Griffin Mazur

Griffin Mazur completed his second year with the Tiger program and first as an assistant coach in 2024 after serving as the volunteer assistant coach in 2023. Mazur (pronounced MAY-zuhr), who was named to the staff on June 27, 2022 and works with the catchers, played the 2021 season at Michigan under Bakich after he transferred from UC Irvine, where he was a player from 2016-20.

In two seasons at Clemson, he has helped the Tigers to 88 victories, 11th most in the nation. Clemson was one of only six programs to total 44 wins in both 2023 and 2024. He has also coached the Tigers to two regional host seasons, one of only five schools in the nation who could make the claim. Clemson’s 68.2 winning percentage against ACC teams since 2023 is best among ACC members.

The 2024 Tigers had a 44-16 record and finished ranked as high as No. 9 in the nation, its best finish since 2010. Clemson was ranked in the top 10 in every poll in 2024, a first since 2006. The Tigers captured their first regional title since 2010 by winning the Clemson Regional with a 3-0 record and hosted the Clemson Super Regional.

Clemson amassed a 20-10 ACC regular-season record for the second year in a row. That 20-10 record gave the Tigers the ACC Atlantic Division title. The Tigers hit 109 homers, as their 1.8 homers per game was the second-highest mark in school history. Clemson’s .513 slugging percentage was its best mark since 2002. Blake Wright and Jimmy Obertop were big reasons, as both hit 22 home runs. Wright and Cam Cannarella were third-team All-Americans.

In his first season in Tigertown in 2023, Schnabel coached the Tigers to the league championship by going 4-0 in the ACC Tournament at Durham, N.C. Clemson finished with a 20-10 league mark, good for second place in the overall standings, thanks in large part to a 17-game winning streak. The Tigers had a 44-19 record, their best mark since 2018, and ranked as high as No. 15 in the nation by Baseball America in the final polls. Clemson hit .306, 22nd highest in the nation, with a .400 on-base percentage in 2023, its best marks since 2011, and totaled 103 steals, most by Clemson since 2013. The Tigers set a school record for fielding percentage (.977) as well.

Caden Grice, the winner of the 2023 John Olerud Two-Way Player-of-the-Year Award, and Billy Amick earned first-team All-America honors. Amick and Cannarella, the 2023 ACC Freshman-of-the-Year, were First-Team All-ACC selections. Cannarella was named a first-team freshman All-American and led the ACC in batting average (.408) in conference games. Catcher Cooper Ingle, who was a fourth-round draft pick in 2023, earned Third-Team All-ACC honors as well.

Mazur worked as a program assistant at Michigan during the 2022 season after playing 44 games in his one season as a player at Michigan in 2021. He hit .247 with six homers, eight doubles, 33 RBIs and 31 runs, as he was a Second-Team All-Big Ten Conference catcher.

Mazur, who was voted team captain in 2021, also was named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and was a All-Big Ten Academic selection.

In his four active seasons (2016,18-20) at UC Irvine, he played 110 games (55 starts).

After his college career, he played one season (2021) and 17 games with Tri-City (A+) in the Angels organization.

Mazur graduated from UC Irvine in 2020 with two degrees, one in criminology, law & society and one in education sciences. He also received a master’s degree in sport management from Michigan in 2021.

He was born Griffin Cole Mazur on April 8, 1997 in Mission Viejo, Calif. and is a native of Moorpark, Calif. Mazur is married to Amanda Lorenz.