Just two days after the 2007 season ended with a loss to Virginia Commonwealth, assistant coach Greg DiCenzo announced he was leaving Northeastern.

“It has always been about the kids, seeing them perform well and mature on and off the field,” DiCenzo said. “[Head] coach [Neil McPhee] and I just didn’t see eye to eye so I felt it was time to move on.”

McPhee, however, insists the resignation was on good terms.

“Greg resigned yesterday to pursue other oppurtunities although they are currently unknown to me,” McPhee said. “It is an amicable parting of ways and the players in particular are really going to miss him.”

DiCenzo said he currently does not have a job lined up and his resignation is effective June 8.

“I loved coaching here and I loved coaching these guys,” he said. “It is just time to move on.”

Husky captain Dan Milano said DiCenzo was more than a coach but someone the players could connect with.

“He is an excellent coach,” Milano said. “He did a great job building relationships with us while maintaining a high level of respect. We could go to him for anything on or off the field. We weren’t expecting this at all, but he will make a great head coach somewhere.”

DiCenzo came to Northeastern in 2003 after spending three seasons as an assistant coach at his alma mater, St. Lawrence, and was the interim head coach there in 2002.

“It was clear to me from the moment Greg arrived that he was a head coach who happened to be an assistant,” McPhee said. “He has a head coach mentality and is as ready to assume a head coach position as anyone I have ever been around in my career.”

Dicenzo was an assistant coach in the Cape Cod League since 2001 working with the Falmouth Commodores. He was a four-year member of the St. Lawrence baseball team during his time there and captained the team his senior year. He was also a four-time All-Conference kicker and punter for the St. Lawrence football team.

In his five seasons at Northeastern, Dicenzo worked primarily with the pitching staff. He worked with Northeastern aces Jordan Thomson, Adam Ottavino, Dave Pellegrine and Kris Dabrowiecki.

“I sent an e-mail to the players asking them to call and e-mail Greg and thank him for his hard work,” McPhee said. “They’re gonna miss him, but life everywhere moves on.”