private boarding school in Pawling, N.Y. Prior to T-P, Doyle got his coaching career started as an assistant coach at the University of New Haven. Cody played at Sacred Heart University for four years as a catcher, was a team captain and a member of the 2015 NEC Champion team. He was also an All-Star selection in both the Futures League and NECBL during his time at the university.