Scott Forbes (baseball)
Scott Forbes is an American baseball coach and former player, who is the current head baseball coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels. He played college baseball at Middle Georgia College transferring in 1994 to North Carolina Wesleyan College where he played for head coach Mike Fox from 1995–1997.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | North Carolina |
| Conference | ACC |
| Record | 43–29 |
| Playing career | |
| 1994 | Middle Georgia |
| 1995–1997 | North Carolina Wesleyan |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999–2002 | North Carolina (asst) |
| 2003–2005 | Winthrop (C/H) |
| 2006–2020 | North Carolina (P) |
| 2021–present | North Carolina |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 46–33 |
| Tournaments | ACC: 1–1 NCAA: 1–2 |
Coaching career
In 1999, Forbes followed his head coach at NC Wesleyan, Mike Fox, to Fox's alma mater, North Carolina, to become an assistant coach. Forbes then became an assistant coach for the Winthrop Eagles on August 27, 2002.[1] He returned to Chapel Hill in 2006, and remained an assistant under Fox for the next 14 years.
On August 7, 2020, Fox retired as the head baseball coach of the Tar Heels, and Forbes was named his successor.[2] Forbes' tenure as the Tar Heel head coach got off to a hot start, going 6–0 before suffering their first loss to the Virginia Cavaliers on February 28th, 2021.[3] On April 12th, against rival Duke, Forbes' Tar Heels routed the Blue Devils by scoring 21 runs, the most in a game since a win against Virginia Tech in 2013.[4] The Tar Heels ended the season 28–27, finishing tied for third in the ACC Coastal Division. The team made it to the Lubbock Regional of the NCAA Tournament (hosted by Texas Tech University) where they upset UCLA before ultimately being eliminated in the double-elimination bracket.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina Tar Heels (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2021–present) | |||||||||
| 2021 | North Carolina | 28–27 | 18–18 | T–3rd (Coastal) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2022 | North Carolina | 18–6 | 5–4 | ||||||
| North Carolina: | 46–33 | 23–22 | |||||||
| Total: | 46–33 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- "Scott Forbes Hired As New Assistant Baseball Coach". www.winthropeagles.com. Winthrop University. August 27, 2002. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- Kendall Rogers (August 7, 2020). "North Carolina's Mike Fox Retires, Scott Forbes takes over". www.d1baseball.com. D1 Baseball. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- "2021 Baseball Schedule". GoHeels.com.
- "Baseball Routs Duke 21-8 To Win Fourth ACC Series". GoHeels.com.