After guiding his alma mater’s storied program during the 2019-20 academic year as interim coach, Barry Craddock was named the full-time head coach of The College of Wooster baseball team on May 1, 2020.

Craddock’s played a large part in Wooster posting a 467-184 record since rejoining the staff prior to the 2008 season. Since Craddock’s return to the Art Murray dugout, the Fighting Scots have advanced to the NCAA Div. III World Series twice, with the 2009 squad finishing as the national runner-up. Within the North Coast Athletic Conference, Wooster’s won the league title eight times during Craddock’s second stretch with the Scots, including four straight from 2016-19, a first in NCAC history. Craddock picked up career win No. 200 during the 2021 season, and he had his first All-American (Tyler Chumita) as head coach of the Scots' program. More recently, Craddock guided the program to its eighth regional title in 2022, a trip to the NCAA Div. III Super Regionals, and senior Ben Gbur was the lone four-year college player to earn a coveted Gold Glove Award from the American Baseball Coaches Association and first-team ABCA All-America laurels. Since taking over as head coach, Wooster student-athletes have earned three All-America and three CoSIDA Academic All-America® honors.

Craddock previously was an assistant coach at Wooster from 1996-99. The Scots went 154-43-1 during those four years and reached the 1997 NCAA Div. III national championship game.

In between his stints at Wooster, Craddock transformed the Denison University baseball program from an also-ran into a regular contender for championships in the NCAC. Overall, he compiled a then-school-record 183 victories (183-120) from 2000-07. Highlighting Craddock’s tenure were a pair of 30-win seasons, and under him, the Big Red advanced to the finals of the NCAC Tournament three times (2003, 2004, 2005).

During his time as a student at Wooster, Craddock was a member of a Mideast Regional championship team. It was his senior season (1994), when the left-hander went 3-2 with two saves, a 4.32 ERA, and 33 strikeouts over 56 1/3 innings. Over his career, Craddock appeared in 52 games and earned seven saves – the third-most in team history in both categories upon graduation.

A native of nearby Rittman, Ohio, Craddock earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the College and furthered his education with a master's degree in physical education from Ohio University.