Baseball

Mitchell Wright is in his fourth year as an assistant coach for the Tennessee Tech baseball team. He served as acting head coach of the Tech baseball program from Nov. 20 through Dec. 20, 2019.

Wright currently serves as the Golden Eagles' recruiting coordinator, hitting coach and outfield coach. Prior to the 2021 season, Wright served as the team's pitching coach and was heavily involved with the Tech pitching staff in 2018, a unit that turned in the best team earned run average (4.86) in the Ohio Valley Conference and lowest by a Golden Eagle squad since the 2014 campaign. He worked with two of the most decorated pitchers in program history, ace Travis Moths and closer Ethan Roberts, both of whom became All-Americans and top-10 round selections in the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft.

Wright joined the Golden Eagle staff as an assistant coach for the 2018 season after serving as a student and then volunteer assistant coach at the University of Alabama in Huntsville for two and a half years. While in Huntsville, Wright served as a student coach for the 2016 season and then as a volunteer assistant for the 2017 season. He also served as an athletic administration assistant for UAH during his three years as the university, covering an array of responsibilities with game management and staff coordination.

Wright was a member of the Chargers' baseball team as a left-handed pitcher from 2014-15, completing his senior season with All-Gulf South Conference Honorable Mention honors. He struck out 60 batters in just over 50 innings of work on the mound, highlighted with a career-high 10 punchouts at North Alabama.

Prior to his arrival at UAH, Wright played for one season at the University of West Alabama in 2012, eventually transferring to Calhoun Community College for the 2013 season. In 2013, he earned ACCC North Division First Team honors.

A left-handed pitcher for four years, Wright comes from a family of baseball players and coaches. His father, Roger, served as the head baseball coach at Buckhorn High School in New Market, Ala. for 17 years before stepping down in 2014 to watch his sons play. A 2016 inductee into the Huntsville-Madison County Athletic Hall of Fame, he returned to Buckhorn as a head coach in March of 2017 and retired a second time following the 2019 season.

The Huntsville, Ala. native also has two younger brothers immersed in the baseball world. His middle brother, Kyle, was a star for Vanderbilt from 2015-17 and was selected with the fifth overall pick in the 2017 MLB Draft by the Atlanta Braves. His youngest brother, Trey, is a sophomore, right-handed pitcher at Wallace State Community College.

Wright graduated from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in December 2016, earning degrees in both history and secondary education. He is married to the former Lacy Anderson and the couple resides in Cookeville. They welcomed their first child, Harrison, to the world in November.