Western Connecticut State University

Chris Arconti returns to the Western Connecticut State University baseball coaching staff after a two-year hiatus in the fall of 2025.  Arconti had originally come to WestConn in 2018 after six seasons as an assistant at nearby Immaculate High School, where the Mustangs were crown Class S State Champions during his tenure.  Arconti was a four-year player for WestConn before graduating in 1983 with a degree in marketing.  He captained the team during his senior campaign.

Arconti's playing career spans over 40 years and he has won 30 league championships and seven Connecticut titles in the Housatonic Amateur Baseball League (HABL).  A member of the Newtown Outlaws, Danbury Bandits and Danbury A's, Arconti's Boston Wolfpack Baseball Club has won or finished as runner-up in over-30 national and regional over-45 and over-50 age brackets.  He has amassed 450 pitching victories and has been named MVP in various national and regional tournaments 11 times.

Arconti served as President of the Danbury Westerners Collegiate Baseball team and was the recipient of the Michael Seri Community Service Award, from the Westerners, in 2013.  In 2015, he was the recipient of the Greater Danbury Old Timers Award.  Arconti has been elected to three terms and is currently a Third Ward Councilman for the City of Danbury.  He is married to WestConn alumnus Betty and has two sons, C.J. and Nick.