Rick Roberts
Interim Head Coach
Rick Roberts was named interim head coach of the Husson softball program in January 2024 after serving as an assistant coach since 2019. Robert's also oversees facility duties for the Robert & Frances O'Keefe Field and works with the Eagles pitching staff.
While as an assistant, Roberts coached four North Atlantic Conference Pitchers of the Year selections: Jen Jones (2021, 2019) & McKenna Smith (2023, 2022). Additionally, Jones and Smith we both selected to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Region in those same seasons. Roberts also helped the Eagles win four NAC championships, including three straight along with three-straight NCAA Regional appearances.
Prior to Husson, Roberts worked as a volunteer assistant varsity softball coach at Ellsworth High School from 1998-2008 and took over head coaching duties from 2008-2015. Roberts has been coaching/playing softball for over 40 years, while spending 20 years pitching and coaching men’s fast pitch softball in Los Angeles, California. Additionally, he has worked as a member of the coaching staff at Sluggers Baseball & Softball Training Facility in Brewer, Maine and teaches pitching for several Maine schools as well as working with hitters and fielders throughout the State of Maine.
A native of Los Angeles, California, Roberts worked as an officer for the Los Angeles Police Department for 12 years before moving to Maine in 1998 where he worked as an officer for the Ellsworth Police Department.
Lee Speronis
Assistant Coach
Dr. Lee Speronis enters his ninth season as an assistant coach with the Husson softball team in 2020. It marks his third stint with the Eagles after spending his first stint from 2008-13 as an assistant coach for Hall of Fame head coach Amanda Bourgoin and his second during the 2015 season. His areas of coaching responsibilities have included the outfielders, base-running, hitting, coaching first base as well as administrative duties.
OVERVIEW:
During his time on the coaching staff, Coach Speronis has helped guide the Husson softball program to seven winning seasons with a combined 202-100-1 (.668) record with six North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Championships, five NAC Regular Season titles, five NCAA DIII Tournament appearances and and a NCAA Championship Tournament Regional runner-up finish in 2015. He has coached 35 All-Conference, 14 Conference All-Tournament Team, 12 Conference All-Academic selections, and four Eagle Award Winners, three Conference Players of the Year, one Conference Pitcher of the Year, two Conference Rookies of the Year and six Conference Tournament MVPs.
PERSONAL:
When not on the ball field; “Dr. S” serves as the director and as an associate professor at the School of Hospitality, Sport and Tourism Management within Husson University’s College of Business.
Dr. Speronis received his law degree from Stetson University and worked as an attorney in Florida in various capacities for over ten years. He was an area director for a major restaurant company in metropolitan New York before moving to Bangor with his family where he became an award winning managing/partner at one of the area’s premier restaurants.
Since moving to Maine in 2003, Dr. Speronis has concentrated on giving back to the community as much as possible through charitable work and service. Lee served as the board chair of the Bangor Convention and Visitor’s Bureau from 2013-2015 and will serve as board chair of the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce beginning in 2017. He is the treasurer of both the American Folk Festival and the Cross Insurance Center Advisory Group. He is a member of the board of the Maine Restaurant Association and president of the Parish Council at Saint George Greek Orthodox Church. His current and past fundraising activities have included the following: MPBN, the Bangor Humane Society, the Tour de Cure Diabetes Fundraiser in Bar Harbor and Champion the Cure Challenge for the Lafayette Cancer Center.
As an advisor, Dr. Speronis enjoys working with his students closely in order to help them to achieve their goals. He is or has been an advisor to student government, the Hospitality Association and Young Republican clubs at Husson. Lee also was the assistant coach of Husson’s 7-time conference championship softball team, and now serves as the faculty representative to the football team. Lee has always been highly interested in helping students gain knowledge in the business world and hospitality industries through experiential learning. He began his teaching career at Husson as an adjunct professor before joining the faculty full time in 2008. His personal interests include family life with his wife and two children, hiking, kayaking and the Red Sox.
