Ben Greenspan

Last updated
Ben Greenspan
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Northwestern
Conference Big Ten
Record10–13 (.435)
Biographical details
Alma mater Indiana
Playing career
2004–2005 UConn
2006–2007 Indiana
Position(s) Catcher, first base
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2009–2014 Indiana (assistant)
2015–2017 Arizona State (assistant)
2018–2021Arizona State (associate)
2022 Cal Poly (assistant)
2023 Michigan (associate)
2024–present Northwestern
Head coaching record
Overall10–13 (.435)

Ben Greenspan is an American college baseball coach and former player. Greenspan is the head coach for the Northwestern Wildcats baseball team, serving since 2023.

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College career

Greenspan first attended the University of Connecticut, where he played catcher and first baseman for their baseball team for two years. [1] Before his junior year, Greenspan transferred to the University of Indiana, where he would spend the remainder of his college career. Greenspan graduated in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in sport marketing and management and later received a master's degree from Indiana in sport administration. [2] [3]

Coaching career

Greenspan's first college coaching job was at Indiana, acting as an assistant coach in various roles from 2009 to 2014. Before the 2015 season, Greenspan joined the Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team as an assistant coach. In 2018, Greenspan was promoted to associate head coach until 2021. [4] Greenspan then joined the Cal Poly Mustangs baseball team as an assistant coach in 2022, spending one year there. [5] After his sole year at Cal Poly, Greenspan became an associate head coach again, now joining the Michigan Wolverines baseball team for the 2023 season. [6] [7] Following one year at Michigan, Greenspan was hired as the head coach on August 18, 2023, for the Northwestern Wildcats baseball team before the 2024 season. [8] [9] [10]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Northwestern Wildcats (Big Ten Conference)(2024–present)
2024 Northwestern 10–130–1
Maryland:10–13 (.435)
Total:10–13 (.435)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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