Raphael Cerrato
# Raphael Cerrato

Raphael Cerrato is an American college baseball coach and former player. Cerrato is the head coach of the Rhode Island Rams baseball team.

## Coaching career

Cerrate returned to the University of Rhode Island as a volunteer assistant in 1997. From 1998 to 2000, Cerrato was an assistant at the UMass Minutemen baseball program. Following his stint at UMass, Cerrato became the top assistant for the Brown Bears baseball team. In 2006, he became the top assistant for the University of New Haven, only to be promoted to head coach the next year. Cerrato lead the Chargers to a 131–97 record in 5 seasons as the head coach.

In 2012, he returned to Rhode Island to become an assistant for Jim Foster.

On July 17, 2014, Cerrato was named the interim head coach for the Rhode Island baseball team. After guiding the Rams to a 26–25–1 in 2015, Cerrato signed a 4-year contract to be the permanent head coach on July 23, 2015.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :

| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| New Haven Chargers (East Coast Conference) (2007–2008) ||||||
| 2007 | New Haven | 28–18 | 16–11 | 5th | |
| 2008 | New Haven | 24–25 | 17–10 | 3rd | |
| New Haven: | New Haven: | | 33-21 | | |
| New Haven Chargers (Northeast-10 Conference) (2009–2011) ||||||
| 2009 | New Haven | 22–21 | 16–14 | 5th | Northeast-10 Tournament |
| 2010 | New Haven | 31–15 | 18–8 | 3rd | NCAA Regional |
| 2011 | New Haven | 26–18 | 14–12 | 5th | Northeast-10 Tournament |
| New Haven: | New Haven: | 131–97 | 48–34 | | |
| Rhode Island Rams (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2015–present) ||||||
| 2015 | Rhode Island | 26–25–1 | 15–9 | T-2nd | Atlantic 10 tournament |
| 2016 | Rhode Island | 31–27 | 18–6 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 2017 | Rhode Island | 31–22 | 17–6 | 2nd | Atlantic 10 tournament |
| 2018 | Rhode Island | 24–27 | 13–11 | T-7th | |
| 2019 | Rhode Island | 24–29 | 14–9 | 6th | Atlantic 10 tournament |
| 2020 | Rhode Island | 8–5 | 0–0 | | Season canceled due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | Rhode Island | 28–26–1 | 14–6 | 1st (North) | Atlantic 10 tournament |
| 2022 | Rhode Island | 20–35 | 14–10 | 4th | Atlantic 10 tournament |
| 2023 | Rhode Island | 23–29 | 13–11 | 7th | Atlantic 10 tournament |
| Rhode Island: | Rhode Island: | 215–225–2 (.489) | 118–68–0 (.634) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 346–322–2 (.518) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||
