Harold "Whitey" Fell (1985)

Coach Fell was a professor in the business department at CCRI when he was asked to coach the brand-new baseball program; he started the program with no field or equipment.  He remained being a coach for 19 years with the program and in that time, they never had a losing season.  Coach Fell never missed a game or practice while coaching and his teams have won 250 games in his career.  Many of the players he has coached had gone on to play professional baseball.  The baseball field is named after him now and he has been recognized for his many achievements.  He is a part of the Coventry High School Hall of Fame, the University of Rhode Island Athletic Hall of Fame, and the Rhode Island Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame, and has been awarded the Ben Mondor Award, the Frank Lanning Award, and the Rhode Island Umpire Association's Edward Jansen Memorial Award.