Joe Haumacher, who is currently the pitching coach at Amherst College, played Division I baseball at Wofford College and Old Dominion University, where he earned his B.A. in Communications in 2011. Following graduation, he played professional baseball in the Pecos League, CanAm League, and Atlantic League.

Haumacher is no stranger to summer collegiate baseball as he was the manager of the Orange County Surf, a collegiate league based in Orange County, California, and he led the Surf to the league championship in the summers of 2015 and 2017. He also spent a season as the pitching coach at Raritan Valley Community College, in New Jersey. In addition to his aforementioned coaching experiences, Haumacher worked four years with world-renowned pitching guru Tom House and the National Pitching Association at the University of Southern California. As a Rotational Athlete Specialist, Haumacher worked with professional baseball players including Jaime Garcia, Jason Hammel and Ryan Sherriff, guiding them through shoulder rehabilitations, training regimens and delivery adjustments.