Kurt Elbin

Kurt Elbin is Virginia Tech baseball’s associate head coach, offensive coordinator, and recruiting coordinator, roles he has held since his promotion in May 2022 after joining the Hokies’ staff in 2017. A key architect of Tech’s recent surge, Elbin helped engineer the 2022 ACC Coastal title and Super Regional run with an offense that ranked among the nation’s best in slugging, batting average, and on-base percentage while blasting 126 home runs. His “Hammerin’ Hokies” have produced a wave of MLB Draft selections — including first-rounder Gavin Cross and second-rounder Tanner Schobel — as well as All-Americans and USA Baseball Collegiate National Team invitees. Elbin’s approach blends data-driven hitting development with aggressive baserunning and an on-base mindset, elevating both production and player pipelines to professional baseball. Before Blacksburg, Elbin served five seasons at VCU as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, guiding top-100 offenses and a 2015 NCAA Super Regional appearance. His earlier stops include Shippensburg (2011–12) and Thiel College (2008–10), where his teams posted prolific offensive numbers and earned multiple all-region and All-America honors. A Bedford, Pennsylvania native, Elbin was a three-year starter at Lock Haven University, graduating in 2006 before earning a master’s degree from California (Pa.) in 2008. Known for his relationship-based recruiting and detail-oriented offensive teaching, he has recruited and coached more than two dozen MLB draft picks. Elbin and his wife, Jaclyn, live in Blacksburg with their children, Alexander, Juliet, and Jillian.