Grant Achilles (born June 11, 1983) is an

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coach and former

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, who is the current head baseball coach of the Brown Bears.

Playing career

Achilles attended Heritage High School in

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. Achilles played for the school's varsity

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team. Achilles then enrolled at Wake Forest University, to play

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. As a junior in 2005, Achilles had a .254 batting average, a .343

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(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. After three years at Western Carolina, Achilles returned to Wake Forest as a volunteer assistant. On September 22, 2011, Achilles was named an assistant at Georgetown. After just a season at Georgetown, Achilles left to become the top assistant at

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. 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. After going 7–9 as the co-interim head coach, Achilles was named the lone head coach of Brown on June 23, 2014.

Head coaching record

References

External links

Brown Bears bio
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Playing career

Coaching career

Head coaching record

See also

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