Chris Reilly joined the West Virginia University baseball staff as the Director of Pitching and Pitching Personnel in July, 2024.
Reilly joined the Mountaineers from the Boston Red Sox, where he served as an area scout since 2020 and was named the George Digby Scout of the Year in 2022. Before working with the Red Sox, he was an area scout for the Oakland Athletics from 2016-20 and was named the Dick Bogard Scout of the Year in 2018. He has additional professional scouting experience working for the Florida Marlins from 2009-12.
At the collegiate level, Reilly was an assistant coach for Daytona State College from 2009-16, serving as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator. In 2015, the Daytona State pitching staff had a 2.68 ERA which ranked fourth in the NJCAA and was the lowest in program history. He also worked for the Falcons from 2005-07, helping lead the team to back-to-back Mid-Florida Conference championships.
Between stints at Daytona State, Reilly was an assistant coach at the University of Cincinnati from 2007-09. The Bearcats set a program record with 39 wins in 2008 as the pitching staff put together a 4.37 ERA, the lowest for Cincinnati since 1979.
Reilly pitched at both Seton Hall University (2000-01) and Oklahoma State University (2002). He was named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention after leading the Cowboys in wins, innings pitched, and strikeouts. Reilly was also named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American in 2000 while with the Pirates.
He signed with the Baltimore Orioles after college and played two seasons in the organization before pitching for two seasons with the Windy City Thunderbolts in the Frontier League.
Reilly earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Oklahoma State in 2005. A native of Bound Brook, N.J, he and his wife Megan have three daughters, Harper, Stella, and Kate.
