Bio

Ty Lain enters his first season as assistant coach at Garden City Community College. 

Lain comes to Garden City from Cheyenne, WY, where he spent the last eight seasons leading the Cheyenne Post 6 Legion Baseball program. In his eight seasons as manager, he led Post 6 to seven Wyoming AA State Championships, two regional tournament final fours, a Northwest Regional Tournament Championship, a final four appearance in the American Legion World Series in 2023, and a Connie Mack World Series berth in 2019. Coach Lain is the only coach in Wyoming history to reach the American Legion World Series, and also the only coach in Wyoming history to reach the Connie Mack World Series. Poat 6 was 502-159 under Lain’s leadership. 

Additionally, Coach Lain was the owner and operator of WYCO Baseball Academy, an indoor training facility for players 8-18 years old. WYCO Baseball Academy has produced several Collegiate baseball players at all levels of College Baseball as well as some professional players. 

As a player, Ty Lain was invited to the USA Baseball Complex to tryout for USA Baseball 18U National Team. He played at New Mexico Junior College and Mississippi Gulf Coast where he started as a shortstop. He finished his career as a shortstop at Regis University. Coach Lain was part of the only team in Regis history to win the RMAC tournament in 2012. Coach Lain played with six different big league players most notably Brandon Nimmo (Mets) and Marco Gonzales (Pirates). He has produced over 35 college players at all levels of College Baseball including All ABCA region 7 and current Utah Ute, Colter McAnelly.