Bishop McLaughlin has a pair of new faces in its athletic department.
Tom LoSauro was recently picked as the Hurricanes athletic director and baseball coach, according to Bishop McLaughlin principal Sarah Regan. The move came a week after Derrick Alexander was named the football coach at the Pasco County private school.
LoSauro was most recently the baseball coach at Fort Myers Bishop Verot Catholic, where he guided the program to the 2011 Class 3A state championship and was named the 3A Coach of the Year be the Florida High School Athletic Association.
Two of LoSauro’s players were taken within the first 70 picks during the MLB draft this year.
LoSauro coached at Bishop Verot for 13 years and also served as an assistant athletic director last year. He replaces Nick Rodriguez, who stepped down in May after six years with the Hurricanes to become the assistant head of school at Independent Day School in Tampa.
Bishop McLaughlin baseball went 21-8 in 2011, reaching the 2A regional semifinals.
As for football, Alexander has been a Hurricanes assistant the last few years. He is no stranger to the gridiron, as he played defensive end for three years in college at Florida State University (FSU) and for five years in the NFL.
During his redshirt sophomore season at FSU, Alexander posted a team-high 100 tackles, including 11 against the University of Nebraska in the Orange Bowl to help the Seminoles secure the 1993 national championship. He was also named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year and an All-American selection as a junior.
Alexander entered the NFL draft after his junior season at FSU. He was taken with the 11th overall pick by the Minnesota Vikings, where he played four seasons. Alexander played one year with the Cleveland Browns before retiring.
Alexander started 67 games during his five-year NFL career, recording 228 tackles, 20 sacks and five forced fumbles. He replaces Matt Nardo, who stepped down in July to take a coaching job at Marietta College in Ohio. The Hurricanes went 7-3 as an independent program in 2010.
—All high school stats as recorded to Maxpreps.com by coaches.
