Cliff Godwin
| Sport(s) | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | East Carolina |
| Conference | American Athletic Conference |
| Record | 78-43-1 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 2, 1978 Snow Hill, North Carolina |
| Alma mater | East Carolina University Pirates |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003 | Kinston HS (asst.) |
| 2003–2004 | UNC Wilmington (asst.) |
| 2004–2005 | Vanderbilt (asst.) |
| 2005–2006 | Notre Dame (asst.) |
| 2006–2008 | LSU (asst.) |
| 2009–2011 | UCF (asst.) |
| 2011–2014 | Ole Miss (asst.) |
| 2015- | East Carolina |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 78-43-1 |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 3-3 American: 4-2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| American Tournament: 2015 | |
| Awards | |
| American Coach of the Year: 2015 | |
Cliff Godwin (born February 2, 1978) is the head baseball coach of the East Carolina Pirates baseball program.
Godwin was raised in Snow Hill, North Carolina. He attended Greene Central High School in Snow Hill.
Godwin enrolled at East Carolina University to play for the Pirates. He red-shirted his freshman season. Over the next four years, he started 126 games as a catcher, and served three years as team co-captain. He batted .322 with 15 home runs and RBIs as a senior and was named 1st team All-Colonial Athletic Association.
In addition to his playing career at East Carolina, Godwin also graduated magna cum laude in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science in management information systems, and went on to earn his MBA from ECU in 2002. He was a two-time Academic All-American selection during his time as a player.
After graduating, Godwin spent two years playing professionally with the Gateway Grizzlies and the Evansville Otters of the Frontier League.
After his two years in the Frontier League, Godwin began his coaching career as an assistant at Kinston High School in Kinston, North Carolina, 20 minutes from his hometown of Snow Hill. He spent one season at Kinston before moving on to his first position at the Division I level, with the UNC Wilmington Seahawks. He spent two seasons at UNC Wilmington before moving on to Vanderbilt.
At Vanderbilt, he served as the Commodores' Director of Baseball Operations before joining Paul Mainieri's staff at Notre Dame for the 2005 season. After two seasons at Notre Dame, he followed Mainieri to LSU prior to the 2007 season. In 2008, Godwin's LSU offense hit .306 with 100 home runs and 95 stolen bases.
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