Mauro "Goose" Gozzo (born March 7, 1966) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher and current manager of the Gastonia Ghost Peppers.
He was selected in the 13th round of the 1984 Major League Baseball Draft by the New York Mets, and was traded to the Kansas City Royals in 1987 as part of the package for David Cone.
[4] In 2018, Gozzo served as the pitching coach for the New Britain Bees of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
[6] On February 18, 2021, Gozzo was announced as manager of the new Gastonia Honey Hunters franchise in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
[6] In 2024, he was hired as manager by the Gastonia Baseball Club when they replaced the Honey Hunters in the Atlantic League after two seasons.