Joey Gorman begins his third season this fall on the baseball staff for the Golden Rams. After serving one and a half years as an assistant on the previous coaching staff at West Chester, Gorman was elevated to top assistant coach by head coach Mike LaRosa in February.

Gorman will assist LaRosa in all aspects of coaching, including scouting, on-field coaching, player development and office support. He was instrumental in the transition between coaching staffs in the winter of 2021, and LaRosa rewarded him with a spot on his coaching staff.

West Chester authored a 20-11 mark and a second-place finish in the PSAC Eastern Division standings during the 2021 campaign. The Golden Rams qualified for the PSAC Tournament, falling to eventual conference champion Bloomsburg in the quarterfinals.

Gorman comes to the Golden Rams from the Anderson Monarchs, where he has served in his role as player development since June 2020. While with the Monarchs, he developed both individual and team-oriented performance goals. He also coordinated all in-season and off-season strength & conditioning efforts for the Monarchs.

Prior to his roles with the Golden Rams and Monarchs, Gorman served one year as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Neumann University. While with the Knights, he planned daily pitching workouts while coordinating with other members of the field staff, analyzed pitcher performance using tools, reports, and technology such as Driveline, the Core Velocity Belt, and video analysis and prescribed and monitored a customized development plan for each pitcher based on areas of opportunities, strengths, and weaknesses.

Additionally, Gorman communicated plans, goals, and progress with players and relevant staff members, assisted in managing the daily operations of the baseball program – including, but not limited to, field maintenance, set-up, and equipment management - and organized visits with recruits and their families to Neumann University campus.

Gorman earned his master's degree from Neumann University in Sport Business in 2019 while helping out with the baseball program there. He is a 2017 graduate of Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia where he was a member of the Hawks' baseball team for three seasons. He earned his bachelor's degree in Fine Arts with a minor in Communication. He was a two-time athletic honor roll recipient at St. Joseph's as well.

The left-handed pitcher led Neumann-Goretti High School to back-to-back Philadelphia Catholic League and city championships, before matriculating at Saint Joseph's. He was named Catholic League Blue Division MVP and Neumann-Goretti’s Most Outstanding Athlete as a senior, and also pulled in First Team All-Southeastern Pennsylvania, All-City, and All-Catholic League honors in 2011 and 2012. He was named the 2011 Philadelphia Daily News Pitcher of the Year and was a four-time Carpenter Cup team member.