Pat Brown joined the Wofford staff as pitching coach in July of 2023 and was elevated to associate head coach while retaining pitching coach duties in the summer of 2024. He enters his third season with the Terriers in 2026. He completed his third season as the pitching coach at St. Joseph’s in the spring of 2023 prior to his arrival in Spartanburg. In each of his three seasons the Hawks reached the Atlantic 10 postseason, culminating in the program’s first-ever A-10 regular season title in 2023.
“Pat has a proven track record of success and development with a pitching staff,” said Edwards. “He is going to be a great addition to our staff and program. We are happy to welcome him and his wife Katy to our Wofford Baseball family.”
The 2025 campaign saw Wofford post a seventh consecutive 30-win season at 33-27 while going 8-13 in the SoCon. Brown’s pitching staff recorded the second-best strikeout-to-walk ration in the Southern Conference at 2.34, and the Terriers were also second in walks allowed per nine innings (3.50), which was 25th in the country. Alec Bouchard developed into a main piece of the rotation during the season, eventually securing Southern Conference All-Tournament Team recognition. Champ Davis and Carter Rasmussen each earned a SoCon Pitcher of the Week nod during the season with Rasmussen garnering All-SoCon Second Team recognition at season’s end.
Brown’s first season with the Terriers in 2024 was historic, as Wofford posted a 42-20 overall record with a 12-8 league clip. The 42 wins mark a third-straight 40-win campaign for the Terriers while tying the program’s single-season record. Wofford won the SoCon Tournament after battling out of the losers’ bracket to defeat Samford twice and reach the NCAA Tournament. The Terriers were tabbed as the No. 3 seed in the Chapel Hill regional and secured their first-ever NCAA Tournament victory by downing Long Island 5-2. Brown’s pitching staff was instrumental to the team’s success, posting the most strikeouts in the SoCon with 497 and the second-best ERA with a 5.79 mark. The Terriers owned the best strikeout-to-walk ratio in the league at 2.47, which was 25th best in the nation. Leading the charge was Zac Cowan, who earned First-Team All-SoCon honors and was named Most Outstanding Player of the SoCon Tournament. He owned a 3.35 ERA, second in the SoCon, while striking out the most batters with 124. His 10 wins were also second. Senior Mike Eggert earned his first All-Southern Conference nod with a second-team selection by the media. Brown also helped develop freshmen Kenny Michaels and Camden Wicker, both of whom earned SoCon All-Freshman Team recognition.
A number of Hawks saw their careers rise to a new level under Brown’s tutelage. In 2021, Hayden Seig went on to sign a free agent contract with the Los Angeles Angels organization. The following season, Matt McShane earned Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-America honors and a place on the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team. Domenic Picone was named to the All-Conference Second Team in 2023, becoming just the fifth SJU starting pitcher to earn All-Conference honors since the Hawks joined the league 40 years earlier.
Brown joined the Hawks from Carson-Newman University, where he had been coaching since the summer of 2019. Prior to his stint in Tennessee, Brown spent two seasons at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania, where he helped guide the Knights to a MAC Commonwealth title and an NCAA Tournament bid in 2017. Mike Boulanger and Joel Bartoni each earned First Team All-Conference honors in 2017 and 2018, respectively, with Bartoni nabbing a pair of All-Region nods as well.
Brown began his coaching career at Bloomsburg University after graduating from SUNY Oswego in 2015. The Liverpool, New York, native made 38 appearances out of the bullpen for the Lakers, notching four career saves and posting a 3.67 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 72.1 innings. He was a member of SUNY Oswego’s NCAA Regional team as a senior.
Brown comes to Spartanburg with his wife, Katy.
