Multiple reports, including one from D1Baseball.com’s Kendall Rogers, say Boston College pitching coach Ryan Forrest is headed to Princeton to become the Ivy League program’s next head coach.
Forrest has spent the last three seasons at Boston College after previous stops at Maine and Air Force. During his time with the Eagles, the pitching staff made a clear jump, lowering its ERA from 5.96 in 2025 to 4.86 in 2026. That improvement helped push Boston College into the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2023.
At Princeton, Forrest will be the 18th head coach in program history.
Boston College now has two assistant openings after Greg Sullivan left the program in late June and Forrest’s departure became public. The timing makes this a tricky stretch for the Eagles, especially with the Division 1 2028 recruiting period set to begin in 16 days.
One possible name to watch surfaced unexpectedly yesterday: Steve Trimper, who was a finalist with Interdonato for the BC job a few years ago, resigned from Stetson. There’s no confirmation that he’s headed to Chestnut Hill, and the move could end up being nothing more than coincidence. Still, the fit has been floated because one of his daughters works at New Balance and also played her final year of Division 1 hockey at BC in 2023.
The idea, in theory, would be straightforward. Trimper could fill Sullivan’s old role, Jack Housinger could be elevated to recruiting coordinator, and Holden Wilder could move up from head of pitching development to pitching coach. That would leave Wilder in Forrest’s spot and Trimper in Sullivan’s.
For now, there’s no intel that any of that is actually happening. But with Forrest’s Princeton move moving fast over the last 24 to 48 hours, Boston College has reason to act quickly and get both openings filled before August 1.
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