Thomas Francisco - Baseball Coach - East Carolina University Athletics

Thomas Francisco

Title:
Director of Operations
Email:
franciscot25@ecu.edu
Phone:
(252) 737-1980

Thomas Francisco was named the Director of Operations for the ECU Baseball Team in June of 2025.

Francisco, who was selected in the 19th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals and spent three seasons in the organization, served the Pirates this past campaign as a graduate assistant manager.

As a player at ECU, Francisco earned 2021 All-American Athletic Conference Second Team accolades while hitting a career .348 (134-for-345) with 18 home runs and 81 RBI. He helped the Pirates win a pair of AAC regular season titles (2019, 2021) and was part of an East Carolina club that won a then league-record 20 games, earned a national seed and captured the NCAA Greenville Regional championship both of those years.

A Preseason All-American Athletic Conference selection in 2021, Francisco made his final year in the Purple and Gold his best. He was one of three players to start all 61 games, splitting time at first base, left field and in the designated hitter role, while ranking second in the league in batting average (.354) and hits (87). Francisco also tied current Miami Marlins infielder Connor Norby in runs scored (64) and at bats (264), also adding 13 home runs and 11 doubles to his ledger.