Jim Gantt - Head Baseball Coach, Catawba College

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Jim Gantt entered his 29th season as the head baseball coach at Catawba College this spring. Gantt became the head coach of the Catawba College baseball program in the summer of 1996 and was inducted into the Catawba Sports Hall of Fame in 2015. In 2012, Gantt was named the ABCA Southeast Region Coach of the Year and the North Carolina Amateur Coach of the Year as he guided the team to the NCAA II National Finals where Catawba finished fourth in the nation. Gantt also earned ABCA Region Coach of the Year honors in 2019 and 2024.

The Catawba Indians returned to the national semifinals in 2024 after earning the 2024 SAC regular season title and the number one seed in the Southeast Regional, hosting an NCAA Regional tournament for the first time in program history. Gantt's squad ended the year ranked third in the country in both the ABCA and NCBWA polls. Gantt was named SAC Coach of the Year for a league-record 12th time.

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