Brendan Toughey enters his ninth season as an assistant coach for the Hawks' baseball program during the 2023-24 academic year.
Over the last eight seasons at Hilbert, Toughey has helped the Hawks to four postseason berths over the past fiver league seasons while establishing the Hawks as one of the top base running teams in the conference, placing in the top three in the AMCC in stolen bases in all seven seasons, while finishing #1 four times (2017, 2020, 2022, and 2023). In 2022, the Hawks finished 11th nationally in stolen bases per game (2.97) and led the AMCC in stolen bases with 107 and then again in 2023 with 82.
11 Hawks were recognized as AMCC Player or Pitcher of the Week.
Thomas Evans,
Patrick Whelan,
Brendan Walsh, and
John Riviere-Vejas raised the bar for the program, setting new all-time career records. They were also joined by pitcher
Michael Contini, pitcher
Brennen Hediger, and pitcher
Zackory Panfil who all set new single season records under Toughey's guidance.
Prior to joining the Hilbert staff, Toughey played four seasons of baseball at Baldwin Wallace University from 2009-2013 and served on the Yellow Jackets coaching staff during the 2013-14 academic year.
As a senior in 2012-2013, Toughey was named as the
CAPITAL ONE Academic All-American of the Year for Division III Baseball. He was a first-team
CAPITAL ONE Academic All-American in both 2012 and 2013, carrying a 3.92 grade point average over his academic career.
On the diamond, Toughey was named as an honorable mention D3baseball.com Division III All-American, a first-team ABCA (American Baseball Coaches Association) All-Mideast Region pick, and as a first-team All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection as a senior. Toughey holds the Baldwin Wallace single-season school record for runs scored (66) in 2013 and stolen base percentage (23 for 23) in 2012. Statistically, Toughey had a .356 career batting average over his four-year stint. Toughey helped to compile an 83-66-1 record over his time at Baldwin Wallace, including a 54-26 mark as a junior and senior.
Toughey served as a volunteer assistant coach in 2013-14 at Baldwin Wallace, while completing his MBA Degree in accounting. During that season, the team won the Mid Atlantic Regional and appeared in the Division III World Series for the first time in school history.
The East Amherst native graduated with a bachelor of arts in accounting and finance, as well as an MBA in accounting in 2014 from Baldwin Wallace University.
