Jordon Banfield

Jordon Banfield (born September 2, 1986) is an American baseball coach, who is the current head baseball of the Oakland Golden Grizzlies. He graduated from the University of Michigan.

Jordon Banfield
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamOakland
ConferenceHorizon League
Record78–87
Biographical details
Born (1986-09-02) September 2, 1986
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005–2007Huron HS (MI) (asst)
2008Pioneer HS (MI) (asst)
2014–2015UIS (H/INF/RC)
2016–2017Texas–Rio Grande Valley (H/INF/RC)
2020Akron (H/INF/RC)
2021–presentOakland
Head coaching record
Overall78–87
Tournaments0–0 NCAA
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Horizon League Coach of the Year (2022)

Early life

Banfield attended Greenhills School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he was a member of the baseball and golf[1] teams. He was a pitcher and third baseman, who was named second-team All-State Division IV in Michigan.[2] He committed to play baseball for the Central Michigan Chippewas,[3] but ended up attending the University of Michigan, where he studied sports management.

Coaching career

Banfield began coaching baseball as an assistant at Huron High School in Ann Arbor, before becoming an assistant at Pioneer High School. Banfield went on to coach the Ann Arbor Travelers program from 2008–2012.[4] The team made multiple appearances at the Connie Mack World Series,[5] won 22 total tournaments in five seasons and produced 20 NCAA Division I recruits, including MLB player James Bourque.[6] Banfield then went on to coach at Illinois Springfield, Texas Rio Grande Valley, and Akron.[7] On May 29, 2020, Banfield was named the head baseball coach of the Oakland Golden Grizzlies.[8]

Banfield’s second season at Oakland was by all measures the best in Division I program history. The team broke records for most regular season wins (29), total wins (31), highest Horizon League finish (2nd) and finished runner-up in the tournament. [9]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Oakland Golden Grizzlies (Horizon League) (2021–present)
2021 Oakland 18–2912–246th
2022 Oakland 31–2718–112ndHorizon League Tournament
2023 Oakland 29–3118–122ndHorizon League Tournament
Oakland: 78–8748–47
Total:78–87

References
  1. "2003 MHSAA L.P. Division 4 Boys Golf Finals". www.mhsaa.com. Michigan High School Athletic Association. October 18, 2003. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  2. Lloyd Wallace (July 23, 2004). "MCE's Bowers first-team all-stater again in baseball". www.shorelinemedia.net. Shoreline Media Group. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  3. "Jordon Banfield Class of 2004". www.perfectgame.org. Perfect Game. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  4. "Former player returns to Connie Mack World Series as manager of the Ann Arbor Travelers". AnnArbor.com. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  5. Pearce, Michael. "New baseball coach returns to home state". The Oakland Post. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  6. "Jordon Banfield – Baseball Coach". UIS Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  7. "Jordon Banfield – Baseball Coach". Oakland University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  8. Tony Paul (May 29, 2020). "Ann Arbor native Jordon Banfield succeeds Colin Kaline as Oakland baseball coach". www.detroitnews.com. The Detroit News. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  9. "Banfield Inks Contract Extension". Oakland University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-10-16.


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