Brown University Baseball

Frank Holbrook is in his first season as the Baseball Head Coaching Chair in 2026. A Rhode Island native, Holbrook was named the 18th head coach in program h...

Andrew McKeon is in his first season on the Brown baseball staff in 2026 and serves as the Bears’ Pitching Coach and Recruiting Coordinator. McKeon came to C...

Prior to joining the Brown University Sports Medicine staff, Bobby worked as an Athletic Trainer for five years at Bates College in Maine. Before Bates he co...

Eric Podbelski is in his first season as the associate head coach of the Bears’ in 2026. With nearly three decades of collegiate head coaching experience under his belt, Podbelski came to College Hill in July 2025 to join Frank Holbrook’s staff, who was one of his former players at Wheaton. Podbelski served as the head coach at Wheaton for the first 28 years of the program’s existence, starting with its inaugural season in 1998. During his tenure, he posted an 817-342-5 overall record, the 15th-most wins among active Division III coaches as of 2025, while his .704 winning percentage was seventh-best among active coaches. The Lyons also never had a losing season during that time, qualifying for all 25 NEWMAC postseason Tournaments, three 40+ win seasons and 14 campaigns with at least 30 victories. A model of consistency and excellence in his 28 seasons, Podbelski’s squads captured at least a share of 21 NEWMAC regular season titles, 17 tournament championships, made 18 NCAA Tournaments, and four trips to the Division III College World Series, including a pair of national runner-up finishes in 2006 and 2012. Wheaton earned at least a share of the NEWMAC regular season crown 17 years in a row, with Podbelski earning 12 NEWMAC Coach of the Year/Staff of the Year honors, six NEIBA Coach of the Year honors, and was selected as the regional coach of the year five times. Podbelski coached 114 All-NEWMAC selections, as well as 132 all-region honorees and 21 All-Americans. Sixteen of h

Mike Maher joined the Brown baseball staff ahead of the 2026 season as an assistant coach. Maher works directly with the Bears’ infielders, baserunners and h...

Pete Kelich is in his first season as the Bears' Director of Pitching Development in 2026. Kelich previously served as a pitching coach at Rhode Island College from 2022-2023 under current Brown Head Coaching Chair Frank Holbrook. As a collegiate player, Kelich remains one of the top pitchers in program history at Bryant, where he compiled 30 career wins, which still ranks second all-time, and remains the program’s all-time leader with 273 career strikeouts. He also sits third all-time with 335.2 innings pitched from 2010-2013. He was a two-time First Team All-Northeast Conference selection in 2012 and 2013, a two-time Rawlings All-Region honoree and was named the 2012 NEC Pitcher of the Year. Kelich was named the NECBL’s Reliever of the Year while playing for the Newport Gulls in 2012 and was honored as part of the Gull’s Hall of Fame Class of 2024. He was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 38th round of the 2013 MLB Draft and in his rookie season, Kelich was named the Arizona League Pitcher of the Year after compiling a 7-1 record with a 1.40 ERA, and 69 strikeouts over 58.0 innings. In total, he spent three years in the Padres organization. Kelich graduated from Bryant in 2013 with a degree in marketing. COACHING TIMELINE Season School Title 2022-2023 Rhode Island College Assistant Coach, Pitching Coach September 2025-present Brown Director of Pitching Development

Tim Geer joined Brown University as the Assistant Director of Athletic Communications in August 2021. Prior to Brown, Geer worked in the athletic communications offices at the University of New Haven, Sacred Heart, Lehigh, and Southern Connecticut State. While at Brown, Geer was one of seven nominees nationwide for the 2022 College Gym News Sports Information Director of the Year Award. He has also represented Brown at the 2021 NCAA Volleyball Regional in Seattle and coordinated all media relations efforts for Olivia Pichardo, the first female NCAA Division I baseball player. Over three years at Lehigh, Geer was the primary contact for women's basketball, track and field, and swimming and diving, while providing extensive support for football, softball, and men's basketball among other programs. He was the primary contact for Lehigh Softball at the 2017 NCAA Los Angeles Regional at UCLA and oversaw all communications efforts for the annual Paul Short Run, one of the largest intercollegiate cross country meets in the nation. He wrote numerous student-athlete feature stories for LehighSports.com, in addition to covering four swimmers that qualified for Olympic Trials, and three track and field athletes that earned All-America honors. Additionally, he provided extensive graphic design support, and was responsible for creating the department's hall of fame and facilities sections on LehighSports.com. As the Assistant Director of Athletic Communications at Sacred Heart, Geer serve