MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Morehead State Head Baseball Coach Brady Ward has resigned his position to accept a coaching position in the Miami Marlins Major League baseball organization, and current assistant
Chris Rose has been appointed Interim Head Coach of the Eagles.
Ward, who spent three seasons on staff as assistant coach and pitching, was promoted to head coach prior to the 2024 season. He led the Eagles to a 37-24 overall mark, 17-10 Ohio Valley Conference success, and an appearance in the OVC Tournament championship game.
Rose, who will be in his fourth season at Morehead State, has extensive head coaching experience in the junior college ranks.Â
From 2011-18, Rose was head coach at East Mississippi College. He led all the conference coaches in most players drafted, most playing at four-year schools, most playing at Division I programs, most playing in the SEC, most receiving baseball scholarships, and highest average Division I baseball scholarships per players coached. The Lions were the 2014 division champions, 2015 MACJC runners-up and Region 23 tournament participant and took part in the state tournament in 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2017. His team was nationally ranked in three seasons, including the highest ranking in program history.
Prior to East Mississippi, Rose was the head coach at Meridian (Miss.) Community College from 2005-10. His 2005-06 recruiting class included 12 all-state players, the Mississippi "Mr. Baseball" and the No. 2-rated player in Canada. As pitching coach, he helped one of his athletes to the Mississippi Junior College Pitcher of the Year. In each season he was at the helm, Meridian won either a conference championship, state championship, or region championship.
He began his coaching foray at his alma mater, Mobile (Ala.), where he was an assistant coach for three seasons. Teams he mentored led the league in lowest ERA all three seasons, and Mobile took part in the 2001 NAIA World Series.
