RICHMOND, Ky. – Cody Wofford has been hired as an assistant coach with the Eastern Kentucky University baseball team, first-year head coach Chris Prothro announced on Monday.
 
Wofford comes to EKU from Georgia Southern University where he was a volunteer assistant from 2018-20.  During his time at Georgia Southern he worked with infielders and catchers, assisted with hitters, managed game day operations, travel operations, coached first base, threw batting practice, conducted all camps, and managed in house recruiting.
 
"Cody is a young, up-and-coming assistant that already has a great on-the-field reputation and foundation for helping players improve on the player development side of things," Prothro said.  "What he lacks in experience on the recruiting side of the position will be accounted for in a short period of time.  We are excited to see him grow as a coach in his first full-time role.  I have no doubt he will be an asset to the program in multiple phases."
 
Before his time at Georgia Southern, Wofford was a student assistant at the University of South Alabama from 2016-18.  While at South Alabama he threw batting practice, assisted with the infielders and helped post two national top-25 fielding percentage seasons.  He also assisted with hitters, coached first base, assisted with practice and game day set up, and assisted with camps and tournaments.
 
Wofford also worked as an instructor at The Bullpen in McDonough, Georgia where he gave hitting lessons, provided pitching instruction and assisted with teaching fielding skills.
 
Wofford started his college baseball career at Darton College where he played from 2011-13.  He transferred to Western Kentucky where he was the starting shortstop from 2013-15.
 
Wofford received his associate's degree in general studies from Darton College in 2013.  He got his bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Western Kentucky in 2016.  
 
Walt Jones joined Prothro's first staff as assistant coach / recruiting coordinator last week.