Jason Falcon joined Rensselaer in February 2023, and enters his fourth year at the helm of the Engineers baseball program in 2026.
Falcon and the Engineers are coming off one of the program's most successful seasons in 2025, as RPI claimed the Liberty League Championship and earned a berth in the Division III NCAA Baseball tournament for the first time since 2015. The Engineers finished with an overall record of 31-16 and posted the most victories by the program in 16 years before concluding the season against #1 nationally ranked Johns Hopkins in the regional championship.
2025 marked the third season in a row in which the Falcon-led Engineers have eclipsed 20 victories. After finishing 25-15 overall and runner-up in the Liberty League East Division in his debut season at RPI, the program took another next step forward in 2024, as the Engineers went 20-14 and won their first regular season division title in a decade.
12 players have been recognized as All-Liberty League honorees under Falcon's watch, including 2025 Liberty League Co-Player of the Year Ayush Krishnappa and Rookie of the Year Ian Oehlschlaeger. Krishnappa and Oehlschlaeger were additionally recognized as First Team All-Region selections, with the latter earning All-America honors from both ABCA/Rawlings and D3baseball.com to become RPI baseball's first national All-American since 2009.
Before coming to Troy, Falcon served as head coach at Salem State University. Prior to taking the reins at Salem State, Falcon led the pitching staff at the University at Albany for two years. He preceded his time with the Great Danes with four years as the hitting coach at Holy Cross from 2015 to 2019, where he produced nine All-Patriot League selections.
“We welcome Coach Falcon and his family to our RPI Athletics family,” said Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Associate Vice President & Director of Athletics Dr. Lee McElroy at the time of Falcon's appointment. “Following a comprehensive search, we are fortunate to hire one of the outstanding leaders and coaches in the nation. Our student athletes look forward to working with Coach Falcon as they contribute to pursue excellence in academics, athletics, and leadership.”
In his second season with the Crusaders in 2017, Falcon helped guide the team to its first Patriot League Championship and the team's first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1978. Holy Cross qualified for the Patriot League Tournament during each of Falcon's four seasons on the coaching staff.
Falcon was the head coach at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, from 1999 to 2015, where he managed all aspects of the team. In 2010, Falcon led the 91-year old program to just its second winning season in school history, while producing a pair of all-conference players.
He was also the head coach of the North Shore Navigators of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) from 2007 to 2009, where he posted a 72-53 record at the helm and was named Manager of the Year in 2007.
Falcon also had coaching stops with the Lowell All-Americans of the NECBL as a pitching coach (2006), Team USA International as the head baseball coach and recruiting coordinator (1999-2006) and UMass Boston as an assistant coach.
He was a four-year letterwinner, two-year captain and team MVP while playing collegiately at Western New England University. Falcon earned numerous accolades, including Constitution Athletic Conference (CAC) Player of the Year in 1995 after leading the Golden Bears to the CAC Championship following a season in which he went 5-1 on the mound and hit .405 at the plate. He earned CAC conference honors two more times and was selected to play in the New England All-Star Game at Fenway Park in his senior season.
After graduating from Western New England in 1997, Falcon signed as a free agent with the Massachusetts Mad Dogs, an independent professional baseball team, where he pitched for two years.
Falcon earned his master’s degree in Athletics Administration in 2011 from Endicott College's Van Loan School of Graduate and Professional Studies.
