Our Staff
Keith Harrington
Founder/Co-Owner
Keith Harrington, the Racers founder and co-owner has been with the ABA Bennington Martens as their play-by-play announcer for three seasons. He was also Director of Communications and Media for the Glens Falls Dragons minor league baseball team and has been in sports media for nearly 40 years beginning in the mid-80s with the Glens Falls White Sox, the Class AA affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. Keith is also the founder of Vermont Vipers Football, a successful youth program. Keith has been an educator, coach and athletic director for the last 30 years.
Alex Hepp
Co-Owner
Alex is a 2024 graduate of Grand Canyon University. He now works at the Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School as a physical education/games teacher and coach. Alex has worked as an account representative for the Albany Firebirds of the AFL, Box Office salesmen for the Tri-City Valleycats of the Frontier League, and at the scorers table for the Albany Patroons of the TBL.
Bob Catherwood
Head Coach/Advertising Sales
We are extremely excited to bring a coach in who brings a ton of experience and has won at so many levels to lead the Racers. Bob Catherwood has had the most successful season at every school he has coached at. He has a coaching record of 370-154 for a 72% winning percentage. Catherwood’s first coaching job was at Keveny Memorial where he won 55 league games in a row and finished with a record of 111-26.
BoCat served as an assistant on the Albany Patroons and Albany Legends professional teams who both won championships. Collegiately Catherwood earned Region 3 Coach of the Year honors with Schenectady Community College and Hudson Valley Community College, setting school records for most wins at both schools. At HVCC his team won 24 in a row, and his SCCC team set the school record for most wins. They were ranked No. 1 in the country in junior
college and collected a record of 116-38.
Catherwood is also decorated at the high school level. winning several Coach of the Year awards, including Times Union Coach of the Year. Catherwood led Keveny High School to 55 consecutive wins, 4 league titles, and a Class C sectional title. At Galway Catherwood an unbeaten season, a WAC championship, along with Class C and CC crowns.
Tim Hepp
General Manager/Assistant Coach
Tim Hepp was named as the General Manager/Assistant Coach for the Inaugural Saratoga Racers season.
Tim started his Coaching/athletics career working as an Assistant for the Women’s Basketball Team and Assistant Sports Information Director at Plattsburgh State in 2004.
Since that time he has coached Baseball, Football, Soccer, and Basketball at the youth levels, including starting an AAU program in Brunswick, NY, with Head Coach Bob Catherwood, starting a Travel Soccer Program in Troy, NY, and being a Vice-President for Troy Central Little League for over 10 years. He has worked at the scorer’s table for the Albany Patroons in multiple capacities since 2018.
