Jordon Banfield

Last updated
Jordon Banfield
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Oakland
Conference Horizon League
Record78–87
Biographical details
Born (1986-09-02) September 2, 1986 (age 36)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater University of Michigan
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005–2007 Huron HS (MI) (asst)
2008 Pioneer HS (MI) (asst)
2014–2015 UIS (H/INF/RC)
2016–2017 Texas–Rio Grande Valley (H/INF/RC)
2020 Akron (H/INF/RC)
2021–present Oakland
Head coaching record
Overall78–87
Tournaments0–0 NCAA
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Horizon League Coach of the Year (2022)

Jordon Banfield (born September 2, 1986) is an American baseball coach, who is the current head baseball of the Oakland Golden Grizzlies. He graduated from the University of Michigan.

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Early life

Banfield attended Greenhills School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he was a member of the baseball and golf [1] teams. He was a pitcher and third baseman, who was named second-team All-State Division IV in Michigan. [2] He committed to play baseball for the Central Michigan Chippewas, [3] but ended up attending the University of Michigan, where he studied sports management.

Coaching career

Banfield began coaching baseball as an assistant at Huron High School in Ann Arbor, before becoming an assistant at Pioneer High School. Banfield went on to coach the Ann Arbor Travelers program from 2008–2012. [4] The team made multiple appearances at the Connie Mack World Series, [5] won 22 total tournaments in five seasons and produced 20 NCAA Division I recruits, including MLB player James Bourque. [6] Banfield then went on to coach at Illinois Springfield, Texas Rio Grande Valley, and Akron. [7] On May 29, 2020, Banfield was named the head baseball coach of the Oakland Golden Grizzlies. [8]

Banfield’s second season at Oakland was by all measures the best in Division I program history. The team broke records for most regular season wins (29), total wins (31), highest Horizon League finish (2nd) and finished runner-up in the tournament. [9]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Oakland Golden Grizzlies (Horizon League)(2021–present)
2021 Oakland 18–2912–246th
2022 Oakland 31–2718–112nd Horizon League Tournament
2023 Oakland 29–3118–122nd Horizon League Tournament
Oakland:78–8748–47
Total:78–87

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