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Chris Wiley and Brad Schrock Hired as Campbell Baseball Assistant Coaches

BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Head coach Chip Smith has hired Chris Wiley and Brad Schrock as assistant coaches with the Campbell University baseball program. Wiley, a 2003 Campbell graduate, will serve as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. Schrock, who spent the 2006 season as a volunteer assistant with the Fighting Camels, will take over pitching coach duties.

Wiley replaces Kent Cox, who accepted a similar position at Gardner-Webb. Schrock assumes pitching coach responsibilities after the resignation of Sean Fleming.

"We're excited to have Chris back home. As a player, he was like having a coach on the field. He played for a great high school coach, Doyle Whitfield, who had one of the top programs in the state. Chris is an up-and-coming young coach, who is a good teacher of the game," said Smith, who is entering his 12th year as head coach of the Camels.

Wiley spent the 2006 season at Division II Limestone College, where he served as pitching coach. A native of Dudley, N.C., Wiley coached Saints all-region pitcher Kevin Pucetas, who was chosen by the San Francisco Giants in the 17th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball amateur draft.

Prior to his year at Limestone, Wiley served two seasons (2004-2005) as assistant coach at Louisburg Junior College. During his stint at LC, Wiley helped lead the Hurricanes to an 89-31 record and two NJCAA Region X championships. Three of the LC players Wiley coached went on to join the Fighting Camel program – Mike Ange, Ricky Howard and Justin Phillips.

In addition to his work at Limestone and Louisburg, Wiley has been active as a coach in the Coastal Plain League, a summer collegiate league that spans the Carolinas and Virginia. He has served as head coach of the Gastonia Grizzlies for the last two seasons, guiding the club to a second-half West Division title and berth in the 2005 Pettit Cup playoffs.

"Chris and Brad have had an opportunity to work together this summer coaching in the Coastal Plain League," said Smith. "Chris has experience as a head coach there, and Brad as his pitching coach. They've had to bring guys together from all over the country, form a team, create unity, and that should help make us a better coaching staff."

Wiley, who was an assistant at Gastonia in 2004, has also spent time as an associate scout for the Kansas City Royals. He also served as an assistant coach with the Carolina Black Sox of the Southern Collegiate League during the summer of 2003.

He played at Campbell from 1999-2003 and was a key contributor in Campbell's 2001 season where the Camels set a school record with 33 victories. During that 2001 season, Wiley smacked a walk-off grand slam home run vs. Duke at Taylor Field. He tied his career high with six RBI in that contest.

During his career, Wiley saw action in 166 games at catcher, first base and designated hitter, batted .289 and compiled 61 RBI. He served as team captain in 2003 and was the team's Coaches Award winner in 1999 after finishing second on the club with a .354 batting average. He was a member of Campbell's 2000 Atlantic Sun Conference tournament runner-up team as well as the 2001 squad that finished third in the A-Sun regular season standings.

Wiley played in the Coastal Plain League with the Florence RedWolves and the Fayetteville SwampDogs. He earned his bachelor's degree in sport management from Campbell in May 2003.

Schrock is no stranger to the Fighting Camel program, after helping lead the 2006 squad to a berth in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament. During his year as volunteer assistant, Schrock was in charge of strength workouts and video analysis for pitchers, while assisting in all other phases of the coaching operation. He has also served as pitching coach on Wiley's staff with the Gastonia Grizzlies during the summer of 2006.

"Last year Brad had an opportunity to work some in our pitching staff in more of a development phase," said Coach Smith. "He already knows our staff and has a very good rapport with the players. He brings a lot of energy and enthusiasm to the staff, and the kids will respond well to that. He is a student of the game, and I think that he will give us the boost that we need with our pitchers."

Prior to joining the Camel staff, Schrock served for two seasons as pitching coach at his alma mater, Carson-Newman College, in Jefferson City, Tenn. While at Carson-Newman, Schrock guided the pitching staff to a top-50 finish in ERA among all Division II programs. That staff featured the pitcher who led the South Atlantic Conference in ERA.
Schrock also served as the pitching coach at Glen Oaks Community College for the 2003 season, where six of his pitchers signed senior college scholarships.
As a player, Schrock was an all-state and all-tournament selection at Glen Oaks. He helped lead his team to a third place finish in the 2000 NJCAA World Series. The Goshen, Ind. native was an all-conference, all-region and all-region tournament selection as a sophomore in 2000.
Schrock went on to Carson-Newman, where he helped lead the Eagles to a SAC championship and NCAA regional appearance in 2002. While at CNU, Schrock was a part of the pitching staff that twice led the South Atlantic Conference in ERA.
A 2002 graduate of Carson-Newman, Schrock holds a B.S. in leisure services and outdoor recreation with a minor in management. He earned his master's in education from Lincoln Memorial University in December 2005. Schrock is married to the former Megan Ashley McBee, who is attending pharmacy school at Campbell.