J.D. Pulfer, enters his second season as a full-time Towson baseball assistant coach in the 2026 season.
Pulfer, who worked under Coach Tyner as a volunteer assistant with the Tigers from 2019 to 2021, rejoined the staff in a full-time role in September of 2024. His most recent stop was in Charleston, Illinois, where he was an assistant coach for the Eastern Illinois Panthers of the Ohio Valley Conference. There he was the co-hitting, first base, catching and base-running coach, among other duties during his stint.
Before that, he had various stops in similar roles at Hendrix College, in collegiate summer leagues and served as the head coach of a 15U travel team for Action Baseball in the summer of 2022.
During his playing career, Pulfer was a three-year starter at the collegiate level for the Oregon Ducks under Head Coach Greg Horton. In 2011, he was named the team MVP and an All-PAC 10 first team selection. Pulfer stands among program leaders in multiple offensive statistical categories for the Ducks, including the sixth-most hits in Oregon program history (193).
In the 2011 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft, Pulfer was selected in the 19th round (pick 574) by the Arizona Diamondbacks. He played in the Diamondbacks' minor league system for two and a half years before joining the American Association of Professional Baseball (AAPB), an independent league, to play four more years.
"Whenever you leave a place, you never know if you'll get the chance to come back. I am extremely grateful and blessed to have the opportunity to return as a Towson Tiger under Coach Tyner. Thank you to Steve Eigenbrot, Lauren Hoskins, and Geoff Gordon for the chance to come back and represent the Black and Gold. I consider Coach Biagini a friend and was saddened but excited for him to move on. He has been very helpful in my late transition back. I am excited to get to work on and off the field. Goh Tigers!" added Pulfer.
