Trey Stover was named the director of baseball operations by head coach Gary Gilmore in August 2021.
He spent one season with the Chanticleers from 2021-22, in which he was in charge of team travel, including hotels, buses, and flights, as well as working directly with the coaching staff for recruiting travel and official on-campus visits.Â
Stover joined the Chanticleers after two years as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Hartford in 2020 and 2021 after working at Marist where he helped their offense rank first in batting average and on-base percentage in the MAAC for the 2019 season.
In both his stops at Hartford and Marist, he helped with the team travel aspects such as hotels, meals, buses, etc., as well as with the equipment and team apparel.
Over his two years at Hartford, Stove assisted in the development of the 2021 American East Conference Player of the Year and helped the Hawks post a top-three defense in the conference in both 2020 and 2021. Under his tutelage, the Hawks also led the league in stolen bases and ranked in the top three in all of the NCAA in stolen bases per game average, while also ranking in the top three in the conference in several offensive statistical categories in 2020.
As the recruiting coordinator, his class was recognized by Baseball America as a top 10 non-power five recruiting class. He also scheduled out the recruiting calendar, made recruiting boards for the 2021 through 2023 classes, and was a point person for the Hawks program for the high school and travel programs in the North East and Mid-Atlantic regions.
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At Marist, he was also responsible for the day-to-day development of the infielders, while also assisting with hitters and base running. He was also in charge of both on and off-campus recruiting and served as the director of the camps and clinics in the summer. He helped recruit many members of the 2019 and 2020 recruiting classes for Marist, including two players that were ranked in the top 15 at their position.
Stover spent the 2018 season at Quinnipiac as a volunteer assistant coach, where he helped the Bobcats rank in the top 30 in the country for home runs. They also were the top program in the MAAC for steals, hits, and home runs, and ranked third in batting average. The Bobcats were the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament after being picked to finish eighth in the preseason poll.
Prior to joining Quinnipiac's coaching staff, Stover was drafted in the 35th round of the 2015 MLB First Year Player Draft by the Kansas City Royals. He played in the Appalachian League for the Burlington Royals in Rookie Ball, before continuing his professional baseball career in Germany as the starting shortstop for the Mainz Athletics. The Athletics won their second championship, Deutschmeister, with Stover patrolling the middle infield.
Following the 2016 season in Germany, Stover traveled to Australia to join the Canberra Club Ball League, where he would play from October 2016 to May 2017. He batted .348 in the leadoff spot for the Ainslie Bears as the starting shortstop and helped lead the team to the semifinals.
Stover played his college ball at Hartford, where he was a four-year starting shortstop before graduating in 2015. He was selected to the American East All-Tournament team as a senior when the Hawks competed for an American East Championship. He graduated with his bachelor’s degree in communications.
Trey Stover's Coaching History
2017-18: Quinnipiac (Volunteer Assistant Coach)
2018-19: Marist College (Assistant Coach)
2019-21: Hartford (Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator)
2021-22: Coastal Carolina (Director of Baseball Operations)
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