Bradley LeCroy was named the seventh head coach in the history of VCU Baseball on Aug. 2, 2022.
2024 will be LeCroy's second year in charge of the VCU Rams, having posted a 25-30 record during his first year at the helm in 2022. LeCroy won his first career game as a head coach in VCU's 10-3 win over Fairfield on Feb. 18, 2022.
During his first year in charge, VCU's Brandon Eike (3B) was named First Team All-Atlantic 10. During the season Zachary Peters (RHP) earned A-10 Rookie of the Week honors twice, Brian Curley (RHP) got the nod once and Mason Delane (RHP) was named A-10 Pitcher of the Week once. Will Carlone also earned A-10 Player of the Week honors during the opening weekend of the season.
LeCroy helped guide VCU to the 31st-best fielding percentage in the country (.978) and the Rams finished ranked ninth in the country in hit by pitch. VCU also had a pair of CSC Academic All-District winners in Nick Frazier (RHP) and Justin Humenay (RHP).
LeCroy brings over two decades of coaching experience to VCU, including 15 seasons across two stints on the staff of his alma mater, Clemson. In 22 total seasons as an assistant coach at Clemson, Tennessee, Western Carolina, and Anderson (S.C.), LeCroy has been a part of 18 winning seasons, 13 NCAA Tournament appearances, and an overall record of 756-520 (.592).
LeCroy returned to the Tigers in 2011 as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, helping guide Clemson to nine straight NCAA Regional appearances from 2011-19. He also served as the assistant head coach from 2013-15. LeCroy was first on staff with the Tigers as a volunteer assistant from 2003-05.
One of the nation’s top recruiters, LeCroy’s recruiting classes have regularly been ranked among the best in the country, including several top 10 ranks. The Tigers’ 2022 recruiting class was rated No. 6 in the country by Baseball America, the 2018 class was tabbed No. 7 by Collegiate Baseball, and the 2017 class was ranked No. 9 in the nation by Perfect Game.
The Walhalla, S.C., product was ranked as the No. 9 assistant coach in the nation by Baseball America prior to the 2013 season, and D1Baseball named him the No. 10 recruiter in the country before the 2017 campaign. In addition to his recruiting duties for the Tigers, LeCroy also coached Clemson’s hitters and infielders.
Before his second stint at Clemson, LeCroy served as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for three seasons at Tennessee from 2008-10, guiding the Volunteers’ infielders. He had two more recruiting classes ranked in the Top 25 while in Knoxville, and guided Tennessee to 87 home runs as a team in 2009.
From 2006-07, LeCroy was an assistant coach at Western Carolina, where the Catamounts put up a 75-47 record during his tenure and made an NCAA Regional appearance in 2007. Clemson made Regionals in all three of his years as a volunteer assistant from 2003-05, including an appearance in the 2005 Waco Super Regional.
LeCroy got his start in coaching collegiate baseball at Division II Anderson University, serving as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator from 2001-02. The Trojans put together a 30-26 season in 2002.
Lecroy was a four-year letterwinner at Clemson from 1997-2000, hitting .266 across 173 career games as a utility player. He was the starting shortstop on the 1999 Tigers team that came within one inning of advancing to the College World Series, and was a member of Clemson’s 2000 CWS squad. The Tigers made the NCAA Tournament in all four seasons of LeCroy’s career. LeCroy earned his bachelor’s degree in education from Clemson in May 2001.
