Liberty hires LeCroy as Flames’ new head baseball coach

After leading VCU to the Atlantic 10 Championship and following successful assistant coaching stints in the ACC and SEC, Bradley LeCroy has been named Liberty University’s new head baseball coach.

LeCroy, who becomes the eighth head coach in program history, comes to Liberty Mountain following two seasons as the head coach at VCU (2023-24).

Prior to his first head coaching stop, LeCroy spent over two decades as an assistant coach, including 15 seasons at his alma mater, Clemson.

LeCroy 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 22 total seasons as an assistant coach at Clemson, Tennessee, Western Carolina, and Anderson, a private Christian University in South Carolina, LeCroy was a part of 18 winning seasons, 13 NCAA Tournament appearances, and an overall winning record of 756-520 (.592).

“Bradley is an outstanding baseball coach who thoroughly impressed us during the search process,” said Vice President and Director of Athletics Ian McCaw. “He has excelled as a top assistant in the SEC and ACC before leading a remarkable turnaround at VCU. He is very relational, positive, and embraces Liberty’s Christian mission. We are excited to welcome Bradley, Meredith, Crew, and Cooper to the Mountain.”

Following a 25-30 record during his first season with the Rams, LeCroy guided VCU to a dramatic turnaround in 2024. The Rams posted a 38-23 record this past season, finished in second place in the Atlantic 10 Conference standings with a 15-8 record, and advanced to the NCAA Regionals after winning the conference championship.

The Rams opened the year with a win over No. 13 North Carolina State and started NCAA Regional play with a 1-0 shutout victory over No. 22 Wake Forest at the NCAA Greenville Regional.

VCU had three players named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference teams and went unbeaten in the 2024 Atlantic 10 Baseball Championship, outscoring its opponents, 44-13, in four tournament games.

“I want to thank Ian McCaw and Mickey Guridy for making this such a seamless process,” Bradley said. “While we will forever cherish our time at VCU, my family and I are looking forward to becoming a part of the Liberty family, and I am incredibly excited to be the next leader of the Liberty baseball program.”

LeCroy returned to Clemson 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.

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. 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 NCAA Division II Anderson, serving as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator from 2001-02.

Lecroy, a native of Walhalla, S.C., 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.