Duncan Welcomes Back Serrato as Assistant Coach
1/24/2020 1:24:00 PM | Baseball
KENT, OHIO- Kent State head coach Jeff Duncan is excited to announce the hiring and return of Barrett Serrato to the Kent State Baseball coaching staff as an assistant coach and the team's recruiting coordinator.
Serrato returns and takes over for Derek Simmons, who left after last season to join the staff of the Indiana Hoosiers. Serrato was a volunteer assistant coach for the Golden Flashes from 2015-17, working with infielders and serving as the team's hitting coach. During those three seasons, Kent State won two Mid-American Conference titles and three East Division crowns.
He spent the 2018 and 2019 seasons as an assistant coach with the Lee University Flames, a Division-II school in Tennessee. This past fall, he served as a volunteer assistant at Central Florida.
A 2012 graduate of Purdue University, Serrato played and starred for Coach Duncan and the Boilermakers. In his senior season, he was an All-Big Ten, Big-Ten All-Tournament Team and NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team selection. He was drafted by the Texas Rangers and reached the Double-A level in his professional career.
Serrato and the Flashes begin the 2020 season on February 14th as they take on the Iowa Hawkeyes as part of the Snowbird Classic in Port Charlotte, Florida.
