garrett mccollum

Coach Garrett McCollum is entering his 3rd season coaching for the East Coast Sox.

Garrett graduated from Greenbrier High School in Arkansas in 2018 as a 4 year letterman. He finished with a 11-0 record on the mound, and 2 way all state player.

Garrett attended Central Baptist College in Fall of 2018 playing baseball for 2 seasons before tearing his elbow freshman year where he had surgery and rehab.
Garrett moved from the mound into coaching after the torn elbow. Garrett graduated Central Baptist College Fall of 2022 with a Bachelor’s of Science in psychology and counseling.

Garrett has a list of coaching accolades including:

Pitching and hitting constructor at Fieldhouse House Sports Complex for the last 7 years and continues providing these lessons

Garrett has coached a travel team through The Fieldhouse for 7 seasons with a record of 160-45 through those 7 seasons.

Garrett has coached with the East Coast Sox for 3 seasons as a showcase coach.

Notable tournaments coached and won:

-2025 PBR National Championship Runner-up

-2025 PG National Elite Champion

-6 other notable PG/PBR events as the champion

Noteable players coached or played with:

-Kevin Kopps (2021 Golden Spikes winner)

-Gage Wood (CWS record 19k No-hitter)

-Cayden Wallace (2nd round pick for Kansas City Royals)

-Heston Kjerstad (Freshman All-American at Arkansas/ Drafted #2 Overall by the Baltimore Orioles

-Casey Martin (Freshman All-American at Arkansas/ drafted 3rd round by the Philadelphia Phillies

-Shaun Cover (Southern Miss signee)

-London Stewart (Southern miss Signee)

Garrett learned some valuable coaching lessons from coaches that taught him. Garrett merits his coaching to not being afraid to use an old school coaching approach with a new school mind.

Two things that he says can attest to his success and enjoyment of coaching baseball are simple, he loves making an impact on kids, and he loves helping them reach their full potential and goals to make it to the next level.

He uses the story of “One Thousand Marbles” with the kids he coaches, to teach valuable life lessons as well as making sure his players never take advantage of getting the opportunity to play the game everyone dreams of playing for as long as possible.

Ecclesiastes 9:10: “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going”