Since 1992 Coach Buoniconti has devoted his life to improving baseball teams through his genuine passion for baseball. Coupled with a background in social sciences and his natural ability to communicate, Coach Buoniconti is a team-building powerhouse. 

Buoniconti currently focuses his fine-tuned coaching efforts on the growth of the Marianapolis baseball program as Head Coach of the Varsity Baseball Team. He is also the co-owner/manager of the Spartans Central Mass team and the New English Knights Fall baseball team.

Coach Buoniconti began his career as Border Conference All-Star in 1987. After college, he returned to the field to coach both high school and college-level teams for the past 22 years. It was during this time that Coach Buoniconti coached the likes of Steve McCaughey(Brown University),Dan McCaughey(University of Pennsylvania),Chris Carpentier(Bryant University),Chad Crosby(Worcester State University),Peter Ruzzo(Clarkson University),Elijah Olacio(Rhode Island College),Curran Jacobs(Umass Dartmouth),Colby Pion(University of Scranton),Daniel Moors(Trinity College), Jacob Holgrem(Franklin Pierce), Ricky Rushton(US Naval Academy),Nicholas Lindberg(Saint Michael's College),Colby Jacobs(Lesley College),DJ Prampin(Dayton University), David Pedanou(Dayton University), Michael Bokis(Franklin Pierce University), Alek Popovich(University of Hartford).

Most notably, Coach Buoniconti led Quaboag Regional High school in an undefeated season which resulted in a conference championship and sportsmanship award two years in a row.

Today, Nick Buoniconti continues to share his passion for coaching and team-building through his work at Marianapolis Preparatory School where, in 2021, they reached the Tri-State Wood Bat Championship game. Also, in 2023 The Marianapolis Golden Knights had captured The Small Schools “Class B” Tournament Championship.

Jim Richardson currently serves as the Director of College Placement and is an Assistant Coach for the Boy's Varsity Baseball team. Jim joined Marianapolis in June of 2015 after spending 20 years in college admission at three New England colleges (Bryant University (4+ years), College of the Holy Cross (14 years), and Wheaton College (2 years)). Jim lives in Lincoln, RI with his wife and two children, Olivia (Marianapolis '24) and Owen. Outside of Marianapolis, Jim enjoys spending time outdoors, coaching his kids’ athletic teams, and following his two favorite professional teams, the Boston Red Sox and the Miami Dolphins.