Baseball
Austin, Brett
Brett Austin
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- bcausti2@ncsu.edu
- Phone:
- (919) 515-3613
The 2024 season marks Brett Austin’s third season as an assistant coach for NC State baseball. He joined the program’s coaching staff in August 2021.
An alum of the Wolfpack program (2012-14), he returns to Raleigh after serving as a bullpen catcher for the Washington Nationals for nearly two seasons.
Austin works primarily with the team’s catchers, helping guide standout catcher Jacob Cozart to Second Team All-ACC honors in 2023. Cozart led all NC State batters with 21 runs scored, 16 extra-base hits, 25 RBI and 62 total bases against ACC opponents this past season. The sophomore catcher later earned an invite to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp after being named to the Golden Spikes Midseason Watch List and a Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist.
Prior to his stint with the Nationals, Austin played in the minor league system from 2014-19. He was drafted out of college to the Chicago White Sox as the 108th pick in the fourth round of the 2014 MLB Draft and played for the Kannapolis Intimidators (A), Winston-Salem Dash (Adv-A), Birmingham Barons (AA) and Charlotte Knights (AAA) until 2018.
In 2019, he signed a free agent contract with the High Point Rockers. Later that season his contract was purchased by the San Francisco Giants as he was assigned to the Richmond Flying Squirrels (AA).
Austin was a standout player at NC State, as he was a part of the 2013 College World Series team and tabbed a First Team All-ACC honoree and All-American by Baseball America in 2014. He played in a combined 182 games behind the plate and turned in a career .290 batting average, highlighted by a career-high .344 clip with 74 hits as a junior. Defensively, he committed just 12 errors in his catching career for a cumulative .991 fielding percentage.
He resides in the Raleigh area with his wife, Chelsey.
An alum of the Wolfpack program (2012-14), he returns to Raleigh after serving as a bullpen catcher for the Washington Nationals for nearly two seasons.
Austin works primarily with the team’s catchers, helping guide standout catcher Jacob Cozart to Second Team All-ACC honors in 2023. Cozart led all NC State batters with 21 runs scored, 16 extra-base hits, 25 RBI and 62 total bases against ACC opponents this past season. The sophomore catcher later earned an invite to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp after being named to the Golden Spikes Midseason Watch List and a Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist.
Prior to his stint with the Nationals, Austin played in the minor league system from 2014-19. He was drafted out of college to the Chicago White Sox as the 108th pick in the fourth round of the 2014 MLB Draft and played for the Kannapolis Intimidators (A), Winston-Salem Dash (Adv-A), Birmingham Barons (AA) and Charlotte Knights (AAA) until 2018.
In 2019, he signed a free agent contract with the High Point Rockers. Later that season his contract was purchased by the San Francisco Giants as he was assigned to the Richmond Flying Squirrels (AA).
Austin was a standout player at NC State, as he was a part of the 2013 College World Series team and tabbed a First Team All-ACC honoree and All-American by Baseball America in 2014. He played in a combined 182 games behind the plate and turned in a career .290 batting average, highlighted by a career-high .344 clip with 74 hits as a junior. Defensively, he committed just 12 errors in his catching career for a cumulative .991 fielding percentage.
He resides in the Raleigh area with his wife, Chelsey.
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