Bobby Moranda
# Bobby Moranda

Bobby Moranda is a former American baseball coach and outfielder who retired in 2022. He played college baseball for the Eastern Kentucky Colonels from 1985 to 1986. He then served as the head coach of the Western Carolina Catamounts (2008–2022).

## Playing career

Moranda first enrolled at Harper College. In 1984, he accepted a scholarship to play for the Eastern Kentucky Colonels baseball team. In two seasons, he batted .307 with 20 home runs and 86 RBI.

## Coaching career

In 1987, Moranda began his coaching career as an assistant at Eastern Kentucky. In 1989, Moranda accepted a position as an assistant with the Virginia Cavaliers baseball program. Moranda then joined the coaching staff at Wake Forest in 1995. In 2001, he joined the coaching staff of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball team.

On July 19, 2007, Moranda was named the head coach of the Western Carolina Catamounts baseball program.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :

| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Western Carolina Catamounts (Southern Conference) (2008–2022) ||||||
| 2008 | Western Carolina | 29–28 | 14–13 | 7th | SoCon tournament |
| 2009 | Western Carolina | 35–22 | 19–10 | 4th | SoCon tournament |
| 2010 | Western Carolina | 37–21 | 16–13 | 6th | SoCon tournament |
| 2011 | Western Carolina | 23–31 | 12–18 | 8th | SoCon tournament |
| 2012 | Western Carolina | 32–22 | 16–14 | 5th | SoCon tournament |
| 2013 | Western Carolina | 39–20 | 23–7 | 1st | SoCon tournament |
| 2014 | Western Carolina | 37–18 | 20–6 | 1st | SoCon tournament |
| 2015 | Western Carolina | 21–28 | 11–13 | 7th | SoCon tournament |
| 2016 | Western Carolina | 31–31 | 15–9 | 2nd | NCAA Regional |
| 2017 | Western Carolina | 28–28 | 15–8 | 2nd | SoCon tournament |
| 2018 | Western Carolina | 7–45 | 5–19 | 9th | SoCon tournament |
| 2019 | Western Carolina | 20–32 | 8–16 | 8th | SoCon tournament |
| 2020 | Western Carolina | 8–8 | 0–0 | | Season canceled due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | Western Carolina | 28–21 | 14–11 | 3rd (Red) | SoCon tournament |
| 2022 | Western Carolina | 26–31–1 | 9–11–1 | 6th | |
| Western Carolina: | Western Carolina: | 401–386–1 | 197–168–1 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 401–386–1 | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||
