| Brett Harker | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Limestone |
| Current Conference: | SAC |
| Current Record: | 23–69 |
| Birth Date: | 9 July 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 2003–2005 |
| Player Team1: | College of Charleston |
| Player Years2: | 2005 |
| Player Team2: | Batavia Muckdogs |
| Player Years3: | 2006 |
| Player Team3: | Lakewood BlueClaws |
| Player Years4: | 2007–2008 |
| Player Team4: | Clearwater Threshers |
| Player Years5: | 2008 |
| Player Team5: | Reading Phillies |
| Player Years6: | 2009 |
| Player Team6: | Jupiter Hammerheads |
| Player Years7: | 2009 |
| Player Team7: | New Orleans Zephyrs |
| Player Years8: | 2010 |
| Player Team8: | Schaumburg Flyers |
| Player Years9: | 2011 |
| Player Team9: | Lincoln Saltdogs |
| Player Positions: | Pitcher |
| Coach Years1: | 2011–2013 |
| Coach Team1: | Greenville (SC) H.S. (asst.) |
| Coach Years2: | 2014 |
| Coach Team2: | Newberry (asst.) |
| Coach Years3: | 2015–2016 |
| Coach Team3: | Furman (asst.) |
| Coach Years4: | 2017–2020 |
| Coach Team4: | Furman |
| Coach Years5: | 2021 |
| Coach Team5: | Hillcrest H.S. (P) |
| Coach Years6: | 2022–present |
| Coach Team6: | Limestone |
| Overall Record: | 114–165 |
| Tournament Record: | NCAA DI: 0–0 |
Brett Keaton Harker (born July 9, 1984) is an American college baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Limestone Saints. He played college baseball at the College of Charleston for head coach John Pawlowski from 2003 to 2005 before playing professionally from 2005 to 2011. Harker then served as head baseball coach of the Furman Paladins (2017–2020).
Harker attended Hillcrest High School in Simpsonville, South Carolina. He then committed to the College of Charleston, where he was a member of the Cougars baseball team. In 2004, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[1] [2]
Harker was drafted in the 5th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball draft by the Philadelphia Phillies.[3]
On July 9, 2014, Harker was named the pitching coach of the Furman Paladins baseball team.[4]
On July 6, 2016, Harker was introduced as the head coach of Furman.[5] Furman University announced on May 18, 2020 that the Paladins baseball team would be terminated due to budget concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
In February 2021, Harker was named the pitching coach at his alma mater Hillcrest high school. The team won the Region 1 AAAAA championship, District 1 AAAAA championship, AAAAA upper-state championship, and AAAAA state-championship. This was the first state championship in school history.
Harker was named the head baseball coach at Limestone University August 3, 2021.[7]