Hayden Cross - Director of Player Development - Staff Directory

Staff Directory

Hayden Cross

Cross will be the Director of Player Development and coach Murray State’s catchers for the 2025 season
He joins the program after working as a graduate assistant for Appalachian State in 2024, where he coached catchers and assisted with coaching hitters
His assistance with the offense helped the Mountaineers to setting a single-season program record 96 homers last season while leading the Sun Belt with a .919 team OPS
Played at Appalachian State where he was named to the All-Sun Belt Second Team as a catcher in 2022
He caught the third-most runners stealing in the Sun Belt that year before leading the conference in runners caught stealing in 2023
In Cross’ senior season, he slashed .327/.434/.514 and helped lead the Mountaineers to their first Sun Belt tournament semifinals since joining the conference