Greg Sullivan - Baseball Coach - Boston College Athletics

Greg Sullivan

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
gregory.sullivan.4@bc.edu
Phone:
617-552-3092

Greg Sullivan is in his 16th season as an assistant coach for the Boston College baseball team. He primarily works with outfielders and hitters.

Josiah Ragsdale made it three years of outfielders being drafted when the Milwaukee Brewers selected him in the seventh round. Ragsdale had 66 hits with a program record 30 stolen bases while recording four outfield assists.

Cameron Leary made it back-to-back years with the Eagles, having outfielders drafted when he was taken in the 10th round by the Oakland Athletics. Leary is second all-time in program history with 43 home runs and sixth in RBI with 129.

In 2023, Sullivan coached Travis Honeyman, who was a third-round selection by the St. Louis Cardinals. Honeyman put together back-to-back seasons of hitting .300, with eight combined outfield assists.

In 2021, three Eagle hitters were selected to the All-ACC First Team, including Sal Frelick, Luke Gold, and Cody Morissette. Frelick, a first-round pick of the Brewers, also earned ACC Defensive Player of the Year.

The Eagles were sixth in the ACC in hitting with a .289 batting average in 2019. All-ACC Second Team selection Sal Frelick transitioned from the infield to the outfield and hit .367 with a .513 slugging percentage, while playing error-free in the outfield.

As a team, BC posted a team fielding percentage of .972 or better for the third year in a row in 2018. Eagles outfielders made just eight errors in 49 games. Center fielder Dante Baldelli was perfect in 127 chances.

Sullivan has helped multiple players transition from the infield to the outfield and fill key roles for the Eagles. Michael Strem – a 2016 New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) All-New England Second-Team honoree – and Logan Hoggarth and Gabriel Hernandez came to the Heights as infielders and moved to the outfield.

Strem and right fielder Donovan Casey combined for 14 outfield assists in 2017, tied for fourth in the nation. Casey’s eight outfield assists tied for third overall, and Strem’s six tied for fifth. In 2016, Strem racked up eight outfield assists, also ranking among the top 10 in the country. The Eagles’ 15 OF assists were good for a top-15 mark.

BC’s outfield in 2017 made just seven errors in 423 chances. Overall, the BC fielding percentage as a team was .975, fourth in the record books.

In 2016, Sullivan helped the Eagles record a .972 fielding percentage, tied for fifth in BC record books. In the team’s first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2009, the Eagles registered a .991 fielding clip in six games, and the outfield did not make an error while recording two assists.

In 2014, centerfielder Tom Bourdon and right fielder Chris Shaw combined for 12 outfield assists as Bourdon’s seven tied for 11th in the nation after the regular season. Shaw did not make an error in 105 chances after moving to the position, after starting as a first baseman as a freshman. In his junior year, Shaw recorded two outfield assists and made only one error in 45 chances. The Eagles recorded 14 total outfield assists in 2015, and the outfielders helped the team record the third-best fielding percentage in school history with a .976 percentage, second in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Before coming to The Heights, Sullivan spent four seasons as the head coach at Newbury College. He was named the college’s first head coach in January 2007 and began laying the groundwork for the program's development. In 2008, he was named the national Coach of the Year by the Association of Division III Independents. The Nighthawks earned the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Sportsmanship Award in each of their last two seasons.

Sullivan has been largely involved in recruitment, including during his time at Boston College and Newbury College. He also worked with player recruitment when he was the hitting coach for the Manchester Silkworms of the New England Collegiate Baseball League during the summers of 2007-08, as well as with the Carolina Chaos of the Southern Collegiate Baseball League in 2006.

In 2009 and 2010, he served as assistant tournament director for the Division III New England Baseball Regional Tournament and as a representative of the NECC to the All-New England Committee.

A 2006 graduate of Eastern Connecticut State University, Sullivan earned his bachelor’s degree in communications. He was a four-year starter for Bill Holowaty and led the Warriors to three Division III national tournament appearances, finishing second in 2004. He was also the recipient of the Francis E. Geissler Sportsperson of the Year award in his senior year, as well as the Rick Ganoe Coach’s Award, and was named the team captain.

The Needham, Mass., native earned his Master's of Education from Fitchburg State University in 2010. Sullivan currently resides in Brighton with his wife, Amy, and children Jack and Lucy.