Since joining the Bearkat staff in 2008, Chris Berry has turned a group of young pitchers into a solid staff that has won two Southland tournament championships and earned two NCAA regional playoff berths.
Matt Shelton was SLC tournament "Most Valuable Player" and three Bearkat pitchers have earned all-tournament honors the past two years.
Berry previously coached at Baylor, Arkansas State, Young Harris College and Rockford College. At Arkansas State, his first recruiting class was voted best in the Sun Belt Conference by Collegiate Baseball.
He served seven seasons at Baylor helping build a highly decorated pitching corps. In 2006, the Bears pitching staff compiled a 4.13 staff ERA as Baylor finished the season ranked 26th nationally by Collegiate Baseball after advancing to the NCAA Regionals.
The staff recorded 37 victories and 18 saves. In 2005, the Bears posted a team ERA of 3.23 to rank 12th nationally as the Bears advanced to the College World Series.
During Berry's tenure, the Bears had seven pitchers selected in the Major League Baseball Draft. Berry spent a year at Young Harris College in Young Harris, Ga., serving as an assistant coach. He also coached at Rockford ( Ill.) College and worked as an assistant to the Director of Stadium Operations for the Rockford Cubbies, the Class A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs.
Berry received his bachelor's degree in recreational administration from Bluefield College in Virginia where he was an Academic All-League pitcher with a 3.40 grade point average. He served as a graduate assistant baseball coach at Rockford College in 1997 and 1998 and as an assistant coach at Young Harris College.
Berry is married to the former Connie Kath, and the couple has two children, Kennedy and Jackson.
