Andrew Wright, a 14 year college baseball coaching veteran, enters his 4th year as the head coach of the Golden Eagles, after guiding the program to a record breaking year in 2018. The Golden Eagles won a program record 36 wins, including an MEC Southern Division Championship, an MEC Tournament Championship, and UC’s first appearance in an NCAA Regional.
Wright’s brilliant track record of recruiting and player development has paid off for the UCWV Baseball Program in what has proven to be a remarkable turnaround. The Golden Eagles improved their win total from a pedestrian 16 wins in 2016 to a staggering 34 wins in 2017 and 36 in 2018.
Upon his arrival in Charleston, the Golden Eagle baseball program refocused its foundation to include the following cornerstones: GRADUATE, COMPETE FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. The staff’s overriding goal is to ensure that when each UC Baseball player finishes their career, they are a better person because they chose to wear the Golden Eagle baseball uniform. “My excitement for the opportunity to lead the UC Baseball program is hard to put into words. All of the nuts and bolts are here to make the Golden Eagle Baseball program one of the most comprehensive NCAA Division II Baseball experiences in the country, and my staff and I can’t wait to get started,” Wright said upon his hiring in the summer of 2015.
In the classroom, his student-athletes saw a GPA jump of almost a half a letter grade from the time he took over in 2010 to 2014-2015 when the team posted a GPA over 3.0, which included over half the team with a 3.0 or better and 3 student athletes achieved 4.0 GPAs.