Bradley LeCroy explained

Bradley LeCroy
Current Title:Head coach
Current Team:Liberty
Current Conference:Conference USA
Current Record:0–0
Birth Date:13 January 1979
Player Years1:1997–2000
Player Team1:Clemson
Player Positions:Shortstop
Coach Years1:2001–2002
Coach Team1:Anderson (SC) (RC)
Coach Years2:2003–2005
Coach Team2:Clemson (asst.)
Coach Years3:2006–2007
Coach Team3:Western Carolina (asst.)
Coach Years4:2008–2010
Coach Team4:Tennessee (asst.)
Coach Years5:2011–2022
Coach Team5:Clemson (asst.)
Coach Years6:2023–2024
Coach Team6:VCU
Coach Years7:2025–present
Coach Team7:Liberty
Overall Record:63–53
Tournament Record:A-10: 4–0
NCAA: 1–2
Championships:A-10 Tournament: 2024

Bradley LeCroy (born January 13, 1979) is an American baseball coach who currently coaches the Liberty Flames baseball program. Prior to Liberty, he served as the head coach for Virginia Commonwealth University for two seasons and was a long-time assistant coach at Clemson University as well as an assistant coach at the University of Tennessee and Western Carolina University.

Career

LeCroy played college baseball with Clemson as a shortstop from 1997 through 2000, and was part of the 2000 team that advanced to the College World Series. After graduating from Clemson, LeCroy served as an assistant coach at Anderson University. LeCroy subsequently returned to Clemson to serve as a volunteer assistant coach from 2003 until 2005, before serving as an assistant at Western Carolina and then Tennessee through 2010. Ahead of the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season, LeCroy returned to Clemson as an assistant coach where he served part of the staff through 2022.

On August 4, 2022, LeCroy was announced as the head coach for VCU's baseball team to replace the outgoing Shawn Stiffler.[1] During the first season of LeCroy managing the team, the Rams finished 11–13, finishing ninth in the Atlantic 10 and missing out on playing in the 2023 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament. During his second season, the team significantly improved, finishing second in the Atlantic 10, and winning the 2024 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament.[2]

On July 15, 2024, LeCroy was announced as the eighth head coach for Liberty University. Replacing outgoing coach Scott Jackson who abruptly resigned.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bradley LeCroy Named VCU Baseball Head Coach . vcuathletics.com . August 8, 2022 . August 2, 2022.
  2. Web site: Roger . Savannah . 'Leave no doubt': VCU baseball uses firepower to punch ticket to NCAA tournament . Richmond Times-Dispatch . May 26, 2024 . May 25, 2024.
  3. Web site: Liberty Hires LeCroy as Flames New Head Baseball Coach. July 15, 2024. LibertyFlames.com.