Walker Bullington named Macon Bacon head coach
Bullington compiled a 143-74 record during four seasons at Spring Hill College and replaces Jesse Litsch, who led Macon to the Pettit Cup Championship Series.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Macon Bacon have named former Spring Hill College head baseball coach Walker Bullington their new head coach.
The team announced the hiring in a social media post on Thursday. Bullington replaces Jesse Litsch, who led the Bacon for one season.
“I first want to say thank you to Brandon Raphael for giving me this opportunity and entrusting me with this position,” Bullington said in a statement posted by the team. “I couldn’t be more excited to join the Bacon this summer in Macon.”
Bullington led Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, for four seasons, compiling a 143-74 overall record and a 108-21 record in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play.
He earned SIAC Coach of the Year honors during his first season and led the Badgers to consecutive 39-win seasons in 2025 and 2026. Spring Hill reached No. 5 in the regional rankings during the 2026 season, its highest ranking since joining NCAA Division II.
Bullington resigned in May after his wife accepted the head women’s soccer coaching position at Gardner-Webb University.
Before taking over at Spring Hill, Bullington spent two seasons as head coach at Rend Lake College in Illinois. He also worked as an assistant coach at Spring Hill and the College of San Mateo.
Bullington has previous collegiate summer baseball experience as head coach of the Sioux Falls Sunfish, Wheat City Whiskey Jacks and Little River Blue Crabs. He led Little River to a summer league championship in 2018.
Litsch, a former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher, took over the Bacon before the 2026 season.
Macon won 13 consecutive games entering the playoffs and captured the Coastal Plain League’s West Division championship. The Bacon reached the Pettit Cup Championship Series but lost the winner-take-all third game to Wilmington.
The Bacon thanked Litsch in a separate social media post this week but has not explained a reason for the coaching change or say where Litsch is headed.
