Karl Kuhn (baseball)

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Karl Kuhn
Current position
TitlePitching coach
Team Charleston Southern
Conference Big South
Biographical details
Born1969 (age 5354)
Gainesville, Florida
Playing career
1987–1989 Valencia Community College
1990 Florida
Position(s) Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1992 Buchholz H. S. (P)
1993Valencia (P)
1994–1996 Charleston Southern (P)
1997–2003 Little Rock (P)
2004–2019 Virginia (P)
2020–2022 Radford
2023–presentCharleston Southern (P)
Head coaching record
Overall47–64
TournamentsNCAA: 0–0

Karl Kuhn is an American college baseball coach and former catcher, who is the current pitching coach for the Charleston Southern Buccaneers. Kuhn played college baseball at Valencia Community College from 1987 to 1989 and at the University of Florida in 1990 for head coach Joe Arnold. He then served as the head coach of the Radford Highlanders (2020–2022).

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Playing career

Kuhn attended Buchholz High School in Gainesville, Florida. He then enrolled at Valencia Community College, to play college baseball for the Matadors. After three years at Valencia, Kuhn played his final college season playing at the University of Florida.

Coaching career

On August 22, 2019, Kuhn was named the head baseball coach at Radford University. [1] On June 3, 2022, Kuhn resigned as the head coach of the Highlanders amidst an investigation by the university's human resources department. [2]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Radford Highlanders (Big South Conference)(2020–2022)
2020 Radford 9–80–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Radford 23–2317–195th
2022 Radford 15–338–1510th
Radford:47–6425–34
Total:47–64

      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

  1. Doug Doughty (August 22, 2019). "Radford makes it official by hiring Karl Kuhn as new baseball coach". www.roanoke.com. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  2. Mark Berman (June 3, 2022). "Karl Kuhn resigns as Radford University baseball coach". www.roanoke.com. Roanoke Times. Retrieved June 5, 2022.