Furlong leaving Heartland baseball to join staff at Xavier

Posted on July 19, 2018
Brian Furlong has been the head baseball coach at Heartland for two seasons. (Heartland Community College)

By Greg Halbleib

NORMAL – The head baseball coach at Heartland Community College is leaving the Twin Cities to take a role on a Division I staff.

Brian Furlong has been named as the pitching coach at Xavier University in the Big East Conference. He came to the Hawks program two years ago after a stint as an assistant pitching coach and director of baseball operations at Creighton University.

During his two seasons as head coach, the Hawks were 85-26. Heartland advanced to the past season’s Region 24 championship game after winning a division title. The 2018 squad recorded the second-best grade point average in program history. A total of 31 players under Furlong continued to play after completing their Heartland career with 18 of those moving on to Division I universities.

Greg Halbleib can be reached at [email protected]. 

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