McNicholas High School has named Brian Gatio as their new head baseball coach Friday. Gatio succeeds Jake Oester, who recently resigned for more family time and added work commitments.
Gatio has an extensive background as a coach at the high school level, including stints at three different local schools, including his alma mater McNicholas. He has spent the last two years as the pitching coach for McNicholas. Prior to being at McNicholas for what is his second stint as an assistant, Gatio spent five seasons at Turpin and Anderson as the pitching coach.
A 1994 graduate of McNicholas, Gatio was a player from 1991-1994 earning a number of accolades and helping lead the Rockets to a district runner-up finish in 1993. After his efforts in high school, Gatio went on to play baseball at Northern Kentucky University before returning to McNicholas as a full-time assistant in 1997
