Brad Stromdahl (born April 12, 1977) is an American college baseball coach and former catcher. He is the head baseball coach at Georgia State University. Stromdahl played college baseball at Bethany Lutheran College from 1996 to 1997 before transferring to Southwest Minnesota State University where he played for coach Paul Blanchard in 1998 and 1999. He served as the head coach at Georgia Gwinnett College from 2012 to 2019.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Georgia State |
| Conference | Sun Belt |
| Record | 112–130 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | April 12, 1977 Napa, California |
| Playing career | |
| 1996–1997 | Bethany Lutheran College |
| 1998–1999 | Southwest Minnesota State |
| Position(s) | Catcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003 | Marshall (assistant) |
| 2004–2006 | Central Michigan (assistant) |
| 2007–2011 | Georgia State (assistant) |
| 2012–2019 | Georgia Gwinnett |
| 2020–present | Georgia State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 112–130 (NCAA) 328–104 (NAIA) |
| Tournaments | Sun Belt: 2–3 |
Playing career
editStromdahl attended Justin-Siena High School in Napa, California before transferring to Lakeland Union High School in Minocqua, Wisconsin. Trout played for the school's varsity baseball, basketball and soccer.[1] Stromdahl then enrolled at Bethany Lutheran College to play college baseball for the Bethany Lutheran Vikings team. After graduating with an associate's degree from Bethany Lutheran, Stromdahl transferred to Southwest Minnesota State University. As a senior in 1999, Stromdahl was named First Team All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.[2]
Coaching career
editOn August 14, 2002, Stromdahl became an volunteer assistant at Marshall University.[3] On August 18, 2003, Stromdahl was named an assistant at Central Michigan University.[4] The following year, Stromdahl became an assistant at Georgia State University.
On October 18, 2011, Stromdahl was named the first head coach in the history of the Georgia Gwinnett College program.[5]
On June 26, 2019, Stromdahl was named the head coach of the Georgia State Panthers baseball program.[6]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Gwinnett Grizzlies (Independent) (2013–2019) | |||||||||
| 2013 | Georgia Gwinnett | 30–25 | 0–0 | ||||||
| 2014 | Georgia Gwinnett | 53–13 | 0–0 | NAIA World Series | |||||
| 2015 | Georgia Gwinnett | 50–14 | 0–0 | NAIA Opening Round | |||||
| 2016 | Georgia Gwinnett | 57–6 | 0–0 | NAIA Opening Round | |||||
| 2017 | Georgia Gwinnett | 40–21 | 0–0 | NAIA Opening Round | |||||
| 2018 | Georgia Gwinnett | 50–12 | 0–0 | NAIA World Series | |||||
| 2019 | Georgia Gwinnett | 48–13 | 0–0 | NAIA World Series | |||||
| Georgia Gwinnett (NAIA): | 328–104 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Georgia State Panthers (Sun Belt Conference) (2020–present) | |||||||||
| 2020 | Georgia State | 9–7 | 0–0 | (East) | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||
| 2021 | Georgia State | 18–37 | 12–12 | 5th (East) | Sun Belt Tournament | ||||
| 2022 | Georgia State | 30–26 | 15–15 | 7th | |||||
| 2023 | Georgia State | 30–28 | 16–14 | 5th (East) | Sun Belt Tournament | ||||
| 2024 | Georgia State | 25–32 | 13–17 | 6th (East) | Sun Belt Tournament | ||||
| Georgia State: | 112–130 | 56–58 | |||||||
| Total: | 112–130 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "LUHS announces class of 2014 Wall of Fame inductees". www.eedition.lakelandtimes.com. Lakeland Printing, Inc. December 12, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ "Paul Blanchard". www.smsumustangs.com. Southwest Minnesota State Athletics. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ "Baseball Announces Hiring of Two Assistant Coaches". www.herdzone.com. Marshall University Athletics. August 14, 2002. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ "Jaksa Completes Baseball Coaching Staff". www.cmuchippewas.com. Central Michigan University. August 18, 2003. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ Vanzetta Evans (October 18, 2011). "GGC Hires First Baseball Coach". www.patch.com. Patch Media. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ Christine Troyke (June 26, 2019). "Georgia State hires GGC's Brad Stromdahl as head baseball coach". www.gwinnettdailypost.com. Gwinnett Daily Post. Retrieved July 10, 2019.