Jim Bretz - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!
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Updated on January 08, 2026
Explore Jim Bretz net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! Jim Bretz (born April 11 1964) is an American baseball scout as well as a the former head of college sports. He is currently the Northeast Scouting Director of the Detroit Tigers and was previously the head coach at UNC Asheville (1991-1994) and Hartford (1995-1997). In this article, we will discover how old is Jim Bretz? Who is Jim Bretz dating now & how much money does Jim Bretz have?
| Name | Jim Bretz |
| First Name | Jim |
| Last Name | Bretz |
| Occupation | Baseball Player |
| Birthday | April 11 |
| Birth Year | 1964 |
| Place of Birth | Lexington |
| Home Town | |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Known |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
Jim Bretz Biography
Jim Bretz is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on April 11, 1964 in Lexington, United States. The Bulldogs were home to a player who was selected to the All-Big South Team in each of Bretz’s seasons. Additionally, Three players signed contracts with professional organizations during Bretz’s time. The pitcher Marc Rosenbalm, who was selected to the Big South’s all-tournament and all-conference teams in 1991 and signed a free-agent deal for the Seattle Mariners following the season. Jamon Deal, along with Eugene Faircloth were both selected in the 1992 MLB Draft and played in the minor leagues.
At Hartford, Bretz coached future Major Leaguer Earl Snyder, who played for the program from 1995–1998. Snyder played for the Cleveland Indians in 2002 and the Boston Red Sox in 2004. At Hartford, he set career records for home runs and RBI and was named to multiple all-conference and all-region teams.
In 1995, Bretz’s first season, the Hawks went 14-25 (10-12 NAC). Prior to the season, many players that had played for or been recruited by previous head coach Moe Morhardt quit the program. The team played the season with a 16-man roster. Bretz said of the season: “I got rid of some problems and some players cut themselves. We wanted to find out who was going to be the backbone of the team. … We were planning for the future: ‘This is how we’ll play, conduct ourselves on the road and handle tough situations. We didn’t have a chance to win. We had a five-man pitching staff. You have to give credit to the guys who stuck it out.”
The coaching staffs of Bretz during his time at Asheville was comprised of Sammy Stewart, an ex-Major League pitcher who attempted to come back from addiction to cocaine. Stewart was an assistant coach for the Asheville team in the year 1991. Bretz spoke about Stewart in a media interviewthat “I’d heard all about his drug and alcohol problems, but the guy just made a mistake. You could see in his face that he wanted to make a commitment. He’s been a real inspiration to my kids.”
Bretz started his career in coaching as an assistant coach at UNC Asheville from 1988-1990. He was elevated to head coach for the season of 1991 and held the position for the entire 1991-94 season.
Under Bretz, Asheville finished 5th in the Big South Conference in 1991 and 1992, appearing in the Big South Tournament in both seasons. Its deepest tournament run came in 1991, when the team went 19-29. It started the tournament 3-0, with wins over #3 Winthrop, #2 Augusta, and #4 Davidson. In the championship round, however, it lost two games to top-seeded Coastal Carolina and finished as the tournament runner-up. In Bretz’s final two seasons, 1993 and 1994, the Bulldogs did not qualify for the conference tournament. His overall record at Asheville was 73-114.
Jim Bretz Net Worth
Jim is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jim Bretz's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)
Bretz played baseball in college at Charlotte under the head coach Gary Robinson from 1984-1987. In this time, the 49ers enjoyed two seasons of 30 wins and played in the Sun Belt tournament twice. The team Bretz played with at Charlotte included the future Major League umpire Fieldin Culbreth.
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Baseball Player |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
Hartford’s best season under Bretz was 1996, when the team went 18-30-1 (10-14 NAC) and reached the NAC Tournament, where the Hawks finished third. After losing their opener to top-seeded Delaware, Hartford defeated #5 Northeastern and #2 Maine before being eliminated by Drexel. Following the 1997 season, in which Hartford missed the conference tournament, Bretz resigned for personal reasons. His overall record in three seasons at Hartford was 48-78-1.
Bretz began working as a scout in the 2000s. He was the Northeast Supervisor for the Cleveland Indians from 2000–2001, and for the San Diego Padres from 2001-2015. He has held the same position for the Detroit Tigers since 2015. His signees include Will Venable, Andy Parrino, Brad Brach, Travis Jankowski, Luke Carlin, Nick Greenwood, and Brett Kennedy.
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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Bretz was a proponent of changing college baseball’s bat rules while at Hartford. In 1996, the Richmond Times-Dispatch quoted him on the minus-5’s then in use: “Across the board, something needs to be done. Somebody is going to get killed [because of metallic bats]. It’s going to happen. I guess we’ll keep buying those bats until it does.” In 1999, the NCAA adopted BESR standards to reduce the exit speed of baseballs off the bat. The NCAA made further reductions in bats’ liveliness in the years following these new standards.
Who is Jim Bretz Dating?
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| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
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Prior to the start of the 1995 season, Bretz was hired as the head coach of Hartford, a position he held from 1995–1997. Hartford athletic director Pat Meiser-McKnett said of the hire, “[Bretz] is a seasoned Division I coach who we believe understands the broad picture of college athletics. Jim also brings to the program a high level of energy and integrity.”
Facts & Trivia
Jim Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jim Bretz celebrates birthday on April 11 of every year.
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