Entering his first year with the Merrimack baseball program, Willett comes to North Andover having filled the capacity of pitching coach at Southern New Hampshire University for the 2009 season. At Southern New Hampshire, he helped improve the pitching staff's ERA from 13th-ranked in 2008 to fourth-ranked in 2009 among Northeast-10 schools. Willett also served as a volunteer pitching coach at Rivier College in 2007.
As a player, Willett was drafted in the 21st round by the Chicago Cubs and helped the team's affiliate Boise Hawks to a Northwest League Championship in 2004. He also pitched with the Lansing Lugnuts of the Midwest Leage. The following three years, Willett pitched for the Worcester Tornadoes in the CAN-AM League. In 2005, he bolstered a 10-4 record and 3.58 ERA for the league champion Tornadoes.
Earning a degree in communications from Rhode Island in 2007, Willett was a three-year conference started for the Rams. As a junior, he posted the team's only win in the A-10 Conference tournament. He also ranks eighth all-time at URI in strikeouts and fourth all-time in shutouts.
Willett currently resides in Nashua, New Hampshire where he also
attended high school.
