Troy Brohawn
Head Coach
Troy Brohawn enters his 11th season at the helm of the Sea Gull program in 2025. In his first 10 seasons he oversaw six conference championships, extended Salisbury's NCAA Tournament streak to 24 straight appearances, made four College World Series appearances (2015, '21, '22, '23), and brought home the first NCAA Division III baseball national championship in program history in 2021. Brohawn is one of head coaches to win both an MLB World Series as a player and a Division III College World Series as a head coach (Scott Brosius, Linfield '13).
Honors/Accomplishments as Head Coach
- 2021 NCAA Division III National Champions
- 2022 NCAA Division III National Runner-Up
- Four College World Series appearances (2015, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- 312 career wins (third coach in SU baseball history with 300+ victories)
- Career winning percentage of .775
- Ranks second among active Division III head coaches (fifth all-time)
- Ranks third among all active NCAA head coaches (10th all-time)
- One ABCA National Coach of the Year award (2021)
- Two ABCA Regional Coach of the Year awards (2021, '24)
- Nine straight NCAA Tournament berths (2015-24)
- One NCAA Tournament Regional host (2019)
- Three NCAA Super Regional hosts (2022, '23, '24)
- Three-time Conference Coach of the Year (2017, 2021, 2022)
- Six Conference Championships (2016-18, 2021-23)
- Three National Players of the Year
- Pete Grasso, 2017 Consensus National Player of the Year
- Connor Reeves, 2018 Consensus National Pitcher of the Year
- Jimmy Adkins, 2022 D3baseball.com National Pitcher of the Year
- Five ABCA All-Americans
- Pete Grasso, 2017
- Connor Reeves, 2018
- Clayton Dwyer, 2021
- Jimmy Adkins, 2022
- Kavi Caster, 2022
- Danny Sheeler, 2023
- Andrew Kell, 2024
- Tim Petrucelli, 2024
- 10 D3baseball.com All-Americans
- Danny Breen, 2015
- Pete Grasso, 2017
- Connor Reeves, 2018
- Austin Heenan, 2018
- Clayton Dwyer, 2021
- Justin Meekins, 2021
- Jimmy Adkins, 2022
- Kavi Caster, 2022
- Danny Sheeler, 2023
- Andrew Kell, 2024
- Tim Petrucelli, 2024
- 34 ABCA/Rawlings All-Region selections
- 33 D3baseball.com All-Region selections
- 74 All-Conference selections
- Seven Conference Players of the Year
- Tom LaBriola, 2016
- Pete Grasso, 2017
- Justin Meekins, 2021 (Player)
- Clayton Dwyer, 2021 (Pitcher)
- Kavi Caster, 2022 (Player)
- Jimmy Adkins, 2022 (Pitcher)
- Danny Sheeler, 2023 (Player)
- Andrew Kell, 2024 (Player)
- One Conference Rookie of the Year
- Cole Williams, 2024
- Two Conference Scholar-Athletes of the Year
- Sky Rahill, 2022
- Adam Tommer, 2024
- One Conference Medal of Inspiration Winner
- Jimmy Adkins, 2022
Notable Games as Head Coach
- Feb. 7, 2015 – Salisbury defeats Gwynedd Mercy 13-6 for Coach Brohawn’s first career win
- May 16, 2015 – Salisbury defeats Alvernia 12-2 to win the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional and earn a trip to the College World Series
- Mar. 11, 2018 – Coach Brohawn wins his 100th career game as Salisbury defeats Manhattanville, 12-6
- Apr. 7, 2019 – Salisbury beats top-ranked Christopher Newport 1-0 in a Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) road matchup
- May 17-18, 2019 – The Sea Gulls host an NCAA Regional for the first time since 2009
- May 30, 2021 – Salisbury defeats Birmingham-Southern 9-6 in 12 innings to win the NCAA High Point Regional and advance to the College World Series; Coach Brohawn earns his 200th career victory
- June 8, 2021 – Salisbury wins the first national championship in program history, defeating St. Thomas (Minn.) 4-2 to complete an undefeated run through the NCAA Tournament and College World Series
- May 28-29, 2022 - The Sea Gulls host the first-ever NCAA Super Regional, defeating Wooster to clinch a second consecutive College World Series berth
- June 6, 2022 - Salisbury defeats Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 5-2, to become the first team in 10 years to make back-to-back NCAA Division III Baseball Championship Series appearances
- May 27, 2023 - Salisbury defeats Rowan, 17-12, to win the Super Regional championship and become the first team since 2014-16 (Cortland, Emory) to make three consecutive NCAA Division III Baseball Championships
- April 8, 2024 - Coach Brohawn wins his 300th career game as Salisbury defeats York (Pa.), 8-4
- May 19, 2024 - Salisbury defeats Mitchell 15-0 and 11-0 in a pair of elimination games at Wellesley, Mass. to win its fourth consecutive NCAA Regional Championship
Coaching Career Prior to Salisbury
A native of the Eastern Shore town of Cambridge, Md., Brohawn returned to the Sea Gull program after a five-year stint as the head coach of the Cambridge-South Dorchester High School where he led the Vikings to the state championship in 2013. Brohawn served as the Sea Gulls’ pitching coach for four seasons from 2006-2009. During that time Salisbury posted a 149-32 record, including a program-best 41-4 mark in 2008. While coaching, Brohawn completed and earned his Bachelor's degree in Physical Education in 2009.
Playing Career
An accomplished player, Brohawn played three years of Division I baseball at the University of Nebraska before embarking on a decade-long professional career. While at Nebraska, he was named to the Dean's List three times and was a First-Team All-American in 1993, tossing 13 complete games and setting a Cornhusker program record with 123 strikeouts in 111.1 innings.
In 1994 he was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the fourth round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. He played 11 seasons in three major league organizations, making 82 major league appearances from 2001-03 with the Arizona Diamondbacks, San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers, going 4-4 with a 4.86 ERA and one save over 66.2 innings.
Brohawn made his debut in The Show for the would-be world champion Diamondbacks on April 14, 2001. On November 3, 2001, he pitched a scoreless ninth inning in Arizona's 15-2 win over the New York Yankees in Game 6 of the World Series. Before striking out Clay Bellinger to force a thrilling Game 7 - which the Diamondbacks would win in walkoff fashion - Brohawn retired Scott Brosius on a popout to second; both men would eventually win Division III national championships as head coaches.
Brohawn also owns arguably the best career pitching record against MLB home run king Barry Bonds. In 11 career plate appearances against Brohawn, Bonds went 0-for-10 with one walk and four strikeouts.