Craig Courtwright

Pitching, Hitting

Craig is from downstate Illinois and played high school baseball at Lincoln High.  Out of Lincoln, he was a left handed pitcher at Springfield College and Blackburn College.

Craig started his coaching career at an early age.  When he graduated from Blackburn, he was so well respected, he stayed on as the team’s pitching coach.  He has international coaching experience as the pitching coach for the United States Baseball Team at the 2006 Goodwill Games.  In 2007, Craig progressed to the professional level and became an Associate Scout for the Philadelphia Phillies as well as instructing at the Chicago White Sox Training Academy.

For the last three years, Craig has coached on the north side as a travel team coach for the Welles Park program.  He took a team that had previously won one game in the previous two years to one of the top teams in the travel league.

Coach Stone’s comments on Craig Courtwright – “Craig has a great feel for the game of baseball.  As a player, the game didn’t come easy to him and he learned how to “out think” opposing hitters.  Those type of guys end up making great coaches.  He has an easy going, laid back personality that players feel very comfortable with.”