Cody Wofford

Biography

Cody Wofford returned to Georgia Southern for the 2023 season as the Eagles' hitting coach after spending two years at Eastern Kentucky. Just last season in 2025, Wofford led the Eagles' offense to be a top-five team in many offensive categories in the Sun Belt, including average (.274), hits (538), home runs (69), SLG (.446), and first in triples (18). He helped guide the then junior Josh Tate to be selected in the eighth round of the 2025 MLB Draft to the Pirates after Tate led the Sun Belt with his .362 average. Along with Tate, he also helped Sean Smith to a top-three finish in the conference's batting average leaders and the duo also finished in the top five in their SLG. In 2023, Wofford helped the Eagles take a more patient approach to the plate, which resulted in the Eagles taking 288 walks in 2023, 25 more than in 2022. Wofford also helped Jesse Sherrill reach an incredible batting average of .409 in his final season, which sits alone at eighth all-time in Georgia Southern history for single season batting average. During his time at EKU, Wofford was responsible for coaching the infielders, team defense, and hitting. Wofford saw the Colonels post back-to-back program-highs in fielding percentage, posting a .972 fielding percentage in 2021 and a .975 in 2022. EKU posted a 38-20 record in 2022, which was the most wins the program has earned since 1990. In the 2022 season, EKU finished in the top five in most offensive categories in the Atlantic-Sun (ASUN) Conference, i