Brandon Duncan enters his second year as an assistant softball coach for the University of Toledo. He will work primarily with the pitching staff and the slap hitters.
Duncan comes to UT from Charleston, SC where he was an assistant coach and pitching coach for Charleston Southern University from 2014-16. During his stint with the Buccaneers, Duncan guided Arizona Pilgrim to a Big South Conference all-freshman team selection and helped Hayley Elkins lead CSU in single season strikeouts and rank second in conference strikeouts. He also coached Jennifer Giles to a unanimous Big South all-tournament team selection and Cheyenne Gandara to three Big South Pitcher of the Week honors.
From 2011-14, Duncan was an assistant coach at Samford University and coached two players to all-conference honors. Mollie Hanson was a 2014 first-team Southern Conference selection after setting a Samford single season record for most wins. Duncan also guided Grey Adams to all-conference freshman team honors after posting a 7-3 record. Both Hanson and Scott threw no-hitters in 2013, which marks the first time two Samford pitchers accomplished that in a single season.
The Abbeville, SC native was the head coach at Lander University for the 2007-11 seasons. In his four seasons as head coach, Duncan's teams increased their win total each season. He coached five all-conference players in his last three seasons.
Prior to his time at Lander, Duncan was an assistant coach at the University of Virginia from 2006-07 and an assistant coach at Georgia Tech from 2004-06. During the 2005 and 2006 seasons at Georgia Tech, Duncan helped guide the Yellow Jackets to an 89-36 overall record, including two NCAA regional tournament appearances. In 2005, he assisted the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season and tournament champions to a 16th–place national ranking with a 1.49 ERA. Duncan was also responsible for coaching ACC Pitcher of the Year Jessica Sallinger.
Duncan graduated from Alabama in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in history and also worked as a student manager for the Crimson Tide softball program.
Duncan is currently a pitcher for the Northern Merchants, a men's fastpitch team in Utica, NY. In 2001, he toured Asia with "The King and His Court" (four-man softball team) and was the team's featured pitcher. Duncan also pitched for the Spartanburg Stars from 1996-2004, helping the team to three NSA World Series appearances.
