Grant Achilles

Last updated
Grant Achilles
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Brown
Conference Ivy League
Record108–224
Biographical details
Born (1983-06-11) June 11, 1983 (age 41)
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.)
2010–2011Wake Forest (asst.)
2012 Georgetown (asst.)
2013–2014 Brown (asst.)
2015–presentBrown
Head coaching record
Overall108–224
TournamentsNCAA: 0–0

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.

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Playing career

Achilles 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

Achilles 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

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Brown Bears (Ivy League)(2014–present)
2014 Brown 7–96–63rd (Red Rolfe)
2015 Brown 11–286–14T-3rd (Red Rolfe)
2016 Brown 15–249–11T-3rd (Red Rolfe)
2017 Brown 13–246–144th (Red Rolfe)
2018 Brown 11–266–158th
2019 Brown 12–279–125th
2020 Brown 3–90–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Brown 0–00–0Ivy League opted-out of the 2021 season
2022 Brown 13–238–136th
2023 Brown 12–269–126th
2024 Brown 11–286–158th
Brown:108–22465–112
Total:108–224

      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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References

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