Brayden Simich joined the Bellarmine University baseball staff as an assistant coach/pitching prior to the 2025 season after experiencing overwhelming success as a player then assistant coach at junior college blueblood John A. Logan College.
Simich was a right-handed pitcher for NJCAA Division 1 John A. Logan from 2016-19. Immediately following his career, he joined the Volunteers’ coaching staff and was an assistant from 2020-24.
In his five years as an assistant, John A. Logan went 192-65 and was consistently in the NJCAA D1 top 25. The team posted a 20-1 record in the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign and followed with four straight 40-plus win seasons. The Volunteers went 42-18 in 2021, 41-17 in 2022, 43-17 in 2023 and 46-12 in 2024, making the NJCAA D1 Tournament each year and capturing the Region XXIV championship in 2023 and 2024.
John A. Logan’s pitching staff carried a sub-5.00 ERA in all five of his years. The Volunteers boasted a sparkling 3.09 ERA over 21 games in the abbreviated 2020 season.
During his coaching tenure at John A. Logan, seven players advanced to the professional ranks, 73 headed to NCAA Division I, four moved to NCAA Division II and 10 transitioned to NAIA.
Simich’s success on the coaching staff carried over from his playing days with John A. Logan. In his three seasons with the club, the Volunteers went 122-42 with three appearances in the NJCAA D1 Tournament. They were 40-13 in 2017, 38-16 in 2018 and 44-13 in 2019, the latter in which they were the Region XXIV runner-up.
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