Josh Forbes was on the Wittenberg Baseball coaching staff in charge of the catchers for the 2016-17 school year.

Forbes coached collegiate summer baseball in the summers of 2015 and 2016 in the Prospect League with the Butler BlueSox as the pitching/catching coach. While coaching with the BlueSox in 2015 Forbes mentored Chucky Vasquez who went on to get drafted by the Yankees in 2016. 

The spring of 2015 Forbes coached Greenville High School as a volunteer assistant before heading off for the summer and coming to the Tigers. Forbes also was an influence for one of Greenville’s players to go on and play Division 3 College Baseball.

Forbes played at Seton Hill University (Division 2) where he was a 3-year starter and a student assistant coach in his final year of action. Forbes was fortunate enough to catch numerous pitchers who went on to get drafted through his career. Forbes’ best season came as a sophomore where he had a .388 batting average with 24 RBIs, 7 Doubles and .451 OBP. Forbes was on a Seton Hill team who accumulated 172 wins to only 56 losses in his 4-year career. Seton Hill made 4 straight regional appearances and won the Atlantic Regional in 2014 where they went on to the d2 College World Series in Cary, North Carolina.

Forbes also played goalie for Seton Hill’s Men’s Soccer team in the fall of his junior year where he appeared in 4 games and had 1 shutout.

Forbes majored in Communications and got his Bachelors of Science Degree in Communications.