Shawn Counts

Biography

Shawn Counts enters his fifth season as the head coach of the Austin College baseball team in 2025-26. Counts, a native of Tom Bean, began working with the 'Roos as an assistant in 2019 and previously served as an assistant coach at Grayson College from 2008-2018. During his time at Grayson, he helped develop 25 players who have gone on to play within Major League Baseball organizations and assisted in guiding the Vikings to the Junior College World Series in 2011. Grayson won four conference titles while Counts worked as assistant, and made nine consecutive NJCAA Region V tournament appearances. Counts has helped lead Austin College to upticks in both overall wins and Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference victories over the course of his tenure, as well as coaching numerous players to All-SCAC and SCAC Player of the Week accolades, as well as All-Region recognition. Along with his experience at both Grayson and Austin College, Counts also previously coached the Melville Millionaires of the Western Canadian Baseball League to the WCBL championship in 2013, a year in which he was also named the WCBL Coach of the Year.