Georgia College

Nolan Belcher begins season three in charge of Bobcat Baseball. 

In 2022, the Bobcats finished second in the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) and took a school-record eight spots on the All-PBC Team. GC Baseball also landed two on the PBC Team of Academic Distinction. 

The 2021 campaign was highlighted by a sweep of then No. 16-Columbus State University at Kurtz Field. The Bobcats landed a pair on the All-PBC Team and put a league-best 10 on the PBC Team of Academic Distinction. 

Belcher previously spent two seasons in the dugout of the Bobcat Baseball squad, serving as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for the 2017 and 2018 seasons. In Belcher's two seasons, the Bobcats won the PBC Tournament twice, and the 2018 PBC Regular-Season Championship with a whopping 26 conference victories, the most by any school since 1998.

Belcher guided a pitching staff that set a school-record with 468 strikeouts in 2018. During the two seasons, the Bobcats had four players drafted to Major League teams, five All-Americans and two Academic All-Americans. He coached a Region Pitcher of the Year and a PBC Pitcher of the Year as well.

Belcher's two years of success with GC Baseball helped set him up for a position with Division I College of Charleston, where he has spent the last two seasons as Volunteer Assistant for the Cougars. Charleston went 12-2 prior to the COVID-19 shutdown in 2020.

Prior to his time at Georgia College, Belcher spent three years with PBC rival USC Aiken, serving as a pitching coach his first year, then as recruiting coordinator for the final two seasons.

A native of Augusta, winning has followed Belcher in all of his baseball career. He made three consecutive trips to the College World Series with the University of South Carolina, winning back-to-back National Championships in 2010 and 2011 and finishing runner-up the following year. Belcher logged more than 250 innings over his career with the Gamecocks, making a total of 38 starts while finishing his career with an 18-13 record and a 3.30 ERA.

Belcher's successes include three State Championships in his high school days spent at Greenbrier High and Augusta Christian in Augusta. Belcher becomes the ninth head coach in GC Baseball history.

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT COACH BELCHER

Chad Holbrook, College of Charleston Head Coach

"Nolan Belcher checks all the boxes when it comes to describing the best young coaches in college baseball. He has an incredible work ethic, great knowledge, contagious energy, and unmatched leadership skills. All Nolan does is win and he will do it in a first-class manner both on the field and off. I'm very excited for the players at Georgia College as they will learn so much from Coach Belcher on a daily basis. Nolan and his wife Rachel will be great ambassadors to GC for many years to come. The Bobcats have hit a grand slam!"

Ray Tanner, University of South Carolina Athletics Director [Belcher's collegiate head coach]

"Nolan Belcher's knowledge of the game and baseball acumen will serve him well as Georgia College's baseball coach. The Bobcat Baseball student-athletes will be able to learn from Nolan's tremendous work ethic, great leadership skills and boundless energy. Congratulations to Georgia College on a tremendous hire!"  

Jordan Montgomery, New York Yankees Pitcher and college teammate of Belcher

2017 MLB All-Rookie Team

"Being able to play with Nolan in college and watching the way he carried himself and competed will serve him and the Georgia college baseball program extremely well over the coming years. I have no doubt he will thrive in this position."