Tim Reilly

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Tim Reilly
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamLafayette
ConferencePatriot League
Record14–17
Playing career
2006–2009Rutgers
Position(s)Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2011Rider (H/C/3B)
2012–2013Rutgers (C)
2014–2017Rutgers (H/C)
2018–2020Lafayette (H/RC)
2021–presentLafayette
Head coaching record
Overall14–17
TournamentsPatriot: 1–2
NCAA: 0–0

Tim Reilly is an American baseball coach and former catcher, who is the current head baseball coach for the Lafayette Leopards. He played college baseball at Rutgers for coach Fred Hill from 2006 to 2009.

Playing career[]

Raised in Egg Harbor City, New Jersey, Reilly attended Holy Spirit High School, where he played baseball before graduating in 2005.[1] Following graduation, Reilly enrolled at Rutgers University, where he would be a member of the baseball team.

As a freshman at Rutgers, Reilly did not appear in any games. As a sophomore, he appeared in three games, where he had two at bats with no hits. He would go 0 for 2 as a junior as well, in 4 appearances at catcher. As a senior, he made 7 starts in 16 games, where he had a .211 batting average, a .375 on-base percentage (OBP) and a .263 slugging percentage.[2]

Coaching career[]

In 2011, Reilly was named an assistant coach for the Rider Broncs baseball team, working with hitters, catchers and coaching third base.[3] In the fall of 2011, Reilly returned to Rutgers to become a volunteer assistant working with catchers. On August 17, 2017, Reilly was named the hitting and recruiting coordinator for the Lafayette Leopards.[4]

When head coach Joe Kinney announced the fall of 2019, that the 2020 season would be his last before retiring, the college announced that Reilly would named head coach on July 1, 2020.[5]

Head coaching record[]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Lafayette Leopards (Patriot League) (2021–present)
2021 Lafayette 14–17 12–13 2nd (North) Patriot League Tournament
Lafayette: 14–17 12–13
Total: 14–17

      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[]

  1. ^ Guy Gargon (March 29, 2020). "2005 Holy Spirit grad Tim Reilly hired as Lafayette College baseball coach". www.pressofatlanticcity.com. The Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "2009 Rutgers Baseball Stats". www.scarletknights.com. Rutgers University. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  3. ^ "Tim Reilly – Baseball". www.gobroncs.com. Rider University. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  4. ^ Brian Foley (August 17, 2017). "Tim Reilly joins Lafayette Coaching Staff". www.collegebaseballdaily.com. Foley Creative, INC. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  5. ^ Keith Groller (April 23, 2020). "Longtime Lafayette baseball coach Joe Kinney didn't expect to go out this way". www.mcall.com. The Morning Call. Retrieved May 8, 2020.

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