Grant Achilles

Grant Achilles (born June 11, 1986) is an American college baseball coach and former infielder. Achilles is the head coach of the Brown Bears baseball team.

Grant Achilles
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamBrown
ConferenceIvy League
Record72–147
Biographical details
Born (1983-06-11) June 11, 1983
Lynchburg, Virginia
Playing career
2002–2006Wake Forest
Position(s)First Baseman, Second Baseman, Outfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2007Charlotte (asst.)
2008–2009Western Carolina (asst.)
2010–2011Wake Forest (asst.)
2012Georgetown (asst.)
2013–2014Brown (asst.)
2015–presentBrown
Head coaching record
Overall72–147
TournamentsIvy: 0–2
NCAA: 0–0

Playing career

Achilles attended Heritage High School in Lynchburg, Virginia. Achilles played for the school's varsity baseball team. Achilles then enrolled at Wake Forest University, to play college baseball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team.

During his freshman and sophomore season, Achilles appeared in 13 games gathering twelve plate appearances going 0-for-6. He missed the entire 2004 season with a medical redshirt.[1]

As a junior in 2005, Achilles had a .254 batting average, a .343 on-base percentage (OBP) and a .339 SLG.

As a senior in 2006, Achilles batted .185 with a .296 SLG, 1 home run, and 4 RBIs.

Coaching career

Achilles began his coaching career in 2007 as an assistant with the Charlotte 49ers baseball program. On August 28, 2007, Achilles was hired as a volunteer coach for the Western Carolina Catamounts baseball program.[2] After three years at Western Carolina, Achilles returned to Wake Forest as a volunteer assistant.[3] On September 22, 2011, Achilles was named an assistant at Georgetown.[4] After just a season at Georgetown, Achilles left to become the top assistant at Brown.

On April 11, 2014, Marek Drabinski stepped down as the head coach and Achilles and Mike McCormack were named the interim head coaches the remainder of the year.[5] After going 7–9 as the co-interim head coach, Achilles was named the lone head coach of Brown on June 23, 2014.[6]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Brown Bears (Ivy League) (2014–present)
2014 Brown 7–96–63rd (Red Rolfe)
2015 Brown 11–286–14T-3rd (Red Rolfe)
2016 Brown 15–249–11T-3rd (Red Rolfe)
2017 Brown 13–246–144th (Red Rolfe)
2018 Brown 11–266–158th
2019 Brown 12–279–125th
2020 Brown 3–90–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
Brown: 72–14742–72
Total:72–147

      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

See also

References
  1. "Grant Achilles" (PDF). www.grfx.cstv.com. Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  2. "Grant Achilles, Bruce Johnson Join Bobby Moranda's Catamount Baseball Staff". www.catamountsports.com. Western Carolina University Athletics. August 8, 2007. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  3. "Former Deac Achilles Added to Wake Forest Baseball Staff". www.godeacs.com. Wake Forest University Athletics. September 9, 2009. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  4. "Georgetown Baseball Adds Two Coaches to Staff". www.gohoyas.com. Georgetown University Athletics. September 22, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  5. "Marek Drabinski Steps Down As Baseball Coach At Brown". www.brownbears.com. Brown University Athletics. April 11, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  6. "Brown names Achilles head baseball coach". www.providencejournal.com. GateHouse Media, Inc. June 23, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
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