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Chad Holbrook

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Chad Holbrook
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamCollege of Charleston
ConferenceCAA
Record225–122 (.648)
Biographical details
Born (1971-01-14) January 14, 1971 (age 53)
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–2007North Carolina (assistant)
2008North Carolina (associate HC)
2009–2012South Carolina (associate HC)
2013–2017South Carolina
2018–presentCollege of Charleston
Head coaching record
Overall425–227 (.652)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
  • Baseball America Assistant Coach of the Year (2011)
  • Recruiter of the Year (2010)
  • 2× CAA Coach of the Year (2022, 2024)

Chad Holbrook (born January 14, 1971) is an American baseball coach, who is the current head baseball coach of the College of Charleston Cougars. Prior to becoming head coach for the Cougars, Holbrook was head coach at the University of South Carolina, and an assistant for both the University of North Carolina and the University of South Carolina.

Playing career

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Holbrook attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill from 1990 to 1993, receiving second-team All-ACC honors as a senior. He graduated in 1994 with a degree in physical education.[1] In 1992, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[2]

Coaching career

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North Carolina

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At the conclusion of his playing career, Holbrook served as an undergraduate assistant coach for the 1994 season before being promoted to Assistant Coach in 1995 and Associate head coach in 2007.[1] In 1997, he managed the Harwich Mariners, a collegiate summer baseball team in the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League.[3] In his 15 seasons on the Tar Heel coaching staff, North Carolina made 11 NCAA tournament appearances and three College World Series appearances.[4]

South Carolina

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After the 2008 season, Holbrook left North Carolina to become the associate head coach at South Carolina.[1] In Holbrook's time as associate head coach, South Carolina won back-to-back national championships in 2010 and 2011 and finished as the national runner-up in 2012.[1] In 2011, ESPN the Magazine named Holbrook the 10th best recruiter in all of college athletics.[4] After the 2011 season, Holbrook was named Assistant Coach of the Year by 2011 Assistant Coach of the Year by the ABCA and Baseball America.[4]

Holbrook became head coach after Ray Tanner became the athletic director at South Carolina following the 2012 season.[4] In his first season as head coach, Holbrook and the Gamecocks finished with a 43–20 overall record and finished second in the SEC Eastern division with a 17–12 record in conference play. The Gamecocks hosted and won the Columbia Regional. However, the team lost two out of three games to the North Carolina Tar Heels in the NCAA Super Regionals.

College of Charleston

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On July 20, 2017, it was announced that Holbrook was hired as the head coach at the College of Charleston.[5]

Personal

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Holbrook's father, Eddie Holbrook, was the head basketball coach at Gardner–Webb University and Furman University.[1] Holbrook and his wife, Jennifer, have two sons, Reece and Cooper.[1] Holbrook's oldest son, Reece, recently committed to The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill baseball team.

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
South Carolina Gamecocks (Southeastern Conference) (2013–2017)
2013 South Carolina 43–20 17–12 2nd (East) NCAA Super Regional
2014 South Carolina 44–18 18–12 2nd (East) NCAA Regional
2015 South Carolina 32–25 13–17 5th (East)
2016 South Carolina 46–18 20–9 1st (East) NCAA Super Regional
2017 South Carolina 35–25 13–17 5th (East)
South Carolina: 200–106 (.654) 81–67 (.547)
College of Charleston Cougars (Colonial Athletic Association) (2018–present)
2018 College of Charleston 36–19 15–8 3rd CAA tournament
2019 College of Charleston 36–20 16–8 2nd CAA tournament
2020 College of Charleston 12–2 0–0 Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 College of Charleston 27–25 12–12 3rd (South) CAA tournament
2022 College of Charleston 37–20 19–5 1st CAA tournament
2023 College of Charleston 36–22 18–12 4th CAA tournament
2024 College of Charleston 41–14 21–5 1st CAA tournament
College of Charleston: 225–122 (.648) 102–50 (.671)
Total: 425–227 (.652)

      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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Media Guide (PDF). University of South Carolina. 2012. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  2. ^ "Play Ball! The Cape League Season Begins Tonight". The Cape Cod Chronicle. Chatham, MA. June 12, 1997. p. 37.
  3. ^ Price, Chris (June 12, 1997). "The Cape League Rundown". Barnstable Patriot. Barnstable, MA. p. 6.
  4. ^ a b c d Smith III, Willie (16 July 2012). "Holbrook named USC baseball coach". The Greenville News. Retrieved 8 August 2012.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Miller, Andrew. "College of Charleston hires former Gamecocks baseball coach Chad Holbrook". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
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