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| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Indianapolis |
| Conference | Great Lakes Valley Conference |
| Record | 200–141 (.587) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 5, 1977 London, Ontario, Canada |
| Playing career | |
| 2000–2001 | Indianapolis |
| Position(s) | Catcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2004 | Indianapolis (assistant) |
| 2005–2007 | Sauk Valley Community College |
| 2008–2018 | Indianapolis (assistant) |
| 2019–present | Indianapolis |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 200–141 (.587) |
| Tournaments | Great Lakes Valley: 7–10 NCAA: 15–7 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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Al Ready (born August 5, 1977) is a Canadian-American professional baseball former player and current college baseball coach. He is currently the head coach of the University of Indianapolis Greyhounds baseball team.
Coaching career
[edit]Ready began coaching at UIndy in 2004 and was promoted to head coach in May 2018.[2] Since taking over, he has led the team to multiple NCAA DII tournament appearances and back-to-back college world series berths in 2023 and 2024.[3]
Playing career
[edit]Ready played as a catcher for UIndy from 2000–2001. He was a Second-Team All-American on the Indianapolis Greyhounds team that made it to the semi-finals at the 2000 DII college world series in Montgomery, AL. Ready was a First-Team Academic All-American in 2001. He finished his career holding several program records in RBI and walks.[4] He later played professional baseball for the London Werewolves and Evansville Otters of the independent Frontier League.[5]
Head coaching record
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Greyhounds (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (2019–2025) | ||||||||
| 2019 | Indianapolis | 30–20 | 19–14 | 9th | ||||
| 2020 | Indianapolis | 12–3 | 2–1 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||
| 2021 | Indianapolis | 23–21 | 19–13 | 2nd (BLUE) | ||||
| 2022 | Indianapolis | 21–31 | 11–13 | 4th (BLUE) | ||||
| 2023 | Indianapolis | 39–21 | 17–15 | 5th | DII College World Series | |||
| 2024 | Indianapolis | 41–21 | 29–7 | 1st | DII College World Series | |||
| 2025 | Indianapolis | 34–24 | 20–11 | 5th | Midwest Super Regional Runner-Up | |||
| Indianapolis: | 200–141 | 117–74 | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "GLVC: Ready Captures Third Straight Coach of the Year", June 25, 2025
- ^ "UIndy Athletics: Ready Promoted to Head Coach" (May 29, 2018)
- ^ "GLVC: 'UIndy Ends Postseason Run'", June 6, 2023
- ^ UIndy Coaching Profile
- ^ "Al Ready" – Baseball Reference