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Coach Terrance Whittle enters his 8th season at the helm of the ECSU baseball program. Under his leadership the Vikings have made steady improvement and through hard work and dedication, he guided the Vikings to their first ever CIAA championship in 2005. A native of Petersburg, Virginia, Whittle was three-sport athlete at Petersburg High School. After graduating from PHS in 1989, he attended Chowan College (then a junior college) in Murfreesboro, NC. Whittle played football and baseball for the Indians and earned a degree in Typesetting Technology in 1991. He then transferred to Virginia State Univ. in spring 1992 where he played baseball and served as team captain in 1993-1994. Upon graduation in 1994, Whittle was named Head Baseball Coach. He and his coaching staff where given the daunting task of rebuilding a struggling Trojan program into a CIAA contender, ultimately culminating with a CIAA championship in 1998. In 1999, Whittle became Head Coach and Director of Player Development with the Regensburg, Legionaere in Germany. The Regensburg team participated in the Bundesliga, which is the highest level of baseball in the country. During Whittles's tenure in Regensburg the team finished the 1999 season with a 25-9 record and were Bavarian State Champions. Also while in Regensburg, Whittle coached The Bavarian State Select team which also won the Bayarn Pokal championship in Berlin, Germany. In 2000 Whittle returned to the CIAA to become the head coach at Elizabeth City State University. Under his tutelage, the Vikings have made significant improvement each year. In 2002 ECSU won the regular season and over the past two seasons they have remained atop the CIAA as a contender for the CIAA crown. Whittle served as an associate scout with Florida Marlins, 1996-1998 and participated in the Atlanta Braves Scouting and Player Development Internship program in1998. Some of his accolades include 1998 and 2004 CIAA Coach of the Year, 1998 ABCA Louisville Slugger Award for coaching excellence, 2001 ABCA Century Club, 2002 ABCA Louisville Slugger conference championship award. Coach Whittle is also affiliated with Major League Baseball international as an Envoy Coach in the game development program having fulfilled assignments in South Africa and Nigeria. In January, 2004 Whittle was presented by Major League Baseball with the Julio Puenta Envoy Coach Award. He has served on the NCAA South Atlantic Regional Advisory Selection Committee: 1996-1998 and 2002-2003. He is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association, CIAA Baseball Coaches Association and the Black Coaches Association. |
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