Inside Athletics

Lou Bunosso begins his second season as the Albertus Magnus College softball head coach in the Spring 2025.

In his first season in 2024, Bunosso led his Falcons to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) tournament after finishing 22-20 overall and 13-5 in the conference. Albertus finished as the fourth seed in the North Division, defeating the University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) in the GNAC Play-In game. 

Skylar Arent (Ridgefield, Conn.) was named to the All-GNAC First team after pitching 84.1 innings with a 3.74 ERA and 37 strikeouts in the circle as well as hitting .340 with a home run, 17 RBI and 20 runs at the plate. She was also named to the College Sports Communicators Academic (CSC) All-District Team. Paige Scheid (Cedar Grove, N.J.) was named to the All-GNAC Second team and also was named to the CSC All-District Team for softball. Scheid was second in the GNAC in hits with 58 and finished with eight doubles, 15 RBI, 19 stolen bases and 34 rims.

Since 2018, Bunosso has been the head softball coach at Fairfield Ludlowe High School in Fairfield, Conn. While there, Bunosso compiled a 107-18 record, including three consecutive Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (FCIAC) titles from 2021-23, the first three in program history. Bunosso also brought home the program's first-ever Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Class LL State Softball Championship in 2023 after finishing the season 26-1 and beating Southington High School in the championship game. He was also a two-time FCIAC Coach of the Year in 2021 and 2023. Lastly, he was voted as the 2023 Coach of the Year by the CHSCA.

Bunosso is also the owner of three D-BAT Baseball and Softball Academies in Connecticut since 2018. He also served in high-level positions for travel softball organizations CT Impact and CT Seahawks and coached the 18U College Showcase team in his tenure from 2006-2022.

He started his coaching career on the baseball side, first as an assistant coach at Housatonic Community College for two years. From there, he moved on to Shelton High School as an assistant coach for two years.

During his playing days, Bunosso was a two-sport athlete as a member of the baseball and basketball teams at Housatonic Community College. In 1989, he was named to the All-New England Junior College First-Team as a third baseman and was a part of the team that set a school record for consecutive wins and won the Region XXI Championship that season after going 37-5.

He then moved on to the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) and United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) from 1995-2003 and played in six national championship tournaments during his tenure.

Bunosso graduated with a Bachelor of Science in General Studies with a Concentration in Management, Marketing, and Communication in December 2024. He earned his Associate of Science in Communications from Housatonic Community College in 1991.

Coach Bunosso's All-Time Coaching Record at Albertus Magnus College