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Head Coach Gregg Braun

Gregg Braun enters his fourth year as JJC's Director of Athletics and Head Baseball Coach and his 14th year serving the JJC Athletic Department.  Prior to being named Athletic Director, Braun served as the Associate Head Baseball Coach for 11 years as well as working as a Student-Athlete Retention Specialist in the Athletics Department.

Braun enters his 4th season as head coach, but due to the 2020 pandemic, it is just his 3rd full season guiding the Wolves.  In 2020, Coach Braun's first season ended after 14 games due to the season being canceled. In 2021, Braun led the Wolves to a 25-34 record and a Region IV Runner-Up finish. This 2022 season saw the Wolves finish 36-22 and a national ranking as high as #8.  The Wolves also won the 2022 N4C Conference Championship for the first time since 2010.  Braun was named the N4C Conference Coach of the Year for the first time in his career.

As an assistant coach, Braun helped to guide the 2012 Wolves baseball team to an NJCAA Division III National Championship in Tyler, TX. JJC finished that season with a 37-29 overall record. In addition, he helped to lead JJC to a national runner-up (2015), a 6th place finish (2011), and a 4th place finish (2009) at the NJCAA Division III World Series.

Before JJC, Braun spent two years as the assistant varsity baseball coach at his alma mater, Providence Catholic High School in New Lenox, where he coached under former longtime JJC assistant baseball coach Mark Smith. Braun also coached football at Providence, coaching the secondary on the sophomore level. Prior to coaching at Providence, he spent one year at Romeoville High School as an assistant varsity baseball coach and one year at Lemont High School as a freshman assistant coach.

As a student at Providence, Braun was an all-area catcher on the baseball field and played free safety on the gridiron. He helped to lead the Celtics to the final two of four straight IHSA State Championships in football in 1996 and 1997. He then continued his football career at Butler University in Indianapolis, IN, where he lettered for the Bulldogs in 2000 and 2001, playing free safety for them as well. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Telecommunication Arts with a minor in Journalism. He received his master's degree in Sports Leadership from Northeastern University in Boston, MA.

Gregg and his wife, Kate, reside in Shorewood with their two sons.