BUTTE, MT – The Expedition League’s Butte, Montana Team is pleased to announce the hiring of Tom Carty for the 2021 season as the team’s first ever Manager. Carty comes to Butte with outstanding experience at the collegiate level having spent extensive time as a head coach, recruiting coordinator and pitching coach during his career.

Carty finished his fourth season with LIU Brooklyn in 2020, where he serves as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator. LIU’s pitching staff has enjoyed great success under Carty’s tutelage and Tom has coached three All-NEC performers on the mound.

In 2019, LIU ranked second in the NEC with three shutouts on the year. The team ranked second in the league with 383 strikeouts and a 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings average. LIU finished third in the league with a 5.33 earned run average. The team set a program single game record for strikeouts as four pitchers combined for 18 strikeouts against Manhattan on March 26.

During the 2018 campaign, Carty helped coach LIU to its first NEC Championship and first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1972 with a program record 31-win campaign. LIU’s pitching staff ranked third in the NEC with a 4.98 earned run average, a two-run improvement from the previous season. The team logged a league-high 488.0 innings in 2018. With an 8.2 strikeout per nine inning average for the year, LIU set a program single season record with 442 strikeouts.

Tom has also helped mentor student-athletes who thrived in the classroom, as the program has had five-straight semesters of a 3.2 GPA or better, including a 3.5 GPA in fall of 2018.

Prior to his time at LIU, Carty had nine highly successful seasons as head coach at Georgia College. During his near-decade as skipper of the Bobcats, Carty went 311-169, a .648 winning percentage, including three regular season titles and two Peach Belt Tournament titles. The team also advanced to seven NCAA Division II Tournaments during his tenure and finished third in the nation at the Division II World Series in 2010. Tom was named the 2010 Peach Belt and NCBWA Region Coach of the Year in 2010.

Under Carty, 12 Bobcats players earned All-America status. The program had 28 all-conference and 22 all-region selections while Carty was at the helm, and over 22 players went on to play professional baseball. Carty was named the 2010 and 2013 Georgia Dugout Club Coach of the Year and in 2006, the Bobcats' pitching staff set the school record for team ERA.

Prior to Georgia College, Tom was the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Marshall University for four seasons (2001-05). He was responsible for the development of the pitching staff, the recruitment of student-athletes as well as additional administrative tasks.

Tom has also had stops at Atlantic Coast Conference school N.C. State as director of baseball operations and at West Chester University and Montgomery County Community College. Carty managed the Green Bay Booyah in the Northwoods League in 2019 and 2020. Tom is a graduate of Gwynedd Mercy College with a bachelor's degree in history.

“In Tom Carty, the new Butte, Montana Team and the residents of Butte-Silver Bow have landed one of the top collegiate coaches in the country with an outstanding track record for recruiting, which will position our team to be a top contender in the Expedition League right out of the gate”, stated Dane Wagner, GM of the Team. “We’re thrilled to have landed a manager of Tom’s caliber here in Butte. I can’t wait for 2021 Opening Day on May 25th.”

"I am extremely excited to become the first Field Manager of the Butte team in the growing Expedition League”, said Carty. “I wasn’t planning on managing this upcoming summer, but after taking a closer look at the direction the Expedition League is taking under Steve and the thought of being a part of a new expansion team in Butte, Montana, I was all ears. I believe in using our skills to broaden our life experiences and for me and my family this was a no brainer! I will work extremely hard to pass my knowledge and passion for the game of baseball to the strong roster we will put together to make Butte an instant contender in the Expedition League. While I have always seen coaching as a service industry profession, I am really looking forward to becoming a part of the Butte community on and off the field. I’m also looking forward to our new team name and the new gear that goes with it!"