Brian Furlong

Biography

Brian Furlong is in his fourth season as Baylor baseball's director of player and pitching development, after joining the staff on August 18, 2022. In his role, Furlong drives the program's analytics and technology initiatives, while overseeing all aspects of video and data integration. He contributes to scouting and game planning efforts, and also serves as the program's camp director. Prior to joining the Baylor staff, Furlong spent the previous four seasons as the pitching coach at Xavier. During his time with the Musketeers, Furlong helped improve the pitching staff's ERA by nearly two runs against all opponents, and by over three runs in Big East play. In 2022, the Musketeers set a program record with 482 strikeouts, just one season after setting a program record with 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings. Prior to joining Xavier in July 2018, Furlong was the head coach at Heartland Community College in Illinois for two seasons in 2017 and 2018.