Clayton Blackburn joined the University of Central Oklahoma baseball staff in 2020 as a graduate assistant coach and assists with the Broncho pitching staff.
Blackburn is from Edmond, Okla. The 2011 graduate of Edmond Santa Fe High School was drafted in the 16th round of the that year's Major League Baseball Draft by the San Francisco Giants. Blackburn played 10 years of professional baseball with the San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, and Cincinnati Reds, twice earning a call up to play for the Giants in 2016 and for the Rangers in 2017. Blackburn threw over 750 innings from rookie ball to Triple A. Blackburn threw over 300 innings in Triple A for both Sacramento and Round Rock in the Pacific Coast League. He won 47 games in his minor league career, including 23 in AAA.
In high school, Blackburn earned All-City and All-State honors from The Oklahoman after posting a 10-1 record and a 1.37 ERA as a senior.
Blackburn retired during the 2019 season and went on to coach baseball for one year at Westmoore High school.
He is married (Ashton) and has one son (Benjamin).
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