Former Buccaneer Ben Terwilliger joined the Barry baseball staff in the fall of 2024 as an assistant coach. He will direct the pitching staff for both the varsity program as well as planning the program for the junior varsity staff.
In the summer of 2024, in the Frontier League, he was named the closer of the year with the Florence Y'alls. He went 4-2 on the mound with five saves, striking out 39 in 36.0 innings with a 4.75 ERA. He also earned a spot on the Frontier League All-Star team.Â
In 2023, he threw for the Lincoln Salt Dogs (American Association) and Florence last season, combining to go 0-1 with one save in 14.2 innings. He struck out 19.
Terwilliger finished his college career at East Carolina in 2022. He led the Pirates to a 46-21 record and first-place in the American Athletic Conference. He went 2-0 with a 3.86 ERA in 35 innings. He saved five games and struck out 46 against just 13 walks. He held opposing batters to a .198 average.
He played for the Buccaneers under coach Juan Ranero in 2020-21. In two seasons, he went 1-0 with four saves with a 1.10 ERA and 29 strikeouts in 16.1 innings, walking only five.
He earned two letters under head coach Nick Derba at Maine in 2018-19. He pitched in 15 games making one start over two seasons for the Bears, going 0-2 with a 6.41 ERA in 19.2 innings. He struck out 17.
