Gregg Ritchie

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Gregg Ritchie
George Washington University
Head Baseball Coach
Born: (1964-01-25) January 25, 1964 Washington, D.C.
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
Teams
Brother Elephants (1995)(CPBL)

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]

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
George Washington:		26-32	15-9
Total:		26-32
National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Conference division 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 Castelberry (1985–1991)
Jay Murphy (1992–1996)
Tom Walter (1997–2004)
Steve Mrowka (2005–2012)
Gregg Ritchie (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

v t e Current head baseball coaches of the Atlantic 10 Conference

Tony Vittorio (Dayton) Kevin Leighton (Fordham) Bill Brown (George Mason) Gregg Ritchie (George Washington) Mike Lake (La Salle) Mike Stone (Massachusetts) Jim Foster (Rhode Island) Tracy Woodson (Richmond) Larry Sudbrook (St. Bonaventure) Fritz Hamburg (Saint Joseph's) Darin Hendrickson (Saint Louis) Shawn Stiffler (VCU)

Persondata
Name	Ritchie, Gregg
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player and coach
Date of birth	January 25, 1964
Place of birth	Washington, D.C.
Date of death
Place of death

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