Greg Beals

Not to be confused with Greg Beales.

Greg Beals (born February 9, 1970) is an American college baseball coach and former catcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Marshall Thundering Herd. Beals played college baseball at Kent State University from 1989 to 1991 for coach Danny Hall. He previously served as head coach at Ball State (2003–2010) and the Ohio State Buckeyes (2011–2022).^[1]

Greg Beals

Beals in 2024
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Marshall
Conference	Sun Belt
Record	16-37
Biographical details
Born	(1970-02-09) February 9, 1970 (age 54) Springfield, Ohio, U.S.
Playing career
1989–1991	Kent State
Position(s)	C
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–2002	Kent State (Asst.)
2003–2010	Ball State
2011–2022	Ohio State
2023–present	Marshall
Head coaching record
Overall	605–527–1
Tournaments	NCAA: 2–6
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2× Big Ten Tournament (2016, 2019) MAC Tournament (2006)

Playing career

Beals was a three-year letterman at catcher for Kent State, batting .306 for his career and earning honorable mention All-MAC honors. He was drafted by the New York Mets in the 21st Round of the 1991 MLB Draft and played three seasons professionally, reaching high Class-A and playing on division-winning teams in each season.^[1]

Coaching career

After ending his playing career, Beals became an assistant coach at Kent State, working primarily on recruiting. In nine seasons with the Golden Flashes, the team claimed a pair of MAC Tournament championships and made three NCAA Regional appearances. He would see 21 recruits sign professional contracts, 36 earn All-MAC honors, and 17 earned Academic All-MAC honors. He then earned his first head coaching job at Ball State. In eight seasons with the Cardinals, his teams claimed three MAC West Division championships and the school's first MAC Tournament title, leading to an NCAA Regional appearance. Only once did his team finish below third in the six-plus team division, also the only time the Cardinals failed to qualify for the MAC Tournament. This was after six starting position players and a top pitcher from the NCAA Tournament team, four of whom were drafted. Beals saw five players named All-Americans, 18 named All-MAC, and 15 Academic All-MAC, as well as 20 players drafted in the Major League Baseball Draft.^[2]

In the summer of 2010, Beals was named head coach at Ohio State. He has led the Buckeyes to the Big Ten Tournament each of his three seasons.^{[1][3][4][5][6]} Beals lead the Buckeyes to their first NCAA Regional in 2016, with a Big Ten Conference Tournament championship, their first postseason appearance since 2009. Beals lead the Buckeyes to another Big Ten Conference Tournament championship in 2019.^[7] On May 23, 2022, Beals was fired by the Buckeyes after finishing 12th in the 2022 season. He posted a 346–288–1 record in 11 seasons.^[8]

On July 25, 2022, Beals was introduced as the head coach of the Akron Zips.^[9]

On January 3, 2023, Beals was introduced as the head coach of the Marshall baseball team without ever coaching a game for Akron.^[10]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Ball State Cardinals (Mid-American Conference) (2003–2010)
2003	Ball State	36–21	17–10	1st (West)	MAC Tournament[a]
2004	Ball State	28–28	14–10	T-2nd (West)	MAC Tournament[b]
2005	Ball State	38–18	17–5	T-1st (West)	MAC Tournament[c]
2006	Ball State	38–22	16–9	2nd (West)	NCAA Regional
2007	Ball State	20–34	8–19	6th (West)
2008	Ball State	28–25	12–11	3rd (West)	MAC Tournament[d]
2009	Ball State	26–25	14–10	1st (West)	MAC Tournament[e]
2010	Ball State	29–29	19–8	3rd (West)	MAC Tournament[f]
Ball State:		243–202	117–72
Ohio State Buckeyes (Big Ten Conference) (2011–2022)
2011	Ohio State	25–27	13–11	4th	Big Ten Tournament[g]
2012	Ohio State	33–27	11–13	6th	Big Ten Tournament[h]
2013	Ohio State	35–23	15–9	2nd	Big Ten Tournament[i]
2014	Ohio State	30–28	10–14	T-7th	Big Ten Tournament[j]
2015	Ohio State	35–20	13–11	7th	Big Ten Tournament[k]
2016	Ohio State	44–20–1	15–9	T–3rd	NCAA Regional
2017	Ohio State	22–34	8–16	9th
2018	Ohio State	36–24	14–10	7th	NCAA Regional
2019	Ohio State	36–27	12–12	T-6th	NCAA Regional
2020	Ohio State	6–8	0–0		Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Ohio State	22–20	22–20	6th
2022	Ohio State	21–30	8–14	11th
Ohio State:		345–288–1	141–139
Marshall Thundering Herd (Sun Belt Conference) (2023–present)
2023	Marshall	16–37	5–25	14th
2024	Marshall	18–37	9–21	13th
Marshall:		34–70	14–46
Total:		622–564–1
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

1. The two division winners plus the next four finishers, regardless of division, of the MAC's 13 teams qualified for the Tournament in 2003.
2. The two division winners plus the next four finishers, regardless of division, of the MAC's 13 teams qualified for the Tournament in 2004.
3. The two division winners plus the next four finishers, regardless of division, of the MAC's 13 teams qualified for the Tournament in 2005.
4. The two division winners plus the next six finishers, regardless of division, of the MAC's 12 teams qualified for the Tournament in 2008.
5. The two division winners plus the next six finishers, regardless of division, of the MAC's 12 teams qualified for the Tournament in 2009.
6. The two division winners plus the next six finishers, regardless of division, of the MAC's 12 teams qualified for the Tournament in 2008.
7. The top six finishers of the Big Ten's ten teams qualified for the Tournament in 2011.
8. The top six finishers of the Big Ten's eleven teams qualified for the Tournament in 2012.
9. The top six finishers of the Big Ten's eleven teams qualified for the Tournament in 2013.
10. The top eight finishers of the Big Ten's eleven teams qualified for the Tournament in 2014.
11. The top eight finishers of the Big Ten's thirteen teams qualified for the Tournament in 2015.

References

1. "Greg Beals". Ohio State Buckeyes. Archived from the original on May 2, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
2. "Greg Beals". Ball State Cardinals. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
3. "Ohio State Names Greg Beals Head Coach". NCAA. June 17, 2010. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
4. David Jablonski (May 1, 2013). "Buckeye baseball booming under Beals". Springfield News-Sun. Springfield, Ohio. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
5. Todd Avery (April 4, 2011). "Greg Beals is at home in 1st year as OSU baseball coach". Truman State University Index. Archived from the original on January 21, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
6. Brian Foley (June 16, 2010). "Greg Beals set to be named head coach at Ohio State". College Baseball Daily. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
7. David Jablonski (May 26, 2019). "Kenton Ridge grad Beals wins second Big Ten baseball title in nine seasons at Ohio State". www.daytondailynews.com. Dayton Daily News. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
8. "Ohio State fires baseball coach Greg Beals after 12 seasons". www.espn.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. May 23, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
9. David Jablonski (July 25, 2022). "Springfield native Beals will continue coaching career in MAC". www.daytondailynews.com. Dayton Daily News. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
10. Kendall Rogers (January 3, 2023). "Marshall Hires Greg Beals, Akron Makes Internal Hire". www.d1baseball.com. D1baseball. Retrieved January 3, 2023.

External links

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)