Some days Chris Wojick heads to the Eastern Connecticut State University baseball complex for work, other days to the golf course.

And sometimes he pulls double duty with his two jobs — associated head coach/pitching coach for the baseball team, head coach for the golf team.

Take Tuesday.

Wojick planning the next couple of weeks for the baseball program before going to Mohegan Sun Country Club in Baltic for a friendly intrasquad golf match.

"It's interesting," said Wojick, a 2006 Montville High School graduate. "I grew up in southeastern Connecticut and I get to do two things that I love. At the end of the day, I get to go to the baseball field and golf course and get paid for it.

"It's pretty amazing."

Baseball has always been a major part of Wojick's life. He played for a state championship team at Montville and helped Eastern qualify for four straight NCAA tournaments, capture two Little East Conference regular-season titles and a conference tournament championship during his college days. He made the natural transition to coaching.

Golf is a relatively newfound love for Wojick compared to baseball. He didn't take the game seriously when he was 19 years old.

Now he's a member at Shennecossett Golf Course at Groton.

"I'm super into golf," said Wojick, who lives in Mystic.

A 2011 Eastern graduate, Wojick returned to his alma mater in 2018, joining coach Brian Hamm's staff after a successful seven-year run as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Wesleyan University.

The golf gig came about a year later.

When Eastern decided to bring the program back after a 38-year hiatus, athletic director Lori Runksmeier hired Wojick for the head coaching job in October 2019.

"She knew I was into golf and knew I played a lot," Wojick said. "I had been the recruiting coordinator from a baseball perspective at Wesleyan University and had helped coach the golf team there.

"It just made sense from that perspective when we added the golf team at Eastern. I had a little bit of experience helping out with college golf and a lot of experience recruiting. Recruiting for golf is a little bit different than baseball, but it's still the same thing. I think selling Eastern is really easy."

Eastern is like a second home to the 33-year-old Wojick.

His father, Bill, grew up in Willimantic. Bill and his wife, Anna, are Eastern graduates.

At first, Wojick went a different route after graduating from Montville. He attended Maine and Marist before transferring to Eastern in the spring of 2008. A relief pitcher, he appeared in 74 career games and finished with a 13-4 record, 4.13 earned run average and eight saves.

Wojick also has been successful in the coaching ranks, especially this spring.

The Warriors are enjoying a terrific baseball season. They're off to the program's best start through 30 games (26-4 overall), ranked first in New England and 17th in the nation in Division III. They reside in first place in the Little East.

On the golf course, Wojick guided Eastern to the inaugural Little East men's golf championship. His golfers dealt with difficult conditions on two windy, cold late April days at Valley Country Club in Warwick, R.I.

"It was extremely satisfying," Wojick said of the championship win.

As a first-time head coach of a new program, Wojick has been learning on the fly. He has set up a nice foundation in a short time, stocking his roster with players mostly from Connecticut, including freshman Ben Torre (Killingly) and sophomore Andrew Gromko (Norwich Free Academy).

Wojick says coaching golf is similar in some ways to his job as pitching coach. He's passionate about doing both.

"It's actually not something that is extremely different from teaching pitching, as much as people would like to think they're very opposite," Wojick said. "From a mental standpoint, I think playing golf and pitching go a little bit hand-and-hand, because in golf you make a bad shot, it's on you. It's the same thing from a pitching perspective as well. If you let a guy double in the gap, hit the ball over the fence, or walk a guy, ultimately it lands on your shoulders."

"From a golf and pitching perspective, once you get to the collegiate level, a portion of it is about talent but a portion of it is how well do you compete and how well do you handle adversity."

Wojick's coaching workload next spring will be a bit lighter. Golf is normally a fall sport but was moved to this spring this year due to COVID-19 issues. He also won't have to deal with disruptive scheduling changes that occurred this spring.

"In a normal season when golf is in the fall, it's a lot easier because we'll build our baseball schedule around my golf schedule," he said.

While the Eastern golf season is over, Wojick hopes baseball will keep him busy into June. The Warriors will likely qualify for the NCAA tournament.

This summer, he plans on playing more golf. That's if he has time given that he and his wife, Courtney, have a baby on the way. The due date is in late June.

And Wojick also will be coaching. He's co-owner of the Connecticut Crush, a youth travel baseball team.

"I'm definitely looking forward to the summer," he said. "It's been a lot for everybody during COVID. From a scheduling perspective in college, it's been brutal. ... I'll have more time to spend with my family. I'm looking forward to that, too."

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