Troy Squires was named to Gary Henderson’s Utah Baseball staff in Fall 2021. He served the 2022 and '23 seasons in a volunteer capacity before being elevated to assistant coach.

Squires assists the Utes' hitters and catchers, in addition to working with team defense and leading the program’s various camps. He arrived in Salt Lake City after a stint at Kentucky, his alma mater, where he was a graduate assistant coach in 2019 and ’20.

He helped the 2024 Utes produce one of the top seasons in program history, as the team collected its second-most wins all-time and entered the national rankings. Offensively, the Utes set several Pac-12 era program records including batting average (.289), runs scored (385), hits (555), total bases (841), slugging percentage (.437) and OBP (.385). An average of seven runs scored per game was the program’s most since 2006 and was the third straight season that the team’s scoring average increased from the prior year.

Squires also mentored graduate transfer Hunter Antillon, who was behind the plate to catch for Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year Bryson Van Sickle and NCBWA Stopper of the Year contender Micah Ashman.

Prior to entering the coaching world, the former catcher spent the 2018 professional season with the GCL Blue Jays. It was a well-deserved reward for tireless effort and dedication during Squires’ five-year collegiate career. First arriving to Kentucky as a walk-on infielder in 2014, he converted to catcher and went on to be selected by the Blue Jays in the 23^rd round of the 2018 MLB Draft.

Squires was a .264 career hitter over 154 games played, adding 25 doubles, six home runs, 88 RBI and 73 runs scored. He departed the Wildcats owning several top-10 program rankings, including career sacrifices (3^rd; 35), career hit by pitch (9^th; 30) and both the fourth and fifth-best single-season marks for sacrifices. He was part of two NCAA postseason teams, as Kentucky reached the Louisville Regional in 2014 before returning there for the 2017 Super Regionals.

His career culminated as the recipient of the 2018 Senior CLASS Award, becoming the first UK student-athlete to receive the award in any sport. Squires was also inducted into Kentucky Athletics’ Frank G. Ham Society of Character.

During his collegiate playing career, Squires played for all three other coaches now on the Utah staff, including Henderson (2014-16), as well as assistants Mike Brown (2014) and Todd Guilliams (2017-18).

The native of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, is a double alumnus of UK, earning his Bachelor’s degree in communications in 2017 and a Master’s in sports leadership in 2020. He and his wife, Kristen, were married in December 2021.

Upcoming Event: Baseball versus Vanderbilt on October 10, 2025 at 4 p.m.

Completed Event: Baseball versus TCU on May 17, 2025 , Loss , 6, to, 8 , (11 inn.)

Completed Event: Baseball versus TCU on May 16, 2025 , Win , 8, to, 6

Completed Event: Baseball versus TCU on May 15, 2025 , Loss , 5, to, 13

Completed Event: Baseball at BYU on May 13, 2025 , Loss , 8, to, 9

Completed Event: Baseball at No. 18 Arizona on May 11, 2025 , Loss , 7, to, 8

Completed Event: Baseball at No. 18 Arizona on May 10, 2025 , Win , 13, to, 5

Completed Event: Baseball at No. 18 Arizona on May 9, 2025 , Win , 8, to, 6

Completed Event: Baseball versus Utah Valley on May 6, 2025 , Win , 8, to, 2

Completed Event: Baseball at Houston on May 4, 2025 , Loss , 4, to, 10

2023 Baseball Roster

Roster

Bryson Van Sickle

Matt Flaharty

Cam Day

Blake Whiting

Kaden Carpenter

Jackson Clemett

Jayden Kiernan

Bruer Webster

Landon Frei

Joe Cardinale

Merit Jones

Bransen Kuehl

TJ Clarkson

Elijha Hammill

Cole Hubka

Garrison Sumner

Cameron Gurney

Dakota Duffalo

Brady Maylett

Davis Cop

Trey Oblas

Kai Roberts

Jaden Harris

Jaxon Grossman

Zac McCleve

Karson Bodily

Ernesto Lugo-Canchola

Jake Gish

Payton Riske

Randon Hostert

Kai Wagner

Anson McGorman

Micah Ashman

Easton Rulli

Chase Marshall