Gregg Ritchie

George Washington Colonials

Head Baseball Coach

Born: January 25, 1964
Washington, D.C.

Bats: Left

Throws: Left

Teams

Brother Elephants (1995) (CPBL)
Pittsburgh Pirates (2011–2012) (Hitting coach)

Gregory Allen Ritchie (born January 25, 1964) is an American former baseball player and coach. He is currently the head coach of the NCAA George Washington Colonials baseball team.

Playing career

Ritchie was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 8th round (188th overall) of the 1986 Major League Baseball Draft. He played in the Giants' minor league system from 1986 to 1992, reaching Triple-A. In 1995, he played in the Texas Rangers organization.

Coaching career

In 1996, Ritchie became a hitting coach in the Chicago White Sox minor league system, working for the Bristol White Sox of the Appalachian League in 1996 and 1997, the Winston-Salem Warthogs of the Carolina League in 1999, the Burlington Bees of the Midwest League in 2000, the Birmingham Barons of the Southern League from 2000–2003, and the Charlotte Knights of the International League from 2003 through 2005. In 2006, Ritchie joined the Pittsburgh Pirates organization as their roving minor league hitting coordinator.

Ritchie was named the hitting coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates for the 2011 season.^[1] He was also their hitting coach for the 2012 season. On October 11, 2012, he was announced as the head baseball coach for George Washington.^[2] In his first season, he was named the 2013 A-10 Coach of the Year.

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Ritchie's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.^[3]

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
George Washington Colonials (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2013–present)
2013	George Washington	26–32	15–9	t-5th	A-10 Tournament
2014	George Washington	20–30	12–15	t-8th
2015	George Washington	32–22	13–10	6th	A-10 Tournament
George Washington:		78–84	40–35
Total:		78–84
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

References

↑ http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2010/112010/11232010/589874
↑ http://www2.staffordcountysun.com/news/2012/oct/11/gregg-ritchie-named-george-washingtons-new-head-ba-ar-2276097/
↑ "2013 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 27, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2013.

External links

Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Chinese Professional Baseball League

George Washington Colonials head baseball coaches

Unknown (1891)
No team (1892–1893)
J. S. Pendelton (1894)
Unknown (1895)
R. S. Barrett (1896)
Unknown (1897–1902)
Club team only (1903–1931)
Edward K. Morris (1932–1934)
Unknown (1935–1946)
Vincent J. DeAngelis (1947)
Unknown (1948–1949)
William Reinhart (1950–1966)
Steve Korcheck (1967–1971)
Bill Smith (1972–1975)
Mike Toomey (1976–1980)
John Norris # (1980)
Dennis Brant (1981–1982)
Jim Goss (1983–1984)
John Castleberry (1985–1991)
Jay Murphy (1992–1996)
Tom Walter (1997–2004)
Steve Mrowka (2005–2012)
Gregg Ritchie (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Current head baseball coaches of the Atlantic 10 Conference

Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Coach of the Year

1988: Ramsburg
1989: Castleberry and Wilson
1990: Ramsburg
1991: Hill
1992: Hill
1993: Hill
1994: Stone
1995: Stone
1996: Stone
1997: Morrey
1998: Walter
1999: Conti
2000: Sudbrook
2001: Wilson
2002: Atkins
2003: Leoni
2004: Leoni
2005: Restaino
2006: Sudbrook
2007: Hibbs
2008: Googins
2009: Vittorio
2010: Lake
2011: Foster
2012: Hendrickson
2013: Ritchie
2014: Hamburg
2015: Cerrato
2016: Cerrato

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