Jeff Palumbo

Biography

Jeff Palumbo, a 19-year coaching veteran at the Division I level, recently completed his 10th season as a member of East Carolina’s coaching staff and fifth as an associate head coach and recruiting coordinator – a position he was elevated to on July 22, 2019. Following coaching stints at George Mason, UCF and Virginia Commonwealth, Palumbo arrived in Greenville on July 1, 2014. He oversees all aspects of the Pirates’ recruiting efforts, serves as the base running and infield coach and assists Head Coach Cliff Godwin with the hitters. Palumbo has directed ECU’s recruiting efforts that have garnered national attention since stepping on campus, which included consecutive Top 25 national rankings for its 2015-16 (D1Baseball/18, Baseball Amer­ica/23) and 2016-17 classes (Baseball America/19, D1Baseball/20), while also being tabbed as one of the nation’s Top 30 recruiters by his peers. His 2021-22 and 2023-24 classes were also ranked 26th by Collegiate Baseball. During his 10-year tenure in Greenville, Palumbo has had a direct hand in mentoring six All-Americans, six freshman All-Americans, 12 Major League Draft selections and 21 All-American Athletic Conference performers going back to 2015. He has helped the Pirates post 397 total wins with seven 40-plus winning campaigns (six straight), earn eight NCAA Regional berths (five as a host), appear in four Super Regionals (2016, 2019, 2021, 2022) and claim eight AAC titles (five regular season, three tournaments). Palumbo’s teams hav