Joe Rotondaro

Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello Joseph Rotondaro is entering his 8th season as the head coach of the New Hyde Park Gladiators. After finishing the 2025 season with a 11-12 record, including a playoff run which saw them beat MacArthur in the first round before being eliminated to the eventual county champions, Garden City. Going into another season in the tough AA-2 Conference, Rotondaro and his team are ready to go into battle in 2026. “I feel we had a strong year with a mixed group of seniors and underclassmen in 2025.” Rotondaro said. The 2025 Gladiators batted over .300 as a team and featured a pitching staff which struck out 170 batters in 138 innings pitched. As mentioned earlier, the Gladiators will have to take on...