Grant Achilles (born June 11, 1983) is an American college baseball coach and former infielder, who is the current head baseball coach of the Brown Bears.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Brown |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 108–224 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | June 11, 1983 Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2002–2006 | Wake Forest |
| Position(s) | First Baseman, Second Baseman, Outfielder |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2007 | Charlotte (asst.) |
| 2008–2009 | Western Carolina (asst.) |
| 2010–2011 | Wake Forest (asst.) |
| 2012 | Georgetown (asst.) |
| 2013–2014 | Brown (asst.) |
| 2015–present | Brown |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 108–224 |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 0–0 |
Playing career
editAchilles attended Heritage High School in Lynchburg, Virginia. Achilles played for the school's varsity baseball team. Achilles then enrolled at Wake Forest University, to play college baseball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team.
During his freshman and sophomore season, Achilles appeared in 13 games gathering twelve plate appearances going 0-for-6. He missed the entire 2004 season with a medical redshirt.[1]
As a junior in 2005, Achilles had a .254 batting average, a .343 on-base percentage (OBP) and a .339 SLG.
As a senior in 2006, Achilles batted .185 with a .296 SLG, 1 home run, and 4 RBIs.
Coaching career
editAchilles began his coaching career in 2007 as an assistant with the Charlotte 49ers baseball program. On August 28, 2007, Achilles was hired as a volunteer coach for the Western Carolina Catamounts baseball program.[2] After three years at Western Carolina, Achilles returned to Wake Forest as a volunteer assistant.[3] On September 22, 2011, Achilles was named an assistant at Georgetown.[4] After just a season at Georgetown, Achilles left to become the top assistant at Brown.
On April 11, 2014, Marek Drabinski stepped down as the head coach and Achilles and Mike McCormack were named the interim head coaches the remainder of the year.[5] After going 7–9 as the co-interim head coach, Achilles was named the lone head coach of Brown on June 23, 2014.[6]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Bears (Ivy League) (2014–present) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Brown | 7–9 | 6–6 | 3rd (Red Rolfe) | |||||
| 2015 | Brown | 11–28 | 6–14 | T-3rd (Red Rolfe) | |||||
| 2016 | Brown | 15–24 | 9–11 | T-3rd (Red Rolfe) | |||||
| 2017 | Brown | 13–24 | 6–14 | 4th (Red Rolfe) | |||||
| 2018 | Brown | 11–26 | 6–15 | 8th | |||||
| 2019 | Brown | 12–27 | 9–12 | 5th | |||||
| 2020 | Brown | 3–9 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| 2021 | Brown | 0–0 | 0–0 | Ivy League opted-out of the 2021 season | |||||
| 2022 | Brown | 13–23 | 8–13 | 6th | |||||
| 2023 | Brown | 12–26 | 9–12 | 6th | |||||
| 2024 | Brown | 11–28 | 6–15 | 8th | |||||
| Brown: | 108–224 | 65–112 | |||||||
| Total: | 108–224 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Grant Achilles" (PDF). www.grfx.cstv.com. Wake Forest University Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
- ^ "Grant Achilles, Bruce Johnson Join Bobby Moranda's Catamount Baseball Staff". www.catamountsports.com. Western Carolina University Athletics. August 8, 2007. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
- ^ "Former Deac Achilles Added to Wake Forest Baseball Staff". www.godeacs.com. Wake Forest University Athletics. September 9, 2009. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
- ^ "Georgetown Baseball Adds Two Coaches to Staff". www.gohoyas.com. Georgetown University Athletics. September 22, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
- ^ "Marek Drabinski Steps Down As Baseball Coach At Brown". www.brownbears.com. Brown University Athletics. April 11, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
- ^ "Brown names Achilles head baseball coach". www.providencejournal.com. GateHouse Media, Inc. June 23, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2019.