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Greg Lovelady (born January 11, 1979) is an American college baseball coach. Lovelady played college baseball at Miami (FL), where as a catcher and four-year letter winner, he won the 1999 College World Series and 2001 College World Series. He signed as an undrafted free agent with the Florida Marlins organization, and played one season with the Utica Blue Sox before turning to coaching. He served three more years at Miami, working with catchers. In his seven years in Coral Gables, the Hurricanes reached five College World Series, winning two, and appeared in the Super Regional round all seven years. In 2005, Lovelady accepted an assistant coach position at Wright State. Two years later, he added associate head coach duties. With Rob Cooper's move to Penn State, Lovelady was elevated to the top job.[1][2][3][4][5]

TitleHitting coach
ConferenceASUN
Born (1979-01-11) January 11, 1979 (age 47)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
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Greg Lovelady
Current position
TitleHitting coach
TeamStetson
ConferenceASUN
Biographical details
Born (1979-01-11) January 11, 1979 (age 47)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Playing career
1998–2001Miami (FL)
2001Utica Blue Sox
PositionCatcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2004Miami (FL) (assistant)
2005–2013Wright State (assistant)
2014–2016Wright State
2017–2023UCF
2024–2025Purdue (assistant)
2026–presentStetson (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall349–204
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
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Head coaching record

Below is a table of Lovelady's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[6]

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Record table
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Wright State Raiders (Horizon League) (2014–2016)
2014 Wright State 35–2225–41st
2015 Wright State 43–1721–82ndNCAA Regional
2016 Wright State 46–1723–61stNCAA Regional
Wright State: 124–5669–18
UCF Knights (American Athletic Conference) (2017–2023)
2017 UCF 40–2215–91stNCAA Regional
2018 UCF 35–2113–105th
2019 UCF 36–2211–136th
2020 UCF 15–30–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 UCF 31–3018–14T-4thThe American tournament
2022 UCF 35–2514–102ndThe American tournament
2023 UCF 33–2612–124thThe American tournament
UCF: 225–14983–68
Total:349–204

      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

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