Adam Enright begins his second year as head coach after taking over the Viking baseball program prior to the 2019 season. In his first season at the helm, Enright guided the Vikings to the opening round of the Heart of America Athletic Conference Postseason Tournament for the first time since 2016.
Previously, Enright served as assistant coach at Trinity Christian College, and was promoted to associate head coach prior to the 2018 season. During the 2018 season Trinity Christian earned the program's second-ever bid to the NAIA Opening Round after sweeping through the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Postseason Tournament. As recruiting coordinator at TCC, Enright’s four recruiting classes included 17 all-conference performers, two NAIA All-Americans, and one CCAC player of the year. Enright also held the role of hitting coach and mentored the 2018 TCC team that finished in the top 25 nationally in seven offensive categories.
In addition to his success at Trinity Christian, Enright spent four summers managing the Northwest Indiana Oilmen of the Midwest Collegiate League from 2015-2018. Enright finished his Oilmen tenure with two Midwest Collegiate League championships and reset the franchise's all-time managerial wins total with 121 victories.
Prior to his time at Trinity Christian, Enright spent the 2013 season as an assistant coach for NCAA Division I University of Arkansas-Little Rock, serving as hitting coach. His coaching helped the Trojans finish the season ranked sixth in the Nation in home runs per game and eighth in total home runs. Enright started his coaching career in 2012 at Chicago State (Ill.) University as hitting coach, and guided the Cougars to No. 39 in the Nation in batting average.
As a college athlete, Enright played at South Suburban (Ill.) College in South Holland, Ill., where he earned NJCAA All-American honors in 2009, batting .446 with 17 doubles, five home runs and 46 RBI's. Enright then transferred to the University of Southern Indiana where he started every game in the program's 2010 NCAA Division II National championship season. He also started in 55 games in 2011, helping the team to a fourth-straight Great Lakes Valley Conference championship.
Enright holds a bachelor's degree in exercise science from Southern Indiana and a Master's of Arts in coaching from Greenville (Ill.) University.
