Pittsfield's Chad Shade, center, is congratulated by his Kansas State teammates after hitting his only Division I home run in 2001. It was the final at-bat of his college career. Shade has been named the head baseball coach at his alma mater Springfield College.
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Pittsfield's Chad Shade, center, is congratulated by his Kansas State teammates after hitting his only Division I home run in 2001. It was the final at-bat of his college career. Shade has been named the head baseball coach at his alma mater Springfield College.
- KANSAS STATE PHOTO
Pittsfield's Chad Shade named head baseball coach at Springfield College
- By Howard Herman, The Berkshire Eagle
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Pittsfield native and former Amherst College assistant coach Chad Shade has been named head coach at his alma mater, Springfield College.
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