Eight-year Major League Baseball veteran and College Baseball Hall of Famer, Brad Wilkerson, joined the UNF baseball coaching staff as associate head coach in August of 2024.
Wilkerson will be charged with leading the UNF hitters. Wilkerson most recently worked as assistant hitting coach with the New York Yankees during the 2023 season.
The native of Owensboro, Ky., went on to be a dominant two-way player at the University of Florida. With the Gators Wilkerson earned three first-team all-american honors while leading UF to College World Series appearances in both 1996 and 1998. In 1998 Wilkerson became the first player to post 20 home runs, 20 stolen bases and 10 wins on the mound in the same season. He was inducted into the UF Hall of Fame in 2010 as well as the National College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012.
Wilkerson was taken 33rd in the 1998 MLB Draft by the Montreal Expos. He would set the Expos’ rookie home run record with 20 in 2002 and was named Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News. In 2000 he helped the United States to a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. After an eight-year tenure in the MLB, Wilkerson finished with 122 home runs and 399 RBI at the big league level.
On the coaching side, Wilkerson also spent time as an assistant with Jacksonville University and with USA Baseball.
