Zukowski new Classical baseball coach

LYNN – Mike Zukowski will wear the Classical green again when he returns as the new baseball coach.The 1996 Classical grad will replace Jim Tgettis, who resigned in June. Zukowski, a teacher at the Career Development Center in Lynn, pitched for the Rams. He also played four years at Merrimack under coach Barry Rosen. He was a captain his senior year.”He’s a teacher in the Lynn public school system and he’s also an assistant varsity girls soccer coach (at Classical) with Marcy Durgin,” said AD Bill Devin Tuesday. “He’s very well thought of, very organize. He came in with a fantastic presentation, with goals and objectives lined up. He’s a fine coach. He’s young, energetic and enthusiastic.”Zukowski said he looking forward to the new job.”I’m excited about the opportunity. I’m excited to meet the returning players, lay the groundwork and get things going,” Zukowski said.Zukowski played for Tgettis his senior year at Classical and prior to that, former coach Dick Maag. Zukowski said his most memorable year playing high school bases was a junior, when the team reached the North final against Stoneham. That was the year Maag had to step down due to health problems and Benji Johns came in to coach. Among Zukowski’s teammates that year were Jim Magner, Brian Richardson and Jeff Waldron, who coached the Classical freshman team two years ago. Tgettis took over the program the following year (1996).Although this is his first head coaching job, Zukowski spent six years as a varsity assistant coach at Masconomet under Pete Delani. Zukowski said he has an idea on who his assistants will be, but wasn’t ready to announce anything along those lines just yet.