Dusty Hart
Dusty Hart
Title: Head Coach
Phone: 979-830-4334
Email: dusty.hart@blinn.edu

Dusty Hart in his first season as head coach of the Blinn College baseball team.

Prior to arriving at Blinn, Hart spent 16 seasons as head coach of the Grayson College baseball team (Denison, Texas).

During his head coaching career, Hart has compiled an impressive 623-280 record, which includes the 2008 NJCAA Junior College World Series championship. In 2008, Hart was named the NJCAA National Coach of the Year, American Baseball Coaches Association Junior College Coach of the Year, and Diamond Baseball Coach of the Year, as well as the JUCO World Series Coach of the Tournament. Hart is a seven-time Region V North Coach of the Year and a two-time Southwest District Coach of the Year. 

During the spring of 2022, his final season at Grayson, Hart led the Vikings to a 38-18 overall record and a second-place finish in the North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference with a 24-8 mark. Grayson also qualified for the Region V Tournament. 

Hart is a graduate of Lubbock Monterey High School, where he played for legendary high school baseball coach Bobby Moegle. Hart was the starting shortstop during Lubbock Monterey's successful run to the 1996 Texas 5A state championship. He attended Grayson College and was a two-year starter at shortstop during the 1997 and 1998 seasons before moving on to the University of Texas-Pan American. Hart played two seasons at shortstop for UTPA and graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology. 

Hart spent one season as an undergraduate assistant for UTPA and served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for Grayson from 2001-05 before being named Grayson's head coach. 

Hart has sent dozens of players to Division I universities and 25 of his student-athletes have been drafted by Major League Baseball organizations. 

Hart, his wife Stephanie, and their children, Braydon, Jax, Marlie, Dalton, and Grace live in Brenham, Texas.