title: Greg Lovelady
text: # Greg Lovelady
  
  Greg Lovelady (born January 11, 1979) is an American baseball coach. Lovelady played college baseball at Miami (FL), where as a catcher and four-year letter winner, he won the 1999 College World Series and 2001 College World Series. He signed as an undrafted free agent with the Florida Marlins organization, and played one season with the Utica Blue Sox before turning to coaching. He served three more years at Miami, working with catchers. In his seven years in Coral Gables, the Hurricanes reached five College World Series, winning two, and appeared in the Super Regional round all seven years. In 2005, Lovelady accepted an assistant coach position at Wright State. Two years later, he added associate head coach duties. With Rob Cooper's move to Penn State, Lovelady was elevated to the top job.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  Below is a table of Lovelady's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.
  
  Statistics overview :
  
  | Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Wright State Raiders (Horizon League) (2014–2016) ||||||
  | 2014 | Wright State | 35–22 | 25–4 | 1st | |
  | 2015 | Wright State | 43–17 | 21–8 | 2nd | NCAA Regional |
  | 2016 | Wright State | 46–17 | 23–6 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
  | Wright State: | Wright State: | 124–56 | 69–18 | | |
  | UCF Knights (American Athletic Conference) (2017–present) ||||||
  | 2017 | UCF | 40–22 | 15–9 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
  | 2018 | UCF | 35–21 | 13–10 | 5th | |
  | 2019 | UCF | 36–22 | 11–13 | 6th | |
  | 2020 | UCF | 15–3 | 0–0 | | Season canceled due to COVID-19 |
  | 2021 | UCF | 31–30 | 18–14 | T-4th | The American tournament |
  | 2022 | UCF | 35–25 | 14–10 | 2nd | The American tournament |
  | 2023 | UCF | 33–26 | 12–12 | 4th | The American tournament |
  | UCF: | UCF: | 225–149 | 83–68 | | |
  | Total: | Total: | 349–204 | | | |
  | National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||
  