Lenoir-Rhyne University

• Location: Hickory, NC
• Nickname: Bears
• Conference: South Atlantic Conference 1990-present; North State Conference 1930-1961; Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1962-1974, 1985-1989
• Division: II
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Lenoir-Rhyne University was known as Lenoir-Rhyne College until 2008.

People who went here

• Wes McGuire, coach
• George Murphy, politician
• Don Padgett, catcher-outfielder
• Frank Pait, college coach
• Buz Phillips, pitcher
• Ken Rudisill, minor league outfielder
• Dick Smith, outfielder
• Herman Starrette, pitcher

Coaches

• Norman LaMotte, 1924
• Dick Gurley, 1925-1932
• Pat Shores, 1933-1942
• Shore Neal, 1944-1947
• Art Faircloth, 1948
• Troy Washam, 1949-1953
• Mac Erwin, 1954-1956
• Hanley Painter, 1957-1961
• Odell Moose, 1962
• Walt Cornwell, 1963-1970
• Curtis Threatt, 1974-1977
• Billy Alton, 1978-1980
• Jack Patterson, 1981-1983
• Bruce Ollis, 1984
• Danny Thompson, 1985-1987
• John Hamilton, 1988-1996
• Frank Pait, 1997-2007
• Paul Knight, 2008-2013
• Tom Fleenor, 2014-2019*
• Chaz Frank, 2019 (interim)
• Chris Ramirez, 2020-2024
• Adam Skonieczki, 2025-present

*Fleenor was fired in April 2019

Assistant Coaches

• Micah Baumfeld, 2023-
• John Hendricks, 2004-2008
• Frank Pait
• Adam Skonieczki, 2020-2024