| Lance Ratchford | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Marist |
| Current Conference: | MAAC |
| Birth Date: | 5 October 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Oneonta, New York, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Keystone College |
| Player Years1: | 2008–2010 |
| Player Team1: | Mansfield |
| Player Years2: | 2011 |
| Player Team2: | Keystone |
| Player Positions: | Infielder |
| Coach Years1: | 2012–2015 |
| Coach Team1: | SUNY Oneonta (AC) |
| Coach Years2: | 2016–2018 |
| Coach Team2: | Marist (AC) |
| Coach Years3: | 2019–2022 |
| Coach Team3: | SUNY Cobleskill |
| Coach Years4: | 2023–present |
| Coach Team4: | Marist |
| Tournament Record: | NCAA: 0–0 |
Lance Ratchford (born October 5, 1988) is an American baseball coach and former infielder, who is the current head baseball coach of the Marist Red Foxes. He played college baseball at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania from 2008 to 2010 before transferring to Keystone College. He has also been the head coach of the SUNY Cobleskill Fighting Tigers (2019–2022). Under Ratchford the Fighting Tigers captured back to back Conference Division Titles in 2021 and 2022. After the 2022 season Ratchford was named North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Coach of the Year.
Ratchford attended Oneonta High School in Oneonta, New York. During his senior year Ratchford earned 2nd Team All-State honors from the NYSSWA. He would go on to play college baseball at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania from 2008 to 2010 before transferring to Keystone College. As a senior in 2011, he helped Keystone advance to the NCAA Division III World Series, where they finished tied for third. The Giants won the New York Regional tournament and he was named to the NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team. The 2011 Keystone team was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in 2021.
In 2015 and 2016, and again in 2021 and 2022, Ratchford served as assistant coach of the Brewster Whitecaps, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Cape Cod Baseball League. The Whitecaps won the Cape Cod Baseball League Championship in 2021.[1] [2] On August 9, 2022, Ratchford was named the head coach of the Marist Red Foxes.[3] Ratchford returns to Marist, having served as assistant coach under former head coach Chris Tracz from 2016-18. As an assistant, Ratchford helped the Red Foxes capture the 2017 MAAC Championship and earn a trip to the Gainesville Regional.