Coach Lambert enters his 37th season coaching high school baseball including 36 as varsity coach of the Saints. Coach Lambert was hired in 1988 as the youngest high school head baseball coach in New York State--22 yrs.old. He took over a struggling baseball program that had won only two games in the previous two seasons. Prior to Coach Lambert's tenure, the Saints had never won a sectional baseball game. He guided the Saints to a 10-11 record in his first season and two years later proceeded to win three consectutive league championships.
The highlight of Coach Lambert's career to date was the 2000 season in which the Saints went 27-2 and lost the NYS Class C State Championship game in 9 innings to Falconer H.S. of Buffalo. That season, Tim Stauffer and the Saints won 26 consecutive games and outscored their opponents 332-98.
Coach Lambert's teams have won more than 20 games twelve times, including the 2007 team that went 25-3 and won the NYS Section 2 Class B Championship. The 2009 team that went 24-5 and also won the NYS Section 2 Class B Championship. In 2010 and 2011 the Saints once again won the NYS Section 2 Class B Championship. The Saints won the Capital Region Championship advancing to the State Final Four. The 2010 Saints finished with a 23-3 record and the 2011 team finished with a 21-3 record .
During Coach Lambert's tenure at Saratoga Catholic two of his former players Tim Stauffer and Christian Garcia were drafted in the major leagues.
Coach Lambert has been selected as Coach of the year by the Saratogian 1990, 2000, 2009, Glens Falls Post Star 2000, 2011 as well as the Amsterdam Recorder 2000 and the Albany Times Union 2000 and 2009.
In 2010 Coach Lambert was named Diamond Sports Regional Coach of the Year. This prestigous award is given by the American Baseball Coaches Association. Coach Lambert is a member of the St. Peter's / Saratoga Central Catholic Hall of Fame as well as the city of Saratoga Springs Hall of Fame. In November 2013 Coach Lambert was inducted along side Coach Dale Long Jr. into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame.
Coach Lambert is a graduate of Saratoga Central Catholic and a graduate of Skidmore College with a B.S.
Coach Lambert's career record as head baseball coach at Saratoga Central Catholic (36 Seasons) is 621 -217 .741 winning % including (15) League Championships: 1991, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2 011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 (5) Section 2 Championships: 2000, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 (3) NYS Regional Championship: 2000, 2010, 2011 and (1) NYSPHSAA Finalist in 2000. In the Sectionals Coach Lambert has a record of 45-29 608 winning %.
Coach Lambert resides in Saratoga Springs with his wife Jo Ann and son Aiden.
