The Northern Kentucky baseball program welcomed the addition of new assistant coach
Andrew Elliott this week as was announced by head coach of the Norse
Dizzy Peyton in September of 2023.
In his first season on Peyton's staff, the Norse won the Horizon League Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history.
2 pitchers on Elliott's staff were named All-Horizon League (Tanner Gillis, Clay Brock), with NKU pitchers being named Horizon League Pitcher of the Week 3 times.
"We are extremely excited to announce the newest member of our coaching staff, Andrew Elliott," discussed head coach
Dizzy Peyton. "Norse Nation please join us in welcoming Andrew and his wife Randi into the Norse family. Andrew will serve as our pitching coach and I'm eager for him to get to work with our pitching staff. Coach Elliott has done a tremendous job at each of his stops, at Lincoln Trail College and Lee University and he will be a great addition to our staff. He's a proven winner and I look forward to him helping us continue the upward trajectory of the NKU baseball program."
Elliott will serve as the Norse pitching coach as he gets his NKU pitching staff prepped heading into the 2024 spring season. Elliott joins Northern Kentucky after working as the assistant baseball coach at Lee University located in Cleveland, Tennessee, and Lincoln Trail College out of Robinson, Illinois.
He was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 30th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft and was assigned to the Gulf Coast League Orioles, a rookie-level affiliate of the program. Elliott earned his way up to the Aberdeen IronBirds that same year who are a High-A affiliate of the Orioles. He went on to pitch for the Delmarva Shorebirds, a Single-A affiliate of Baltimore in 2016 as well. Andrew compiled a career earned run average of 3.54 over 157.0 total innings, with a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.60 in his 107-game pitching career with the Orioles, Aberdeen IronBirds and Quebec Capitales (Frontier League).
His baseball career is certainly a familiar one to the Norse as Elliott spent five seasons with NKU rival Wright State from 2011-2015. He earned himself numerous accolades during his time with the Raiders including being named an All-American during his junior season, was named Horizon League Reliever of the Year twice, First-Team All-League, Stopper Watch List selection, All-Midwest selection, WSU Ron Nischwitz Award and was a two-time Horizon League Pitcher of the Week.
Elliott graduated from Wright State University with a bachelor of science degree in organizational leadership.
