Saint Xavier High School Junior Varsity Baseball Team

Tighe Brown '95 - Head Coach

Coach Tighe Brown is a 1995 graduate from Saint Xavier High School where he played 4 years of baseball, football and basketball; earning ten varsity letters. He was selected to the Mizuno High School All-American in 1994 for baseball. He was drafted out of St. X in the 1995 MLB draft by the Chicago White Sox (1995-1999). In 2000 he signed with the Cincinnati Reds and ended his career playing for the Atlantic City Surf. Tighe also was an All-State Punter in football that led him to the University of Louisville for the 1995 season. He then went on to earn his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Louisville in Physical Education and Health. Tighe is currently a teacher at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School.

Tighe was inducted into the Saint Xavier Hall of Honors in 2010. Tighe has coached football at St. X for the past nine years working with the kickers. He has also coached travel baseball for the past 12 years.

Tighe comes from a long legacy of baseball players: grandfather (Motts Minogue) (played with Philadelphia and Detroit organizations), father (Terry Brown) (St. X c/o 1961, played with Baltimore organization), and older brother Tab Brown (St. X c/o 1989 and drafted by Atlanta Braves).

Tighe and his wife Leslie have 4 children Andy (2004 – 2012), Tighe III (13) and twins Taber and Tinsley (9) who attend St. Patrick Catholic School.

Devin Lawrence '12 - Assistant Coach

Devin is a 2012 graduate of Saint Xavier High School and is entering his fifth year with the Tigers baseball program. Devin works full time at Ford Motor Company and owns an auto detailing & ceramic coating business. He is pursuing a degree in Business Administration at Northwood University.

Doug Williams - Assistant Coach

Doug Williams enters his third season as a coach for the Tigers this year. Coach Williams has had over a 20 year career coaching baseball, with eight of those at Southern High School, and three years at DeSales High School. Doug is a 1984 graduate of Dixie High School in New Lebanon, OH, where he was a 4 year letterman in both baseball and basketball. Doug went on to play collegiately at Sinclair Community College in Dayton. Doug is currently the Lead Database Analyst at UPS. Coach Williams and his wife Becky, have two sons, Tyler and Zach, and a grandson Dakota.

Bo Hatfield - Assistant Coach

Bo Hatfield is a 1983 graduate of New Albany (IN) High School and earned multiple degrees from Indiana University (’97). Bo has over 20 years of baseball and football coaching, and scouting, experience at the high school, college, and professional levels. Also a member of the St. X football coaching staff, Bo is a retired LMPD detective and currently works as a federally contracted security agent. Coach Hatfield and his wife, Cynthia, have one son, Harrison, a junior at St. X. The Hatfield's are members of St. Martha parish.

Barry Wilkerson '80 - Assistant Coach

Coach Wilkerson is a 1980 graduate from Saint Xavier High School where he played four years of baseball earning All-District and 7^th Region All-Star honors as an outfielder. He also played four years of soccer earning All-Region and All-State honors as a goalie. Coach Wilkerson is entering his 22^nd year coaching high school baseball. As a varsity assistant, he was named 7^th Region Assistant Coach of the Year in 2016. Barry earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Louisville and worked for the Louisville Metro Police Department where he retired as a Major over the Administrative Bureau. He is currently the chief of police for the St. Matthews Police Department. Barry is married and has three daughters and three grandchildren.