Wayne Franklin serves as Pitching Coach for Coppin State University's Baseball program in Baltimore, Maryland.
Wayne Franklin, a former MLB pitcher for seven seasons, was hired as Coppin State's pitching coach in September 2024 and is in his second season with the Eagles. In his own opinion, Franklin's entire Major League career has prepared him for this moment - to come back to his home state of Maryland as a college coach. Born in Wilmington, Del., yet raised in North East, Maryland, Franklin was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1996 MLB Draft out of the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and was picked up the Houston Astros in the 1999 Rule Five Draft.
