_(cropped).jpg) Orloff (right) batting for the Tri-City ValleyCats in 2010 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | UC Irvine |
| Conference | Big West |
| Record | 203–97 (.677) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | April 26, 1987 Simi Valley, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2006–2009 | UC Irvine |
| 2009 | Greeneville Astros |
| 2009–2010 | Tri-City ValleyCats |
| 2011 | Lexington Legends |
| 2012 | Lancaster JetHawks |
| 2012–2013 | Corpus Christi Hooks |
| Position(s) | Shortstop |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2016–2018 | UC Irvine (asst) |
| 2019–present | UC Irvine |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 203–97 (.677) |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 5–4 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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Ben Orloff (born April 26, 1987) is an American baseball coach and former shortstop, who is the current head baseball coach of the UC Irvine Anteaters. He played college baseball at UC Irivine for head coach Mike Gillespie, where he won the Brooks Wallace Award, as the nation's best college shortstop. He has also played in the World Baseball Classic, for the Israeli national baseball team, before pursuing a professional baseball career for the Houston Astros organization from 2009 to 2013. He retired on June 12, 2013, and became an assistant coach for the UC Irvine.[1][2]
- ^ "Orloff joining 'Eaters coaching staff". Daily Pilot. Archived from the original on June 27, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
- ^ "Orloff retires in minors". Daily Pilot. Archived from the original on July 19, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2014.