St. John's University Athletics
Baseball
Wirth, Brian
Brian Wirth
- Title:
- Volunteer Assistant Coach
- Email:
- wirthb@stjohns.edu
Brian Wirth joined the Red Storm coaching staff for the 2020 season as a volunteer assistant coach.
Wirth, the team's infield coach who works extensively with all Red Storm hitters, mentored a pair of First Team All-BIG EAST selections in his first full season with the program in 2021, as second baseman Carson Bartels and third baseman Marty Higgins earned spots on the conference's top team.
Prior to joining on with the Johnnies, Wirth served as the Director of Hitting at Prime Performance Athlete Training in Gaithersburg, Md. Before that, Wirth undertook two assistant coaching stints at the junior college level, serving as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Fayetteville Tech Community College in North Carolina after doing two years as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Patrick Henry Community College in Martinsville, Va.
Wirth got his start in coaching at the high school level, coaching teams in Alaska and Northern Virginia after his graduation from Limestone College in 2016 with a degree in sport management. Wirth played his first two years of college baseball at Frederick Community College in Maryland, where he graduated with an associates degree in 2014. While at Frederick, Wirth earned All-Region and All-Conference accolades as a sophomore.
Wirth recently completed a master's degree in sport administration from Arkansas State University.
Wirth also played professional in both the Puerto Rican Instructional Winter League and in the Empire Leauge with the Sullivan Explorers.
Wirth, the team's infield coach who works extensively with all Red Storm hitters, mentored a pair of First Team All-BIG EAST selections in his first full season with the program in 2021, as second baseman Carson Bartels and third baseman Marty Higgins earned spots on the conference's top team.
Prior to joining on with the Johnnies, Wirth served as the Director of Hitting at Prime Performance Athlete Training in Gaithersburg, Md. Before that, Wirth undertook two assistant coaching stints at the junior college level, serving as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Fayetteville Tech Community College in North Carolina after doing two years as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Patrick Henry Community College in Martinsville, Va.
Wirth got his start in coaching at the high school level, coaching teams in Alaska and Northern Virginia after his graduation from Limestone College in 2016 with a degree in sport management. Wirth played his first two years of college baseball at Frederick Community College in Maryland, where he graduated with an associates degree in 2014. While at Frederick, Wirth earned All-Region and All-Conference accolades as a sophomore.
Wirth recently completed a master's degree in sport administration from Arkansas State University.
Wirth also played professional in both the Puerto Rican Instructional Winter League and in the Empire Leauge with the Sullivan Explorers.