Former Mississippi State Pitcher Carlisle Koestler Named Assistant Coach at Hinds Community College

Carlisle Koestler, a former Mississippi State pitcher and nationwide champion, shall be becoming a member of Hinds Group School’s baseball workers forward of the 2023 season.

Koestler was introduced as this system’s new pitching coach on Thursday morning. He replaces Andrew Gunn, who shall be taking over a brand new place inside the faculty’s athletics program. This definitely is not the primary time the righty will head to campus at Hinds — he pitched for the Eagles in 2015 and 2016. 

Koestler began his collegiate baseball profession at HCC after graduating from Warren Central Excessive College in Vicksburg. He spent 2015 as a redshirt freshman and located success on the mound in 2016 earlier than transitioning to Division I baseball at Southeastern Louisiana College. The 5-foot-11, 191-pound student-athlete had two unimaginable seasons for the Lions earlier than struggling a season-ending damage solely 4 begins into his third yr. 

With an damage slicing his senior season very brief, Koestler acquired curiosity from the Diamond Dawgs. He transferred to Mississippi State as a redshirt senior in 2020 and had 5 appearances for the crew earlier than the season was reduce brief. Throughout that span, Koestler pitched 18.1 innings and struck out 13 whereas strolling 5 and posting an earned run common of 4.42. 

The seven-year participant returned as a graduate scholar in 2021. Koestler had 11 appearances for the Bulldogs, giving up 9 runs and 20 hits and 19.2 innings pitched. He struck out 23 batters whereas strolling simply seven and completed the season with a 3-0 file. 

Koestler most not too long ago spent one yr because the Director of Baseball Operations at Samford College. This shall be his first stint as a collegiate coach at any stage as he goals to take his former crew to new heights within the years to come back.