Lance Ratchford
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Marist |
| Conference | MAAC |
| Record | 31–63 (.330) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 5, 1988 Oneonta, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Keystone College |
| Playing career | |
| 2008–2010 | Mansfield |
| 2011 | Keystone |
| Position(s) | Infielder |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2012–2015 | SUNY Oneonta (AC) |
| 2016–2018 | Marist (AC) |
| 2019–2022 | SUNY Cobleskill |
| 2023–present | Marist |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 91–119 (.433) |
| Tournaments | 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.
Playing career[edit]
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.
Coaching career[edit]
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]
Head coaching record[edit]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUNY Cobleskill Fighting Tigers (North Eastern Athletic Conference) (2019–2020) | |||||||||
| 2019 | SUNY Cobleskill | 16–22 | 9–9 | T-4th | NEAC Tournament | ||||
| 2020 | SUNY Cobleskill | 8–5 | 0–0 | T-4th | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||
| SUNY Cobleskill Fighting Tigers (North Atlantic Conference) (2021–2022) | |||||||||
| 2021 | SUNY Cobleskill | 15–9 | 10–4 | 1st (West) | NAC Tournament | ||||
| 2022 | SUNY Cobleskill | 21–20 | 11–4 | 1st (West) | NAC Tournament | ||||
| SUNY Cobleskill: | 60–56 (.517) | 30–17 (.638) | |||||||
| Marist Red Foxes (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (2023–present) | |||||||||
| 2023 | Marist | 16–36 | 10–14 | T-7th | |||||
| 2024 | Marist | 15–27 | 8–10 | ||||||
| Marist: | 31–63 (.330) | 18–24 (.429) | |||||||
| Total: | 91–119 (.433) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References[edit]
- ^ "Meet the Coaches". brewsterwhitecaps.org. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
- ^ "Lance Ratchford". cobleskill.edu. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
- ^ Ken McMillan (August 9, 2022). "College baseball: Marist hires former assistant Ratchford". www.recordonline.com. USA TODAY Network. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
External links[edit]
- Keystone Giants baseball players
- Mansfield Mounties baseball players
- Cape Cod Baseball League coaches
- Marist Red Foxes baseball coaches
- Oneonta State Red Dragons baseball coaches
- SUNY Cobleskill Fighting Tigers baseball coaches
- Baseball players from Otsego County, New York
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Baseball coaches from New York (state)
- People from Oneonta, New York