The Citadel Athletics

The Citadel baseball head coach Russell Triplett announced the addition of James Reeves '15 as the first assistant hire to his new staff, slotting the southpaw standout as the pitching coach for the Bulldogs.

Coach Reeves enters his third season as the Bulldogs' pitching coach. The Bulldogs' pitching staff helped the team to a 36-26 overall record and a 11-10 overall record. The Bulldogs' pitching staff helped guide the team to five wins in four days at the 2026 Southern Conference Championship. Will Holmes went 7.0 innings, striking out ten batters to help lead the team to their 22nd SoCon title. 

Under Reeves' guidance, Will Holmes was named to the First-team All-SoCon, and two-way player Michael Gibson was named to the Second-team All-SoCon. Gibson was named the recipient of the Walt Nadzak Award, given to the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. He was also named to the NCAA Atlanta All-Regional Team and named a D1 Baseball and Perfect Game All-American.

During his time as a Bulldog, Reeves secured 20 wins and had a career ERA of 3.88 with 227 strikeouts. His standout senior season included eight wins in 15 starts, pitching 95.0 innings and recording 115 strikeouts. In 2015, Reeves threw the sixth no-hitter in program history against Mercer, striking out 14 batters in nine innings.
 
During the 2015 season, he was named the Collegiate Baseball/Louisville Slugger Player of the Week twice. Reeves was also named the Southern Conference Pitcher of the Year and selected for the Southern Conference First Team by the Coaches and the SoCon Sports Media Association.
 
After authoring a stellar career as a Bulldog, Reeves was selected in the 10th round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the New York Yankees. Reeves climbed as high as AAA in the Yankees affiliation and the San Diego Padres organization. Throughout his six-year professional career, Reeves recorded 23 wins in 177 appearances. He recorded an ERA of 2.80 on 344.1 innings pitched with 425 strikeouts.

Reeves retired in 2023 and served as the pitching coach for Oceanside Academy under head coach Britt Reames, Class of '96, and Hall of Fame inductee in 2008.
 
Reeves earned his bachelor's degree in Pre-Law for the Citadel in 2015.