Centre College Athletics

Ryan Gaines joined the Centre baseball coaching staff in the summer of 2017, and helped guide the Colonels to a 17-22 mark and appearance in the SAA Tournament semifinals in 2018. 2019 saw Gaines's pitching staff steadily improve as the Centre baseball program achieved a program wins record. In 2021, the Colonels reached the SAA Tournament semifinals once more, clinching a spot in the tournament with the program's first no-hitter in modern history.

Gaines graduated cum laude with a degree in Business Administration from Birmingham Southern in 2017 and is the all-time wins leader at both BSC as well as the Southern Athletic Association. Head coach Drew Briese coached Gaines from 2014-16 as the BSC assistant coach.

Gaines was the SAA Pitcher of the Year in 2016, also earning ABCA All-American and All-South Region Honors.

He followed that up with an All-SAA first team selection in 2017 and his second consecutive All-South Region Honor. 

Gaines is a graduate of Dunwoody High School in Dunwoody, Ga.