Tyler Rost returned to the North Carolina Central University baseball coaching staff for the 2020 season, after previously coaching the Eagles in 2017. Rost serves as the outfield coach and assist with the team’s hitters and offense.
In 2018 and 2019, Rost worked as an assistant for the Winston Salem State University baseball team. The Rams were a combined 65-36 over the two seasons and were crowned HBCU National Champions and D2 Independent Tournament Champions in 2019. His hitters slugged 53 HRs in 2018 and stole over 100 bases in each season. His outfield group produced MLB draft picks Randy Norris (2018, 19th round) and E.P. Reese (2019, 25th round). Rost coached third base, was heavily involved in recruiting, and assisted with the team’s strength and conditioning.
Rost spent the 2017 season as the volunteer assistant coach at NCCU. He worked with hitters and served as the team’s first baseball coach, as well as handling the outfielders. His squad of outfielders produced two Freshman All-Americans and three ALL-MEAC selections.
During the 2016 season Rost served as an assistant for Wake Tech Community College where he worked primarily with hitters and outfielders. Before joining Wake Tech, Rost spent two summers as the head coach of the Genesee Rapids in the New York Collegiate Baseball League.
From 2014-2015 Rost worked as the graduate assistant baseball coach at Greenville University in Illinois. He served as the team’s hitting coach and also worked with the catchers. With Rost’s assistance, Greenville captured the 2015 SLIAC Championship and advanced to the school’s first-ever NCAA national tournament. Rost recruited and coached SLIAC Player of the Year, catcher Travis Ralls.
Rost played two seasons of professional baseball as an outfielder for the Alpine Cowboys of the Pecos League. The Cowboys were league champions in 2012 and Rost finished the 2013 season with a .337 batting average and .500 on base percentage. During the offseason, He served as an assistant coach for the Cedarville University baseball team for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. He worked primarily with hitters and outfielders, and also coached third base and assisted with the team’s strength and conditioning.
Rost was a four-year starter at Cedarville University from 2008 through 2011. He saw most of his action in the outfield, but also spent time on the mound for the Yellow Jackets. Rost was an NCCAA All-American and an American Mideast Conference First Team selection. Upon graduation he held Cedarville’s all-time records for games played (213), at bats (626), hits (209), runs scored (138), and walks (125), as well as the single-season record for walks (48).
A native of Rootstown, Ohio, Rost holds a bachelor of arts in sports management from Cedarville University and a masters in coaching from Greenville Univeristy. He currently resides in Burlington, North Carolina with his wife Kendra.
