Lance Ratchford

Lance Ratchford
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Marist
Conference	MAAC
Record	36–71 (.336)
Biographical details
Born	October 5, 1988 (age 36); Oneonta, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Keystone College
Playing career
2008–2010	Mansfield
2011	Keystone
Position(s)	Infielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2012–2015	SUNY Oneonta (AC)
2016–2018	Marist (AC)
2019–2022	SUNY Cobleskill
2023–present	Marist
Head coaching record
Overall	96–127 (.430)
Tournaments	NCAA: 0–0

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.

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] Ratchford returns to Marist, having served as assistant coach under former head coach Chris Tracz from 2016-18. As an assistant, Ratchford helped the Red Foxes capture the 2017 MAAC Championship and earn a trip to the Gainesville Regional.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
SUNY Cobleskill Fighting Tigers (North Eastern Athletic Conference) (2019–2020)
2019	SUNY Cobleskill	16–22	9–9	T-4th	NEAC Tournament
2020	SUNY Cobleskill	8–5	0–0	NA	Season canceled due to COVID-19
SUNY Cobleskill Fighting Tigers (North Atlantic Conference) (2021–2022)
2021	SUNY Cobleskill	15–9	10–4	1st (West)	NAC Tournament
2022	SUNY Cobleskill	21–20	11–4	1st (West)	NAC Tournament
SUNY Cobleskill:		60–56 (.517)	30–17 (.638)
Marist Red Foxes (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (2023–present)
2023	Marist	16–36	10–14	T-7th
2024	Marist	20–35	10–14	6th	MAAC Tournament
Marist:		36–71 (.336)	20–28 (.417)
Total:		96–127 (.430)
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

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

External links

Marist Red Foxes bio

[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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