Baldwin Wallace University

Brian Harrison enters his 16th season as the Head Baseball Coach at Baldwin Wallace University in 2026.  The 2019, 2023, and 2024 Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Coach of the Year has won 587 career games, including 446 at BW.  Harrison has led the Yellow Jackets to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III National Tournament on nine different occasions, including the school's first-ever trip to College World Series in 2014, consecutive appearances in 2022 and 2023, and 2026.

Harrison at Baldwin Wallace

• 10th Head Coach in school history, succeeded the legendary Bob Fisher '63
• Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Champion in 2026
• Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Champion in 2025
• Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Champion in 2024
• Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season Champion in 2024
• Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season Champion in 2023
• Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season Champion in 2019
• Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Champion in 2018
• NCAA Regional Championship Game in 2014, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2025 and 2026
• NCAA Super Regional Championships in 2022, 2023 and 2026
• NCAA College World Series Fifth Place Finish in 2026
• NCAA College World Series Third Place Finish in 2023
• Set a school-record for doubles (131), fielding average (.972) in 2026 
• Set school-record for runs scored (484), runs batted-in (450), home runs (73), slugging percentage (.551), and strikeouts (427) in 2022
• Set school-record for wins in a season (39), OAC wins in a season (15), hits (628), singles (449), innings pitched (461.1) and putouts (1,384) in 2023
• Has won 22 or more games for 12 straight years (293-148), except for 2020 when the season was canceled due to COVID-19
• Won his 500th career game in 2024 with doubleheader sweep of Wilmington
• Won his 200th career game in 2018 
• ABCA/AETC Division III Region VII Coach of the Year in 2022 and 2023
• 2014 Mideast Region Coach of the Year 

Under Harrison’s Guidance

• 2026 Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Player of the Year and Batting Triple Crown Winner Dennis Ritlinger-Nirider '26
• 2025 Ohio Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year Brit Kostura '26
• Two College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-Americans of the Year
• All-American and Academic All-American Danny Cody '19 was drafted in the 17th round of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft by the Houston Astros, which was the highest selected Division III player
• All-American Mark Zimmerman '16 was drafted in the 33rd round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft by the San Deigo Padres
• 2013 Capital One All-American of the Year Brendan Toughey '13

Coaching Experience

• University of Dayton Hitting Coach
• Cincinnati Reds Associate Scout 
• Urbana University Head Coach 
• Cuyahoga Community College Head Coach

Harrison Coaching Records

As a Player

• Shawnee State University standout
• National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) All-American selection
• Led Shawnee State to a fifth-place finish at the NAIA College World Series in 2000
• Hit more than 40 career home runs and tallied more than 200 career runs batted-in
• Inducted to the Shawnee State Hall of Fame in 2008

Hometown Roots

• A native of Westlake, Ohio, Harrison was prep standout at St. Edward High School
• Coach Harrison and his wife Traci reside in North Ridgeville with their two sons, Braden and Luke, and daughter, Harper.

 This page was last updated on August 5, 2026