Jordon Banfield Explained

Jordon Banfield
Current Title:Head coach
Current Team:Bakersfield
Current Conference:Big West
Birth Date:2 September 1986
Birth Place:Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Alma Mater:University of Michigan
Coach Years1:2005–2007
Coach Team1:Huron HS (MI) (asst)
Coach Years2:2008
Coach Team2:Pioneer HS (MI) (asst)
Coach Years3:2014–2015
Coach Team3:UIS (H/INF/RC)
Coach Years4:2016–2017
Coach Team4:Texas–Rio Grande Valley (H/INF/RC)
Coach Years5:2020
Coach Team5:Akron (H/INF/RC)
Coach Years6:2021–2024
Coach Team6:Oakland
Coach Years7:2025–present
Coach Team7:Bakersfield
Tournament Record:0–0 NCAA
Awards:Horizon League Coach of the Year (2022)

Jordon Banfield (born September 2, 1986) is an American baseball coach, who is the current head baseball of the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners. He graduated from the University of Michigan.

Early life

Banfield attended Greenhills School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he was a member of the baseball and golf[1] teams. He was a pitcher and third baseman, who was named second-team All-State Division IV in Michigan.[2] He committed to play baseball for the Central Michigan Chippewas,[3] but ended up attending the University of Michigan, where he studied sports management.

Coaching career

Banfield began coaching baseball as an assistant at Huron High School in Ann Arbor, before becoming an assistant at Pioneer High School. Banfield went on to coach the Ann Arbor Travelers program from 2008–2012.[4] The team made multiple appearances at the Connie Mack World Series,[5] won 22 total tournaments in five seasons and produced 20 NCAA Division I recruits, including MLB player James Bourque.[6] Banfield then went on to coach at Illinois Springfield, Texas Rio Grande Valley, and Akron.[7] On May 29, 2020, Banfield was named the head baseball coach of the Oakland Golden Grizzlies.[8]

Banfield’s second season at Oakland was by all measures the best in Division I program history. The team broke records for most regular season wins (29), total wins (31), highest Horizon League finish (2nd) and finished runner-up in the tournament. [9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2003 MHSAA L.P. Division 4 Boys Golf Finals . October 18, 2003 . Michigan High School Athletic Association . www.mhsaa.com . June 5, 2020.
  2. Web site: MCE's Bowers first-team all-stater again in baseball . Lloyd Wallace . July 23, 2004 . Shoreline Media Group . www.shorelinemedia.net . June 5, 2020.
  3. Web site: Jordon Banfield Class of 2004 . Perfect Game . www.perfectgame.org . June 5, 2020.
  4. Web site: Former player returns to Connie Mack World Series as manager of the Ann Arbor Travelers. 2020-07-27. AnnArbor.com.
  5. Web site: Pearce. Michael. New baseball coach returns to home state. 2020-07-27. The Oakland Post.
  6. Web site: Jordon Banfield – Baseball Coach. 2020-07-27. UIS Athletics. en.
  7. Web site: Jordon Banfield – Baseball Coach. 2020-07-27. Oakland University Athletics. en.
  8. Web site: Ann Arbor native Jordon Banfield succeeds Colin Kaline as Oakland baseball coach . Tony Paul . May 29, 2020 . The Detroit News . www.detroitnews.com . May 31, 2020.
  9. Web site: Banfield Inks Contract Extension . 2022-10-16 . Oakland University Athletics . en.

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