Brad Stromdahl

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Brad Stromdahl
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Georgia State
Conference Sun Belt
Record112–130
Biographical details
Born (1977-04-12) April 12, 1977 (age 47)
Napa, California
Playing career
1996–1997 Bethany Lutheran College
1998–1999 Southwest Minnesota State
Position(s) Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003 Marshall (assistant)
2004–2006 Central Michigan (assistant)
2007–2011 Georgia State (assistant)
2012–2019 Georgia Gwinnett
2020–presentGeorgia State
Head coaching record
Overall112–130 (NCAA) 328–104 (NAIA)
TournamentsSun Belt: 2–3

Brad Stromdahl (born April 12, 1977) is an American college baseball coach and former catcher. He is the head baseball coach at Georgia State University. Stromdahl played college baseball at Bethany Lutheran College from 1996 to 1997 before transferring to Southwest Minnesota State University where he played for coach Paul Blanchard in 1998 and 1999. He served as the head coach at Georgia Gwinnett College from 2012 to 2019.

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Playing career

Stromdahl attended Justin-Siena High School in Napa, California before transferring to Lakeland Union High School in Minocqua, Wisconsin. Trout played for the school's varsity baseball, basketball and soccer. [1] Stromdahl then enrolled at Bethany Lutheran College to play college baseball for the Bethany Lutheran Vikings team. After graduating with an associate's degree from Bethany Lutheran, Stromdahl transferred to Southwest Minnesota State University. As a senior in 1999, Stromdahl was named First Team All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. [2]

Coaching career

On August 14, 2002, Stromdahl became an volunteer assistant at Marshall University. [3] On August 18, 2003, Stromdahl was named an assistant at Central Michigan University. [4] The following year, Stromdahl became an assistant at Georgia State University.

On October 18, 2011, Stromdahl was named the first head coach in the history of the Georgia Gwinnett College program. [5]

On June 26, 2019, Stromdahl was named the head coach of the Georgia State Panthers baseball program. [6]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Georgia Gwinnett Grizzlies (Independent)(2013–2019)
2013Georgia Gwinnett 30–250–0
2014Georgia Gwinnett 53–130–0NAIA World Series
2015Georgia Gwinnett 50–140–0NAIA Opening Round
2016Georgia Gwinnett 57–60–0NAIA Opening Round
2017Georgia Gwinnett 40–210–0NAIA Opening Round
2018Georgia Gwinnett 50–120–0NAIA World Series
2019Georgia Gwinnett 48–130–0NAIA World Series
Georgia Gwinnett (NAIA):328–1040–0
Georgia State Panthers (Sun Belt Conference)(2020–present)
2020 Georgia State 9–70–0(East)Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Georgia State 18–3712–125th (East) Sun Belt Tournament
2022 Georgia State 30–2615–157th
2023 Georgia State 30–2816–145th (East) Sun Belt Tournament
2024 Georgia State 25–3213–176th (East) Sun Belt Tournament
Georgia State:112–13056–58
Total:112–130

      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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