Head Softball Coach at Barry University since 2017, 2024 Sunshine State Conference Coach of the Year and the founder of Elite Collegiate Skills camps.
Sean Cotter was named the seventh head coach in Barry University softball history in the fall of 2017. He came to Miami Shores after three seasons as associate head coach at Florida Tech, bringing more than two decades of college coaching experience with him.
Before Florida, he built winning programs in the Northeast: one season at Teikyo Post, ten seasons at SUNY Plattsburgh — where he led the Cardinals to a fourth-place finish at the 2007 NCAA Division III Championship — and five seasons at UMass Lowell.
In 2024 he earned his first Sunshine State Conference Coach of the Year award. Off the field, he has served on the NFCA Board of Directors, NFCA Top-25 committees at all three NCAA levels and the Division III All-America Committee.
Cotter holds a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s degree in counseling psychology from the University of Connecticut.
First head coaching job — a 33–16 season.
Ten seasons and 258 wins, including a fourth-place finish at the 2007 NCAA Division III Championship.
Five seasons leading the River Hawks program.
Three seasons on the Panthers staff before taking over at Barry.
Seventh head coach in program history. 2024 SSC Coach of the Year and NCAA Division II postseason play with the Buccaneers.
At every Elite Collegiate Skills camp, Coach Cotter and his staff teach the same things they teach Barry’s student-athletes: master the fundamentals, compete every rep and play with confidence.
Barry University is an NCAA Division II member of the Sunshine State Conference, located in Miami Shores, Florida. Camps are held at the Barry University Softball Stadium on campus.
A competitive Sunshine State Conference program that balances high-level softball with academics.
Year-round softball weather and a campus just minutes from downtown Miami.
Coach Cotter’s players have earned 33 NFCA Scholar All-America honors.
