Scott Forbes (baseball)

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Scott Forbes
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamNorth Carolina
ConferenceACC
Record28–27
Playing career
1994Middle Georgia
1995–1997North Carolina Wesleyan
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2002North Carolina (asst)
2003–2005Winthrop (C/H)
2006–2020North Carolina (P)
2021–presentNorth Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall28–27
TournamentsACC: 1–1
NCAA: 1–2

Scott Forbes is an American baseball coach and former player, who is the current head baseball coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels. He played college baseball at Middle Georgia College transferring in 1994 to North Carolina Wesleyan College where he played for head coach Mike Fox from 1995–1997.

Coaching career[]

In 1999, Forbes followed his head coach at NC Wesleyan, Mike Fox, to Fox's alma mater, North Carolina, to become an assistant coach. Forbes then became an assistant coach for the Winthrop Eagles on August 27, 2002.[1] He returned to Chapel Hill in 2006, and remained an assistant under Fox for the next 14 years.

On August 7, 2020, Fox retired as the head baseball coach of the Tar Heels, and Forbes was named his successor.[2] Forbes' tenure as the Tar Heel head coach got off to a hot start, going 6-0 before suffering their first loss to the Virginia Cavaliers on February 28th, 2021.[3] On April 12th, against arch rivals Duke, Forbes' Tar Heels routed the Blue Devils by scoring 21 runs, their most since a win against Virginia Tech in 2013.[4]

Head coaching record[]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
North Carolina Tar Heels (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2021–present)
2021 North Carolina 28–27 18–18 T–3rd (Coastal) NCAA Regional
North Carolina: 28–27 18–18
Total: 28–27

      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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Scott Forbes Hired As New Assistant Baseball Coach". www.winthropeagles.com. Winthrop University. August 27, 2002. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  2. ^ Kendall Rogers (August 7, 2020). "North Carolina's Mike Fox Retires, Scott Forbes takes over". www.d1baseball.com. D1 Baseball. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  3. ^ "2021 Baseball Schedule". GoHeels.com.
  4. ^ "Baseball Routs Duke 21-8 To Win Fourth ACC Series". GoHeels.com.

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