Coach Wright is entering his 19th season at the helm of the Bruins baseball program. During his 19 season he has compiled a record of 275-110. The Bruins have won (2) 6A state titles, appeared in (3) 6A state finals, (5) 6A state final fours, (3) 6A regional titles, (7) southeastern district titles, and (3) southeastern district tournament titles. In Coach Wright's 19 seasons, the Bruins have put 49 players playing baseball at the collegiate level. There have also been 6 players drafted by MLB teams during this tenure. Coach Wright is a 1988 graduate of Great Bridge High School, and a 1992 graduate of Bridgewater College. Coach Wright is married to Sarah Wright- Western Branch High School softball head coach. They have three sons: Jacob (16), Joshua (16), Nathan (14); and an adoptive daughter: Elizabeth (25).
Coach Justin Hayes Head JV Coach
Coach Juddy is a 2014 graduate of Western Branch High, where he was a member of the 2014 State Championship team. Out of high school he continued his academic and baseball career at Old Dominion University (2014-2016) and finished up at Norfolk State University (2017-2019). During his collegiate career, Justin collected a couple post season accolades each year as a Spartan with 1st team selections to the ALL MEAC TEAM as an outfielder, as well as VaSID All-State first team selection in 2018. He posted a career batting average of .300, was ranked 7th in the nation for stolen bases per game in 2018 and in 2019 he was ranked in the top 20 in both stolen bases per game and total stolen bases. Justin currently holds a single season stolen base record for NSU in their D1 era with 30 stolen bases. Coach Juddy graduated from Norfolk State in 2019 with a B.S. in Business Management and is currently working as a junior estimator/project manager at Everett Mechanical Corporation. He joined the WBHS coaching staff in 2020. Last year was his first official season as the Head JV Coach since covid, where he helped guide the JV Bruins to a 14-2 record.