Lance Ratchford

Lance Ratchford (born October 5, 1988) is an American baseball coach and former infielder, who is the current head baseball coach of the Marist Red Foxes. He played college baseball at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania from 2008 to 2010 before transferring to Keystone College. He has also been the head coach of the SUNY Cobleskill Fighting Tigers (2019–2022). Under Ratchford the Fighting Tigers captured back to back Conference Division Titles in 2021 and 2022. After the 2022 season Ratchford was named North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Coach of the Year.

Lance Ratchford
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamMarist
ConferenceMAAC
Record16–36 (.308)
Biographical details
Born (1988-10-05) October 5, 1988
Oneonta, New York, U.S.
Alma materKeystone College
Playing career
2008–2010Mansfield
2011Keystone
Position(s)Infielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2012–2015SUNY Oneonta (AC)
2016–2018Marist (AC)
2019–2022SUNY Cobleskill
2023–presentMarist
Head coaching record
Overall76–92 (.452)
TournamentsNCAA: 0–0

Playing career

Ratchford attended Oneonta High School in Oneonta, New York. During his senior year Ratchford earned 2nd Team All-State honors from the NYSSWA. He would go on to play college baseball at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania from 2008 to 2010 before transferring to Keystone College. As a senior in 2011, he helped Keystone advance to the NCAA Division III World Series, where they finished tied for third. The Giants won the New York Regional tournament and he was named to the NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team. The 2011 Keystone team was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in 2021.

Coaching career

In 2015 and 2016, and again in 2021 and 2022, Ratchford served as assistant coach of the Brewster Whitecaps, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Cape Cod Baseball League. The Whitecaps won the Cape Cod Baseball League Championship in 2021. [1][2] On August 9, 2022, Ratchford was named the head coach of the Marist Red Foxes.[3]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
SUNY Cobleskill Fighting Tigers (North Eastern Athletic Conference) (2019–2020)
2019 SUNY Cobleskill 16–229–9T-4thNEAC Tournament
2020 SUNY Cobleskill 8–50–0T-4thSeason canceled due to COVID-19
SUNY Cobleskill Fighting Tigers (North Atlantic Conference) (2021–2022)
2021 SUNY Cobleskill 15–910–41st (West)NAC Tournament
2022 SUNY Cobleskill 21–2011–41st (West)NAC Tournament
SUNY Cobleskill: 60–56 (.517)30–17 (.638)
Marist Red Foxes (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (2023–present)
2023 Marist 16–3610–14T-7th
Marist: 16–36 (.308)10–14 (.417)
Total:76–92 (.452)

      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

References
  1. "Meet the Coaches". brewsterwhitecaps.org. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  2. "Lance Ratchford". cobleskill.edu. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  3. Ken McMillan (August 9, 2022). "College baseball: Marist hires former assistant Ratchford". www.recordonline.com. USA TODAY Network. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
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