A coach with the Massapequa International Little League team died on New Year’s Day in a car crash.

Members of the community and other coaches say Joe Laudisio brought passion and compassion to the game.

“Whatever we were doing, he was giving a kid a hug and they might make a mistake and he was telling them, ‘You’ll get them next time,’” said fellow coach Joe Mulligan.

Laudisio, who was also a coach for the South Shore Chiefs, is being remembered for the lives he touched off the field.

Shanon Tranchina says Laudisio volunteered to organize a fundraiser to help her 4-year-old daughter Quinn – who was battling cancer.

The charity doubleheader called “Help The Mighty Quinn Strike Out Leukemia” raised $4,500 for Quinn’s medical bills.

“My daughter wasn’t even playing softball at the time,” Tranchina said. “We didn’t have any kids in sports at that time. He was just a neighbor and wanted to help.”

The community is now helping Laudisio’s wife Jennifer and their three young children.

Nearly $100,000 in donations has poured into a GoFundMe page set up for Laudisio’s family to honor his memory.

Laudisio was just 42 years old.