Coaching Staff

Ryan Smyth returned to the Gatemen for his third season as manager in 2025. In his first season at the helm, the Gatemen finished 15-27-2. They improved to 22-17-1 in his second season and went 20-20-0 in his third year at the helm. 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 returned to the Gatemen for a fourth season in 2025, having coached in Wareham in 2018 and 2023-24. 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.

In the 2024 Cape Cod season, the Gatemen offense led the league in OPS, slugging, doubles and triples. In the spring of 2025, Mobbs coached at Don Bosco Prep again, where the team won the NJ State Championship for the third time in four years, hit .352 as a team and finished ranked No. 17 nationally. In the 2025 MLB Draft, five hitters coached by Mobbs would be selected in the first 102 picks (Brendan Summerhill, Murf Gray, Nick Becker from Don Bosco Prep, Max Williams and Antonio Jimenez). In total, nine former players would be drafted and signed in the draft. In the 2025 summer season, Wareham's offense once again led the Cape League in OPS, slugging, doubles and triples, and the team also led the league in runs scored and home runs.

Luksis hails from Tampa, Fla., where he resides with his wife, Christine, and their two sons, Easton (6) and Hudson (2). He is currently the head baseball coach at Sickles High School in Tampa, leading the program for nine seasons since 2016. Under his guidance, the team boasts an impressive overall record of 150-51, a .746 winning percentage, and notable accomplishments, including the 2023 6A State Championship, two regional championships and three district championships. Luksis has earned numerous accolades, such as the Florida Diamond Club High School Coach of the Year, three Western Conference Coach of the Year awards, two Dairy Farmers Coach of the Year awards and two 813 Preps Coach of the Year honors. He was also recognized with the prestigious Art Vandeguard Award by the Umpires Association.

Before his tenure at Sickles, Luksis served as the pitching coach at Strawberry Crest High School from 2014 to 2016. He has also contributed his expertise to the Cape Cod Baseball League, coaching the Hyannis Harbor Hawks in 2023 and the Wareham Gatemen in 2024. As a player, he competed at Manhattan College and the University of Tampa, where he won three conference championships and a 2013 National Championship while pitching 340 innings over four years. His remarkable career reflects his deep commitment to baseball and his success both on and off the field.