Ken Carlyle  GC Baseball Head Coach

Greensboro College Baseball Head Coach Ken Carlyle will enter his fifth year leading The Pride in 2006.

In 2005, The Pride finished the year with a 24-16 record—the third most wins in program history. Overall, it was GC's seventh 20-win season.  The '05 pitching staff was ranked 18th nationally for lowest ERA (3.26), which was a record low for Pride pitching. GC also set new standards for defense as evidence by its by .956 fielding percentage, also a new GC benchmark. 

In his four previous seasons, Carlyle has coached four all region, 12 All-USA South Conference and four NCCSIA All-State honorees. The Pride produced the conference rookie pitcher-of-the-year in '03, the pitcher-of-the-year in '04 and Greensboro's first player-of-the -year in '05. Additionally, GC baseball players have twice won the Fred Joseph Award and the Craven E. Williams scholar athlete honor two times since 2002.

Under Carlyle's guidance, the team's grade point average has risen nearly half a grade and his players have earned four CoSIDA regional academic team selections. Greensboro College also established a sub-varsity/JV baseball team in 2002 under his direction.

Carlyle was hired as head baseball coach at Greensboro College in May of 2001. He served under Scott Rash as an assistant coach since January, 2001. His duties: pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for this year's GC team. Carlyle helped Greensboro to a 19-16 record--a nine game improvement from the previous season. His pitching staff reduced its earned run average by more than one run from the '00 club.

A professional baseball player in the Detroit Tiger and Atlanta Brave organizations from 1992 to 1999. He reached the Triple-A level, and was a Double-A All-Star in 1994. A business management graduate of the University of Mississippi, Carlyle is the Rebels' all-time leader in pitching victories (27). Carlyle was drafted in the ninth round by the Cincinnati Reds in 1991 and taken by the Tigers in the fourth round the following year.

Carlyle lives in Greensboro with his wife, Leslie. They have a young daughter, Lily.

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