Bio

Babcock will serve as the interim head coach in the 2023 season.

Ben Babcock enters his second season as an assistant baseball coach at Defiance College after joining the program in November of 2021. He also spent time as a volunteer coach with the program during the fall season prior to his initial appointment. Babcock currently serves as the team's pitching coach and recruiting coordinator.

During his first season with the Yellow Jackets in 2022, his pitching staff set the school record for strikeouts with a team mark of 247.

Prior to his time at DC, Babcock was the head junior varsity coach at Jefferson High School in Delphos, Ohio from 2014-17 followed by a stint at Delphos St. John's High School as a varsity assistant coach from 2018-21. He has additional coaching experience with Empowered Sports in Lima and as a travel coach with the Locos Express program.

A Delphos native, Babcock graduated from the Ohio State University at Lima in 2017 with a bachelor's degree in early and middle childhood studies. He is also Driveline certified in the Foundations of Pitching and holds a Rapsodo pitch design certification.