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Brandon Scott

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Assistant Coach/Pitching Coach
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Brandon Scott joined the Kansas baseball staff an Assistant Coach/Pitching Coach in June 2022. Scott will be entering his third season with the Jayhawks in 2025.

The Kansas pitching staff made significant strides in 2024 as the group produced a 4.82 ERA, the lowest by a Kansas team since 2017. In only two seasons, Scott has led Kansas to lowering its ERA by over three runs per game.

Scott led the recruiting and development efforts of the most decorated freshman in Kansas program history in 2024, Dominic Voegele. Voegele was named a freshman All-American by four different publications, was voted as the Big 12 Freshman of the Year, received an invite to play on the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, was an All-Big 12 Second Team selection and a Big 12 All-Freshman Team honoree. The true freshman went 7-2 with a 3.89 ERA in his rookie campaign. Also in 2024, Reese Dutton (Second Team) and Hunter Cranton (Honorable Mention) received All-Big 12 honors.

Kansas had six players selected in the 2024 MLB Draft, the most by Kansas in the top 20 rounds of an MLB Draft in program history. From the pitching staff, Cranton, Ethan Lanthier, Tegan Cain and Evan Shaw were all drafted. Cranton tied for the second highest draft pick in program history at No. 91 overall. Additionally, Dutton and J'Briell Easley signed professional contracts to make it a total of eight Jayhawks from the 2024 roster going on to play professional baseball.

In his first year leading the pitching staff, Scott’s pitchers lowered the team ERA by 1.75 runs per game. Scott also helped graduate transfer Collin Baumgartner develop into one of the best Friday night starters in the Big 12 in 2023. He earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors before he went on to sign a professional contract with the Colorado Rockies.

In November 2022, less than five months after being hired, Scott assisted in assembling the No. 1 JUCO recruiting class. The No. 1 ranking by Perfect Game was the Jayhawks’ first-ever top ranked recruiting class. The coaching staff followed that up by earning the No. 1 JUCO recruiting class for a second consecutive year in November 2023 and a third straight year in November 2024. An aggressive approach to the transfer portal also earned Kansas the No. 9-ranked transfer class and the best in the Big 12 by D1Baseball in January 2024.

Scott came to Kansas after spending the previous six seasons at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville as the Recruiting Coordinator/Pitching Coach. His pitching staff lowered its team ERA in each of his first four full seasons with the Cougars. Since SIUE moved to the Division I level in 2009, Scott’s group set a new season team record for opponent strikeouts in both 2018 and 2019. Prior to the cancelation of the 2020 season, SIUE ranked sixth in the nation in strikeouts per nine innings pitched.

Scott also held the title of Recruiting Coordinator/Pitching Coach at both Wabash Valley College (2014-16) and Des Moines Area Community College (2007-10) as well as Volunteer Assistant at Eastern Kentucky (2006-07). Head Coach Dan Fitzgerald and Scott worked on the same staff at DMACC from 2007 to 2010.

In 2015, Wabash Valley claimed the Region XXIV championship while finishing the season 47-13. Scott’s pitching staff finished the year with a 2.40 team ERA, while recording 506 strikeouts in 465 innings of work. In Scott’s time at Wabash Valley, 19 pitchers continued playing at a higher level as eight pitchers from the 2016 team moved on to NCAA Division I schools, and 11 pitchers moved on to the Division I level following the 2015 season.

During his tenure at Des Moines Area Community College, the team advanced to the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II World Series in 2008 and 2009. Scott recruited and coached 13 players who were selected in the MLB Draft and 24 who signed with Division I institutions.

A native of Henderson, Kentucky, Scott earned his associate’s degree from Wabash Valley College in 2002 and his bachelor’s degree in general studies from Eastern Kentucky University in 2006. Scott played two seasons at Wabash Valley College in 2001-02 and two seasons at Eastern Kentucky in 2003-04. Scott, and his wife, Denise, have one daughter, Reese.

Scott’s Coaching Career Highlights
• 60 student-athletes transferred to play Division I Baseball
• 26 MLB Draft Selections
• Eight NJCAA All-Americans
• Five region Pitchers of the Year
• Two MLB players
• One Big 12 Freshman of the Year
• One NJCAA Player of the Year
• One ABCA Player of the Year

The Scott File
Alma Mater:	Wabash Valley College, 2002, Associate's; Eastern Kentucky, 2006, B.A. in General Studies
Wife:	Denise
Daughter:	Reese

Coaching Experience
2022-Present	Kansas	Assistant Coach/Pitching Coach
2016-22	Southern Illinois - Edwardsville	Recruiting Coordinator/Pitching Coach
2014-16	Wabash Valley College	Recruiting Coordinator/Pitching Coach
2007-10	Des Moines Area Community College	Recruiting Coordinator/Pitching Coach
2006-07	Eastern Kentucky	Volunteer Assistant