CHAPEL HILL --- UNC career wins leader Robert Woodard and former standout first baseman Jesse Wierzbicki have been hired to complete the North Carolina baseball coaching staff, head coach Mike Fox announced Thursday. Woodard returns to Chapel Hill after three seasons at Virginia Tech, while Wierzbicki spent the 2016 season at Elon.
The all-time winningest pitcher in program history, Woodard posted a career record of 34-5 over four seasons as a Tar Heel. A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Woodard was a three-time All-ACC performer and the 2006-07 recipient of the Patterson Medal, Carolina's highest athletic honor. Following his professional playing career in the San Diego Padres system, Woodard spent the 2011 and 2012 seasons as an assistant at UNC before serving as the pitching coach at UNCW in 2013.