Bio

Anthony Pacillo was named the new Head Softball Coach in October of 2023. A native of Bayonne, NJ, Anthony comes to Brookdale after a successful career in law enforcement. Anthony’s passion for the game of baseball parlayed into his passion for softball after coaching his daughter Antonia at an early age.

For the past 11 years Anthony has coached at the highest levels of club / travel softball, which included multiple age groups. Several of Anthony’s former players went on to successful academic and athletic collegiate careers. Anthony is known for his energetic style of coaching, as well as his devotion to his student-athlete’s goals, both on the field, and in the classroom. Anthony currently resides in Cliffwood, NJ with his daughter, Brookdale assistant softball coach Antonia Pacillo.

“It is an honor and a privilege for me to follow in the footsteps of Coach Scannapieco, a softball coaching legend, and a pillar of the Brookdale community. I appreciate the opportunity to assist our student athletes in advancing their academic and athletic careers. It is my intent to utilize all the tools at my disposal to maintain the same winning tradition, and positive mindset, that our student athletes, and the Brookdale community are accustomed to”.