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Biography
Ed Kahovec is an American college baseball coach and former shortstop. He is the interim head baseball coach at the College of the Holy Cross. Kahovec played college baseball at the University of Rochester from 2005 to 2008. He served as the head coach at Bard College from 2013 to 2016.
Playing career
Kahovec attended Victor Senior High School in Victor, New York. Kahovec then attended University of Rochester where he would continue his baseball career. After playing as a backup as a freshman, Kahovec took over the starting shortstop role as a sophomore. He made the All-University Athletic Association First Team twice, and the All-Liberty League First Team once. He batted .372 in his senior year, leading the Yellowjackets to the regular season Liberty League title.
On May 20, 2008, Kahovec signed with the Erbach Grasshoppers of the German Baseball League.
Coaching career
Kahovec returned to Rochester in 2009 as an assistant for the Yellowjackets. On August 2, 2012, Kahovec was named the head baseball coach at Bard College.
In January, 2020, Kahovec was named the interim head baseball coach at Holy Cross.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bard Raptors (Independent) | |||||||||
| 2013 | Bard | 8–18 | |||||||
| Bard Raptors (Liberty League) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Bard | 3–26–1 | 0–20–1 | ||||||
| 2015 | Bard | 11–25 | 6–18 | ||||||
| 2016 | Bard | 10–30 | 5–19 | ||||||
| Bard: | 32–99–1 | 11–57–1 | |||||||
| Holy Cross Crusaders (Patriot League) | |||||||||
| 2020 | Holy Cross | 5–10 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| Holy Cross: | 5–10 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Total: | 37–109–1 | ||||||||
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