Brett Kaminski was named the Roanoke College Head Baseball Coach in July of 2024. The 2026 season will be his second at the helm of the program.
The Maroons put together a solid season in Kaminski's first year with the program. Roanoke picked up big wins over ranked opponents this season which included victories over Denison, Christopher Newport, and Lynchburg. Kaminski's squad also made the ODAC Tournament as the No.5 seed. Kaminski also had three Maroons were selected to All-ODAC teams and two to the CSC Academic All-District team.
Kaminski was a large part in bringing in 65 student-athletes to the Ferrum baseball program the last two years through the recruiting process. In 2024, the Panthers led the Old Dominion Athletic Conference with 101 stolen bases and Ferrum had a team batting average of .304. The lineup included two players that hit over .420. Kaminski practice planned for all team activities, including weightlifting and conditioning, and also served as hitting instructor and outfield coach.
Kaminski came to Ferrum from NCAA Div. II Tiffin University in Ohio, where he was an assistant coach responsible for player development and recruiting. In 2021, Tiffin's offense ranked first in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (GMAC) in batting average, runs scored, hits, doubles, walks, and on-base percentage. The Dragons were also ranked in the top 50 nationally in batting average, hits, walks and on-base percentage. Tiffin went on to place five position players on the GMAC All-Conference team in that season.
Prior to Tiffin, Kaminski spent two years at NAIA school Webber International University in central Florida, where he was a graduate assistant and an assistant coach. The Warriors were nationally recognized in 2019 & 2020 and fell just one win short of the program’s first NAIA World Series appearance in 2019.
Kaminski attended and played baseball at Webber International from 2016-18. He was a member of the three teams that won more games (in that span) than any other team in program history. In 2016, the Webber offense set new records for runs scored, home runs, extra base hits, total bases, and stolen bases. In 2017, Webber made its first NAIA Tournament appearance and set a program record for season wins. The 2018 Warriors clinched the program’s first conference title in the Sun Conference Tournament and made another NAIA playoff appearance.
Kaminski earned his bachelor’s degree in Sport Business Management in 2018, and his master’s degree in Criminal Justice Management in 2020 from Webber International. He and his wife Katelyn Kaminski, the RC competitive cheerleading coach, live in Roanoke with their daughter Kinsley.
