Greg Lovelady (born January 11, 1979) is an American
baseball coach.
Lovelady played college baseball at
Miami (FL), where as a catcher and four-year letter winner, he won the
1999 College World Series
The 1999 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1999 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament was expanded to 64 teams for 1999, adding a Super Regional. The t ...
and
2001 College World Series
The 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series ...
. He signed as an undrafted free agent with the
Florida Marlins organization, and played one season with the
Utica Blue Sox before turning to coaching. He served three more years at Miami, working with catchers. In his seven years in Coral Gables, the Hurricanes reached five College World Series, winning two, and appeared in the Super Regional round all seven years. In 2005, Lovelady accepted an assistant coach position at Wright State. Two years later, he added associate head coach duties. With
Rob Cooper's move to
Penn State #Redirect Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campu ...
, Lovelady was elevated to the top job.
Head coaching record
Below is a table of Lovelady's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.
See also
*
List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches
References
External links
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1979 births
Living people
Baseball catchers
UCF Knights baseball coaches
Miami Hurricanes baseball coaches
Miami Hurricanes baseball players
Utica Blue Sox players
Wright State Raiders baseball coaches
Baseball players from Miami
Sports coaches from Miami