Baseball

Holden White
- Title:
- Assistant Hitting and Assistant Pitching Coach
- Email:
- baseball@brown.edu
- Joined Brown:
- September 2021-June 2025
- Alma Mater:
- Eastern Conn. State '21
Holden White spent four seasons as an assistant coach for Brown from 2022-2025, working with both the Bears' pitchers and hitters.
During his tenure on College Hill, White helped mentor 10 All-Ivy selections, and in 2022 helped guide Brown's pitching staff to the second-lowest ERA in the Ivy League (5.47), with two pitchers ranking in the top three in the league in ERA. In 2023, he helped coach Mika Petersen to the No. 1 batting average in Ivy League play (.424) and fourth overall (.353). In 2025, Petersen also finished the regular season as the Ivy League's leading hitter with a .355 average.
White came to Brown after a playing career at Eastern Connecticut State, where he posted a career .381/.455/.611 slash line over three seasons for the Warriors. As a senior in 2021, he batted .384 with 38 hits, 24 runs, 26 RBI and four home runs over 31 games, serving as the team’s first baseman. He earned second team all-conference honors and helped lead the nationally ranked Warriors to the NCAA Division III Regionals.
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Prior to arriving at Eastern, White played at Wake Forest during his freshman season in 2017. He graduated from Kingswood Oxford School in 2016, where he was ranked as the No. 431 prospect in the nation by Perfect Game, and the top prospect in New England by Prep Baseball Report. He was named a 2016 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American and was selected to compete in the Area Code Games in California.
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White entered the coaching ranks in the summer of 2021 as an assistant coach for the Norwich Sea Unicorns of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League.
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White graduated from Eastern Connecticut State in 2021 with a degree in communications.
COACHING TIMELINE
During his tenure on College Hill, White helped mentor 10 All-Ivy selections, and in 2022 helped guide Brown's pitching staff to the second-lowest ERA in the Ivy League (5.47), with two pitchers ranking in the top three in the league in ERA. In 2023, he helped coach Mika Petersen to the No. 1 batting average in Ivy League play (.424) and fourth overall (.353). In 2025, Petersen also finished the regular season as the Ivy League's leading hitter with a .355 average.
White came to Brown after a playing career at Eastern Connecticut State, where he posted a career .381/.455/.611 slash line over three seasons for the Warriors. As a senior in 2021, he batted .384 with 38 hits, 24 runs, 26 RBI and four home runs over 31 games, serving as the team’s first baseman. He earned second team all-conference honors and helped lead the nationally ranked Warriors to the NCAA Division III Regionals.
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Prior to arriving at Eastern, White played at Wake Forest during his freshman season in 2017. He graduated from Kingswood Oxford School in 2016, where he was ranked as the No. 431 prospect in the nation by Perfect Game, and the top prospect in New England by Prep Baseball Report. He was named a 2016 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American and was selected to compete in the Area Code Games in California.
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White entered the coaching ranks in the summer of 2021 as an assistant coach for the Norwich Sea Unicorns of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League.
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White graduated from Eastern Connecticut State in 2021 with a degree in communications.
COACHING TIMELINE
Season | School/Team | Title |
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2022-2025 | Brown | Assistant Coach |