Ben Orloff

Ben Orloff
Orloff (right) batting for the Tri-City ValleyCats in 2010
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamUC Irvine
ConferenceBig West
Record203–97 (.677)
Biographical details
Born (1987-04-26) April 26, 1987 (age 37)
Simi Valley, California, U.S.
Playing career
2006–2009UC Irvine
2009Greeneville Astros
2009–2010Tri-City ValleyCats
2011Lexington Legends
2012Lancaster JetHawks
2012–2013Corpus Christi Hooks
Position(s)Shortstop
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2016–2018UC Irvine (asst)
2019–presentUC Irvine
Head coaching record
Overall203–97 (.677)
TournamentsNCAA: 5–4
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • Big West (2021)
Awards
  • Big West Conference Player of the Year (2009)
  • All-American (2009)
  • Brooks Wallace Award (2009)
  • Big West Coach of the Year (2021)

Ben Orloff (born April 26, 1987) is an American baseball coach and former shortstop, who is the current head baseball coach of the UC Irvine Anteaters. He played college baseball at UC Irivine for head coach Mike Gillespie, where he won the Brooks Wallace Award, as the nation's best college shortstop. He has also played in the World Baseball Classic, for the Israeli national baseball team, before pursuing a professional baseball career for the Houston Astros organization from 2009 to 2013. He retired on June 12, 2013, and became an assistant coach for the UC Irvine.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Orloff joining 'Eaters coaching staff". Daily Pilot. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  2. ^ "Orloff retires in minors". Daily Pilot. Retrieved October 14, 2014.

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