Baseball

Barry Craddock is in his first year as Wilmington College Head Baseball Coach in 2023-24, with the spring of 2024 marking his first season with the Quakers.

Craddock comes to Wilmington from his alma mater, The College of Wooster, where he has been the head coach for the last four years. The Fighting Scots went 81-57-1 during his tenure including winning an NCAA Division III Regional title in 2022. Wooster fell to eventual national championship runner-up Salisbury University 18-16 in game three of the super regional that season.

Since returning to Wooster prior to the 2008 season, Craddock played a large part in Wooster posting a 485-207-1 record. The Fighting Scots have advanced to the NCAA Div. III World Series twice, with the 2009 squad finishing as the national runner-up. Within the North Coast Athletic Conference, Wooster's won the league title eight times during Craddock's second stretch with the Scots, including four straight from 2016-19, a first in NCAC history.

Craddock previously was an assistant coach at Wooster from 1996-99. The Scots went 154-43-1 during those four years and reached the 1997 NCAA Division III national championship game. In between his stints at Wooster, Craddock transformed the Denison University baseball program into a regular contender for championships in the NCAC. Overall, he compiled a then-school-record 183 victories (183-120) from 2000-07. Highlighting Craddock's tenure were a pair of 30-win seasons, and under him, the Big Red advanced to the finals of the NCAC Tournament three times (2003, 2004, 2005).

During his time as a student at Wooster, Craddock was a member of a Mideast Regional championship team. It was his senior season (1994) when the left-hander went 3-2 with two saves, a 4.32 ERA, and 33 strikeouts over 56 1/3 innings. Over his career, Craddock appeared in 52 games and earned seven saves – the third-most in team history in both categories upon graduation.

A native of Rittman, Ohio, Craddock earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Wooster and furthered his education with a master's degree in physical education from Ohio University.

Barry Craddock Season-By-Season Record

*Last updated - October 10th, 2023*