Ryan Reed is entering into his second season as the graduate assistant coach and the head coach of the JV team for the MACU baseball program heading into the 2025 campaign.
In his first year as the GA coach, serving in the third base coach role, the Evangels reached new heights as a program as MACU finished the year with its best ever record with a 41-13 overall mark and captured multiple program firsts, which included winning its first SAC Championship with a 20-4 league mark, first SAC Tournament title after defeating No. 22 Oklahoma CIty 12-6 in the championship game at Bill Smith Ballpark in Chickasha, Oklahoma on May 7.Â
On-top of also earning a bid to the program's first NAIA Tournament, the Evangels also captured their first ever NAIA Tournament win after defeating Oklahoma Wesleyan 5-4 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on May 14.
Reed returned to MACU after completing a stellar playing career with the Evangels by helping lead the team to its first NCCAA World Series title in a 3-2 win over Southwestern Christian in 10 innings in the title game on May 23, 2023. In that game, Reed came up with one of the biggest plays of the game when he successfully stole home to tie the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the eighth.
In his final season with the Evangels in 2023, Reed finished as one of the team's best hitters and defenders, raking in the second-best batting average on the team at .365 as he ripped nine doubles and three homers for 17 RBIs and 31 runs hitting out of the lead-off position. Reed also put together just the second unblemished defensive performance in the history of the program as the team's starting second baseman did not commit a single error in 122 chances. The Evangels capped off the year with its then-winningest season in program history, finishing with a 39-17 overall record and a 15-9 mark in SAC play.
During the 2022 campaign, Reed found himself in the program's NAIA Era single-season record book as his 47 runs scored is tied for the fifth-most in one season. Reed closed out the year with a .277 batting average while tallying six doubles and seven homers for 21 RBIs. Reed was one of the team leaders in guiding the Evangels to a 32-22 overall record, one of the winningest seasons since the program joined the NAIA while closing out with a 12-12 record against league competition.
Overall, Reed wrapped up his two-year MACU playing career with a .320 batting average, slashing 82-for-256 with 15 doubles and 10 homers, 38 RBIs and his 78 runs is the seventh-most scored in a career in the NAIA Era.
Before coming to play at MACU, Reed spent one season with NCAA D-II Rogers State (Okla.) in 2021 after a two-year playing career at Vernon College (Texas) in 2019 and 2020.
