Grant Achilles
{{short description|American baseball player and coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Grant Achilles
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| current_title =
| current_team =
| current_conference =
| current_record =
| contract =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|6|11}}
| birth_place = Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| player_years1 = 2002–2006
| player_team1 = Wake Forest
| player_positions = First Baseman, Second Baseman, Outfielder
| coach_years1 = 2007
| coach_team1 = Charlotte (asst.)
| coach_years2 = 2008–2009
| coach_team2 = Western Carolina (asst.)
| coach_years3 = 2010–2011
| coach_team3 = Wake Forest (asst.)
| coach_years4 = 2012
| coach_team4 = Georgetown (asst.)
| coach_years5 = 2013–2014
| coach_team5 = Brown (asst.)
| coach_years6 = 2015–2025
| coach_team6 = Brown
| overall_record = 119–252
| tournament_record = NCAA: 0–0
| championships =
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
Grant Achilles (born June 11, 1983) is an American college baseball coach and former infielder, who was the head baseball coach of the Brown Bears.
Playing career
Achilles attended Heritage High School in Lynchburg, Virginia. Achilles played for the school's varsity baseball team. Achilles then enrolled at Wake Forest University, to play college baseball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team.
During his freshman and sophomore season, Achilles appeared in 13 games gathering twelve plate appearances going 0-for-6. He missed the entire 2004 season with a medical redshirt.{{cite web |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wake/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/05-media-guide-23-37.pdf |title=Grant Achilles |publisher=Wake Forest University Athletics |work=www.grfx.cstv.com |accessdate=January 22, 2019 |archive-date=January 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123121437/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wake/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/05-media-guide-23-37.pdf |url-status=dead }}
As a junior in 2005, Achilles had a .254 batting average, a .343 on-base percentage (OBP) and a .339 SLG.
As a senior in 2006, Achilles batted .185 with a .296 SLG, 1 home run, and 4 RBIs.
Coaching career
Achilles began his coaching career in 2007 as an assistant with the Charlotte 49ers baseball program. On August 28, 2007, Achilles was hired as a volunteer coach for the Western Carolina Catamounts baseball program.{{cite web |url=http://www.catamountsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=12100&ATCLID=211724560 |title=Grant Achilles, Bruce Johnson Join Bobby Moranda's Catamount Baseball Staff |date=August 8, 2007 |publisher=Western Carolina University Athletics |work=www.catamountsports.com |accessdate=January 22, 2019}} After three years at Western Carolina, Achilles returned to Wake Forest as a volunteer assistant.{{cite web |url=https://godeacs.com/news/2009/9/9/Former_Deac_Achilles_Added_to_Wake_Forest_Baseball_Staff.aspx?path=baseball |title=Former Deac Achilles Added to Wake Forest Baseball Staff |date=September 9, 2009 |publisher=Wake Forest University Athletics |work=www.godeacs.com |accessdate=January 22, 2019}} On September 22, 2011, Achilles was named an assistant at Georgetown.{{cite web |url=https://guhoyas.com/news/2011/9/22/Georgetown_Baseball_Adds_Two_Coaches_to_Staff.aspx |title=Georgetown Baseball Adds Two Coaches to Staff |date=September 22, 2011 |publisher=Georgetown University Athletics |work=www.gohoyas.com |accessdate=January 22, 2019}} After just a season at Georgetown, Achilles left to become the top assistant at Brown.
On April 11, 2014, Marek Drabinski stepped down as the head coach and Achilles and Mike McCormack were named the interim head coaches the remainder of the year.{{cite web |url=https://brownbears.com/news/2014/4/11/4_11_2014_888.aspx?path=baseball |title=Marek Drabinski Steps Down As Baseball Coach At Brown |date=April 11, 2014 |publisher=Brown University Athletics |work=www.brownbears.com |accessdate=January 22, 2019}} After going 7–9 as the co-interim head coach, Achilles was named the lone head coach of Brown on June 23, 2014.{{cite web |url=https://www.providencejournal.com/sports/content/20140623-brown-names-achilles-head-baseball-coach.ece |title=Brown names Achilles head baseball coach |date=June 23, 2014 |publisher=GateHouse Media, Inc. |work=www.providencejournal.com |accessdate=January 22, 2019}}
Brown announced on May 8, 2025, that Achilles will no longer serve as head coach after 11 seasons.{{cite press release|url=https://brownbears.com/news/2025/5/8/brown-university-announces-change-in-baseball-leadership|title=Brown University Announces Change in Baseball Leadership|publisher=Brown Bears|date=May 8, 2025|access-date=May 9, 2025}}
Head coaching record
{{CBB yearly record start
| type = coach
| conference =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Brown Bears
| conference= Ivy League
| startyear = 2014
| endyear = 2025
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2014
| name = Brown
| overall = 7–9
| conference = 6–6
| confstanding = 3rd {{small|(Red Rolfe)}}
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2015
| name = Brown
| overall = 11–28
| conference = 6–14
| confstanding = T-3rd {{small|(Red Rolfe)}}
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2016
| name = Brown
| overall = 15–24
| conference = 9–11
| confstanding = T-3rd {{small|(Red Rolfe)}}
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2017
| name = Brown
| overall = 13–24
| conference = 6–14
| confstanding = 4th {{small|(Red Rolfe)}}
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2018
| name = Brown
| overall = 11–26
| conference = 6–15
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2019
| name = Brown
| overall = 12–27
| conference = 9–12
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2020
| name = Brown
| overall = 3–9
| conference = 0–0
| confstanding =
| postseason = Season canceled due to COVID-19
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2021
| name = Brown
| overall = 0–0
| conference = 0–0
| confstanding =
| postseason = Ivy League opted-out of the 2021 season
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2022
| name = Brown
| overall = 13–23
| conference = 8–13
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2023
| name = Brown
| overall = 12–26
| conference = 9–12
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2024
| name = Brown
| overall = 11–28
| conference = 6–15
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2025
| name = Brown
| overall = 11–28
| conference = 7–14
| confstanding = T–7th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Brown
| overall = 119–252
| confrecord = 72–126
}}
{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = 119–252
}}
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- [https://brownbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=441&path=baseball Brown Bears bio]
{{Brown Bears baseball coach navbox}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Achilles, Grant}}
Category:Baseball coaches from Virginia
Category:Baseball first basemen
Category:Baseball players from Lynchburg, Virginia
Category:Baseball second basemen
Category:Brown Bears baseball coaches
Category:Charlotte 49ers baseball coaches
Category:Georgetown Hoyas baseball coaches
Category:Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball coaches