Kevin Frady comes to WT from Maryville University in St. Louis, Mo., where he was the team hitting, catching and bench coach for the Saints this past season. Maryville is a NCAA Division II school competing in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
Prior to joining the Saints, Frady spent the 2014 season as the assistant coach in the Kansas Jayhawk League with Independence Community College. There, the Pirates saw a nine-game win improvement from the 2013 season prior to Frady’s arrival.
He spent the summer coaching the Kitsap BlueJackets of the West Coast Collegiate League where the BlueJackets improved 13 games from the previous season. University of San Francisco’s, Ryan Matranga, saw a 100-point improvement in his batting average under Frady as Matranga earned all-conference honors behind the dish.
Frady was head coach at Wenatchee Valley Community College in 2011 and was an assistant coach at the University of Kansas from 2006-2010 under head coach Ritch Price. While at Kansas, Frady helped lead the Jayhawks to the Corvallis Regional in 2006 and the Chapel Hill regional in 2009. Frady coached first base and worked on skill development with the catchers. A total of 26 players were drafted during Frady’s time at Kansas.
He was the area scouting supervisor for the New York Mets from 1999-2001 and evaluated amateur prospects for the annual draft. Frady also served as assistant coach at Edmonds Community College (Wash.) from 1996-98. While at Edmonds, 11 players were selected into the annual Major League Baseball draft.
A native of Edmonds, Washington, Frady earned his bachelor’s degree in leadership studies from Bellevue University.
Frady was married July 15, 2016, to his wife Julie, and they have a son Will.
