CJ Bilbrey enters his sixth season as the Head Coach of the Harris-Stowe Hornets Baseball team in 2020-2021.
His Hornets teams have had success both on the field and in the classroom. In 2017 and 2018 the Hornets won 30 games for just the second and third time in 75 seasons and they have had 85 AMC Academic All-Conference selections as well as 5 NAIA Daktronics Scholar Athlete Award recipients since 2016.
Bilbrey was a four year member of the Harris-Stowe Hornets Baseball team (2004-2007) before starting his coaching career as an assistant at North Central Missouri College (2008). After NCMC he went on to coach under Mike Sigler at Maryville University (2009-2012) where the program transitioned from NCAA III status to the Great Lakes Valley Conference NCAA II. He then went on to coach at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (2013) where the Cougars played their first playoff eligible season in NCAA I. Bilbrey then came back to Harris-Stowe working under David Estes for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.
Coach Bilbrey has coached high school summer programs, Rock Memorial Legion and the St. Louis Gamers. He has served as the Head Coach at three different college summer leagues winning a 2013 summer league championship and being selected as the manager of the league all-star game in 2013 and 2014. He is married to Crystal Bilbrey and they have two children, Zeppelin (8) and Mary Grace (5).
Bilbrey is a graduate of Harris-Stowe State University where he earned a degree in Urban Education.
Bilbrey Career Record:
Overall AMC AMC Standings Playoffs
2016 18-33 8-19 9th Place NA
2017 30-20 15-11 4th Place 0-2
2018 30-24 15-14 6th Place 0-2
2019 20-30 13-17 7th Place 0-2
2020 12-16 3-6 7th Place Cancelled
Harris-Stowe Baseball Accomplishments Since 2016:
- 85 American Midwest Conference All-Academic Team
- 5 NAIA Daktronics Scholar Athletes
- Highest single season winning percentage for a full season .600 (30-20)
- 7 First Team All-AMC : 3 Second Team All-AMC
- 4 AMC Player of the Week Awards
- 11 HBCU All-Elite Selections
- 5th place national ranking for HBCU Baseball in 2017
- 2018 HBCU Pitcher of the Year (Stephen Wells)
- Three Hornets have gone on to sign professional contracts
- 2020 HBCU Small School Player of the Year (Matt Janocik)
