Ben Greenspan
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Northwestern |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Record | 18–34 (.346) |
| Biographical details | |
| Alma mater | Indiana |
| Playing career | |
| 2004–2005 | UConn |
| 2006–2007 | Indiana |
| Position(s) | Catcher, first base |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2009–2014 | Indiana (assistant) |
| 2015–2017 | Arizona State (assistant) |
| 2018–2021 | Arizona State (associate) |
| 2022 | Cal Poly (assistant) |
| 2023 | Michigan (associate) |
| 2024–present | Northwestern |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 18–34 (.346) |
Ben Greenspan is an American college baseball coach and former player. Greenspan is the head coach for the Northwestern Wildcats baseball team, serving since 2023.
College career
[edit]Greenspan first attended the University of Connecticut, where he played catcher and first baseman for their baseball team for two years.[1] Before his junior year, Greenspan transferred to the University of Indiana, where he would spend the remainder of his college career. Greenspan graduated in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in sport marketing and management and later received a master's degree from Indiana in sport administration.[2][3]
Coaching career
[edit]Greenspan's first college coaching job was at Indiana, acting as an assistant coach in various roles from 2009 to 2014. Before the 2015 season, Greenspan joined the Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team as an assistant coach. In 2018, Greenspan was promoted to associate head coach until 2021.[4] Greenspan then joined the Cal Poly Mustangs baseball team as an assistant coach in 2022, spending one year there.[5] After his sole year at Cal Poly, Greenspan became an associate head coach again, now joining the Michigan Wolverines baseball team for the 2023 season.[6][7] Following one year at Michigan, Greenspan was hired as the head coach on August 18, 2023, for the Northwestern Wildcats baseball team before the 2024 season.[8][9][10]
Head coaching record
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern Wildcats (Big Ten Conference) (2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024 | Northwestern | 18–34 | 4–20 | 13th | |||||
| Northwestern: | 18–34 (.346) | 4–20 (.167) | |||||||
| Total: | 18–34 (.346) | ||||||||
| National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Ben Greenspan". UConn Huskies. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ "Ben Greenspan". IU Hoosiers. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ "Former Indiana Baseball Player Ben Greenspan Hired as New Northwestern Coach". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ "Ben Greenspan". The Sun Devils. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ "Cal Poly Names Ben Greenspan as Assistant Baseball Coach". Go Poly. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ "Greenspan Announced as Associate Head Baseball Coach". Go Blue. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ "Michigan associate head coach Ben Greenspan hired at Northwestern". The Michigan Daily. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ "Northwestern hires new baseball coach after allegations against predecessor". CBS News. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ "Northwestern hires Ben Greenspan as baseball coach after letting Jim Foster go". AP News. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ "Northwestern baseball, mired in controversy, hires Ben Greenspan as new coach to replace Jim Foster". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 30, 2024.