PORTALES, N.M. – Head ENMU Baseball Coach Riley Price has announced the addition of Casey Claflin as a new assistant coach for the Greyhounds program. Claflin will work mainly with the pitching staff, along with recruiting future student-athletes for the program.

Before joining the Greyhounds staff, Claflin spent two years at Waldorf University (Forest City, Iowa) as an assistant baseball coach and an area coordinator with student life. During their time with the Warriors program, Claflin had a strong focus with the pitching staff while assisting in recruiting, strength and conditioning programming, and fundraising. While at Waldorf, several players earned all-conference honors, and helped the program reach its conference tournament championship game.

Prior to working at Waldorf University, Claflin had several different positions at Shawnee State University (Portsmouth, Ohio), beginning as a volunteer coach and elevating to associate head coach over the span of four years. Coaching at their alma mater, Claflin began coaching in 2019 then later was named the head assistant after two seasons. They held responsibilities as a recruiting coordinator, pitching coach, and helped create the Shawnee State JV baseball program.

Claflin had their first working experience in baseball with the Akron RubberDucks (Cleveland Guardians AA), serving for the bullpen catcher and equipment personnel. In this role Claflin caught in in the bullpen to warm up pitchers and working closely with professional athletes, coaches, training and support staffs.

Claflin earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 2018 from Shawnee State University. Claflin earned several academic honors as a member of the baseball team, catching for the Bears.