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Ken Carlyle     Greensboro College  Head Baseball Coach

Greensboro College Baseball Head Coach Ken Carlyle will enter his seventh year leading The Pride in 2008.

In 2007, The Pride finished the year with a 20-20. Overall, it was GC's ninth 20-win season. The previous year, GC tied the most wins in program history with 27 victories. The '06 Pride defense was ranked 10th nationally for fielding percentage (.956), which was also a program benchmark. GC also set new standards for defense as evidenced by its by .956 fielding percentage, also a new standard. 

Carlyle and GC baseball also had other highlights in 2006. The Pride reached the USA South championship game for the first time since 1998 and defeated eight ranked teams during the season. GC set a program record with seven all-conference honorees, including five first team selections. Carlyle picked up his 100th career win on the final regular season game and has a 100-94 record at Greensboro College.

In his five previous seasons, Carlyle has coached one All-American, five all region, 20 All-USA South Conference and six 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 back-to-back players-of-the -year in 2005 and '06. Additionally, GC baseball players have twice won the Fred Joseph Award and the Craven E. Williams scholar athlete honor three times since 2002.

Under Carlyle's guidance, the team's grade point average has risen nearly half a grade and his players have earned five 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 was inducted into his high school's Hall of Fame in 2006.

Carlyle lives in Greensboro with his wife, Leslie. They have two young daughters, Lily and Reagan. They recently joined Lawndale Baptist Church.