Chris Cody is in his fifth year as an Assistant Coach of the Manhattan Baseball team in 2022. For the 2023 season, Cody assumed a new role, serving as the Director of Player Operations for the 2023 season.

Three seasons ago in 2019, he helped T.J. Stuart to his second-straight All-MAAC Second Team honor, after going 8-5 with a NCAA-leading eight complete games and 86 strikeouts over 86.0 innings. He also oversaw the development of John Cain, who posted a MAAC-best nine wins with 96 strikeouts and a 4.13 ERA over 98 innings, en route to signing a professional contract with the Los Angeles Angels.

In 2018, Cody helped guide the pitching staff to a 4.78 ERA, which represented an improvement by almost one full run from the previous season. Stuart had a breakout campaign, going 6-2 with a school-record 10 saves and a 2.57 ERA en route to earning All-MAAC Second Team honors, while Joe Jacques was also selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 33rd round of the 2018 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

No stranger to the program, Cody was inducted into the College' Athletic Hall of Fame as a member of the Jaspers' 2006 MAAC Championship team a year ago and as an individual.

Cody rejoined Manhattan after spending 11 years in the professional ranks where he rose to Triple-A with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2009. An eighth round selection in 2006 by the Detroit Tigers, Cody also pitched in the Braves' organization before finishing his career with the Salina Stockade of the American Association this past summer.

One of the finest pitchers in school history, Cody was the MAAC Pitcher of the Year in 2006, when he went 12-2 with a 1.42 ERA and 105 strikeouts, as Manhattan won the first MAAC championship in program history.  He earned the win in the Jaspers' upset victory over sixth-ranked Nebraska in the opening game of the 2006 NCAA Tournament and was selected to the NCAA Lincoln Regional All-Tournament Team.  Cody, who was named to the MAAC's 35th Anniversary All-Time Team in 2016, still holds program career records for wins (29), complete games (19) and strikeouts (295).

Cody got his coaching start in the summer of 2016 when he served as a pitching coach for the Keene of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL).

During his time with the Swamp Bats, Cody helped oversee the development of a trio of pitchers that heard their names called in last June's Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft, highlighted by Tommy Doyle's selection in the second round by the Colorado Rockies.

Cody graduated from Manhattan in 2007 with a degree in education.