Brent Fronabarger played baseball at Union 1993-96 and was head coach for the Bulldogs from 2006-14. As a player, he was an All-American, a TranSouth Player of the Year, and holds many Union records including wins in a season and wins in a career. As a coach, he led Union to four NAIA National Championship Opening Rounds, 2009-12 and won three TranSouth Conference Tournament Titles.
As a player at Union, Fronabarger holds the record for most wins in a season (13), wins in a career (33), most strikeouts in a career (306), most innings pitched in a season (117.2), most innings pitched in a career (328.2), most starts in a season (17), most complete games in a season (11), most saves in a season (10), most saves in a career (13). He was named NAIA All-American in 1996. He was also all-region, Tennessee Collegiate Athletic Conference (TCAC) All-Conference twice, and TCAC Player of the year in 1995.
After playing at Union, he returned as an assistant coach in 1998. In 2006, he was named the head coach of the Union baseball program through 2014. He finished with a 273-203-2 (.573) record, posting 42 wins in 2010, one of only seven 40-win seasons in program history. He led Union to four NAIA National Championships Opening Rounds and three TranSouth Conference Tournament Championships.
The Huntingdon, Tennessee native graduated from Huntingdon High School where he played football and baseball. He earned his bachelor of science degree from Union in 1997 and then a master’s degree in 1998. He was named the 2003 AFLAC Assistant Coach of the Year and is also a member of the Carroll County Sports Hall of Fame (2008). He was offered a free agent contract by the Toronto Blue Jays in 1992 and played Independent League Baseball in 1996.
Frongabarger married his high school sweetheart, Sandy (also a Union graduate), and they have two sons, Brady (14) and Landry (12). He is currently the baseball head coach, girls basketball assistant coach, and teacher at Crockett County High School.
