Cameron Chafetz enters his first year as an assistant baseball coach with the West Alabama baseball program.
Spending the last three seasons at Lawson State Community College (Ala.) outside Birmingham, Chafetz was the hitting and infielders coach at LSCC and was the top assistant in 2023.
The 2023 season saw the Cougars as one of the offensive threats in the Alabama Community College Conference (ACCC), posting a team batting average of .307 and a slugging percentage of .473. The program also racked up 193 stolen bases for an 88% success rate. A total of four were named All-Conference, while one garnered All-Region. In addition, 16 student-athletes advanced to four-year schools under Chafetz’s direction.
During the summer of 2022, Chafetz served as a coach with the New Market Rebels as a part of the Valley League in Virginia, where he coached four All-Stars.
Chafetz graduated from the University of Alabama with a bachelor’s in communication and information Sciences.
Originally from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Chafetz and his wife Shelby live in Tuscaloosa with their son, Beckett.
Updated 7/28/23
