Paul Panaccione

Biography

Path to GCU 2009-12 Liberty HS (Peoria, Ariz.) Student-athlete 2013-16 Grand Canyon Student-athlete 2016-18 Washington Nationals Minor leaguer 2019-21 Grand Canyon Assistant coach 2022 Prep Baseball Report Arizona scouting director 2023- Grand Canyon Assistant coach After a four-year playing career at Grand Canyon, Paul Panaccione is in his seventh season as an assistant coach for the Lopes program in 2026. Panaccione was an assistant coach for the 2019 through 2021 seasons before departing for a scouting role with Prep Baseball Report in Arizona. Panaccione returned to the coaching staff for the 2023 season under first-year head coach Gregg Wallis. In his first year back on staff, Panaccione helped lead the Lopes to the 2023 WAC Regular-Season Championship. GCU won its final 13 WAC games to claim the title on the regular season's final day. In 2024, Panaccione and GCU's staff helped lead the Lopes to a 2024 WAC Regular-Season Championship and a trip to the NCAA tournament. GCU did some damage in the Tucson Regional, defeating the host Wildcats and a top-25 Dallas Baptist team to reach the program's first regional championship. Panaccione was also a member of GCU's coaching staff in 2021 that helped lead the program to its first NCAA tournament. Panaccione was an infielder in the Lopes program from 2013 to 2016 and was one of its leaders during the transition to Division I. He appeared in 198 games during his four-year career finishing with a career batting average of .309 an

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