Chad Holbrook enters his sixth season as the head coach of the College of Charleston baseball program in the spring of 2022 and already ranks third all-time in winning percentage at the College.

With more than 20 years of coaching experience recruiting and producing top-level talent, being a part of two national championship teams and making six trips to the College World Series and 17 NCAA Regional appearances, Coach Holbrook is one of the most recognized names in the NCAA coaching ranks. He is the only active coach to have been to eight NCAA Super Regionals, made six College World Series, five national championship appearances and won two national championships.


2022 (Overall Record: 37-20, CAA: 19-3)

• Captured the program’s second CAA regular season championship with a 19-3 mark in league play
• Named the 2022 CAA Coach of the Year
• Team ranked 20th nationally in ERA (4.12) and 26th in hits allowed per nine innings (8.33)
• Led the CAA in runs (383), hits (523), RBI (340), walks (260) and strikeouts per nine innings (8.7)
• Sophomore William Privette was named the CAA Pitcher of the Year and was named the second consensus All-American in program history
• Privette also led the nation in ERA (0.91), hits allowed per nine innings (4.70) and WHIP (0.78)
• His 0.91 ERA was the lowest single-season mark in both league and program history
• Privette was named as a finalist for the NCBWA Stopper of the Year – the first finalist in both program and CAA history
• The Cougars equaled a program-record with 14 All-CAA selections including first-team selections Privette, JT Marr and Ty Good
• Freshman Tyler Sorrentino was named CAA Co-Rookie of the Year and was also honored as a Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American
• Marr was named a semifinalist for the Buster Posey Award
• Cam Dean, Joseph Mershon, Sam Cochrane, Trotter Harlan and Sorrentino were each named to the All-CAA Second Team
• Graduate student Reed Parris was named All-CAA Honorable Mention
• Sorrentino and Daniel Brooks were selected to the CAA All-Rookie Team
• Ty Good ranked 10th nationally with 10 wins
• Defeated No. 2 Texas, 8-4, on March 15 for the program’s third-ever win over a top-two team
• Posted a series win over perennial regional participant East Carolina (Mar. 18-20)
• Equaled the program-record for home winning percentage (.833), finishing 25-5 at Patriots Point
• Finished the regular season undefeated at home in league play for the first time in program history
• Junior Caswell Smith signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks as an undrafted free agent

Sawyer Bridges was announced as the volunteer assistant with the College of Charleston baseball program on August 23, 2022. Bridges joins the Cougars following a stellar career at the University of South Carolina.

“Coach Bridges has a great heart for young men and is eager to learn and teach,” Holbrook said. “He possesses a wealth of knowledge both on and off the field. I am thrilled to add him to our coaching staff here at The College.”

A Summerville native, Bridges led Summerville High School to a 4A State Championship and was named the No. 5 high school prospect in the state of South Carolina by Baseball America and Perfect Game. He then played collegiately at South Carolina where he was named to the 2019 NCBWA Preseason Stopper of the Year Watch List.

As a sophomore in 2018, Bridges posted a 1.35 ERA tossing 33.1 innings with a 2-1 record and striking out 25 batters.  

Bridges began his coaching career his senior season with the Gamecocks in 2020 before transitioning to the P27 Academy in Lexington, S.C. where he served at the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator the last two seasons.