Staff Directory

Colby Wilkerson

Title:
Director of Baseball Player Development
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Wilkerson brings even more championship experience to the Highlanders entering his first season with the team, making his collegiate coaching debut after graduating from North Carolina in 2024 and spending the last two years playing for independent league teams like the Missoula PaddleHeads and Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks.

"I'm extremely thankful and grateful for the opportunity to be a part of Radford Baseball and to work alongside Coach Guerra and this entire coaching staff. I'm excited for the opportunity to contribute to the Highlanders and Radford University. I'm also excited to begin my coaching career here and to help our players grow both on and off the field. Throughout my playing career, I've been fortunate to learn from a lot of great coaches, teammates and organizations. I'm looking forward to taking that knowledge and experience I've gained and using it to help our players reach their full potential."

Wilkerson boasts a strong playing career where he spent four years at North Carolina. With the Tar Heels, he was a part of the 2022 ACC Championship squad and the 2024 ACC Regular Season Champions and the 2024 NCAA Tournament where North Carolina advanced all the way to the College World Series in Omaha.

Over his playing career, he would develop into the Tar Heels starting short stop. With 191 games and 161 starts, he accumulated career numbers of a .254 batting average, 71 RBI, and a .955 fielding percentage. During his high school years, he was also a part of three high school state championship teams in Oxford, N.C.