Jim Schmitz

Jim Schmitz
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Baseball
Alma mater	Wilmington (OH) '79
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1986	Wilmington (OH)
1987–1990	Cincinnati
1991–1994	Ole Miss (Asst.)
1995–2015	Eastern Illinois
Head coaching record
Overall	699-742-1

Jim Schmitz is an American college baseball coach, formerly the head coach at Wilmington (OH) (1984–1986), Cincinnati (1987–1990), and Eastern Illinois (1995–2015).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Coaching career

Schmitz earned his first head coaching job at his alma mater Wilmington in Wilmington, Ohio in 1984. He served three seasons and led the program to its first 20 win season and first NAIA Tournament appearance in 1986. He then became head coach at Cincinnati. While with the Bearcats, he led the program to a then-record 31 wins and its first back to back winning seasons in the Metro Conference. Nine Bearcats went on to play professionally. After four seasons, he moved to Ole Miss as an assistant. He served as recruiting coordinator, and his 1993 class was ranked 17th by Collegiate Baseball. He served four seasons with the Rebels before moving to Eastern Illinois. In 21 seasons, his Panthers were regular contenders in the Ohio Valley Conference, winning four regular season titles and a pair of tournament titles while usually finishing in the top half of the league. His 1999 team reached the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship for the first time in program history. He was named OVC Coach of the Year three times. 20 of his players were drafted, including Tyler Kehrer at number 48 overall in 2009. Schmitz holds the record for most wins in program history.^[1]

Head coaching record

The following table reflects Schmitz's record as a head coach at the collegiate level.

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Wilmington (NAIA) (1984–1986)
1984	Wilmington	18–20
1985	Wilmington	18–20
1986	Wilmington	25–20
Wilmington:		61–60
Cincinnati (Metro Conference) (1987–1990)
1987	Cincinnati	31–21	5–8	6th (7)
1988	Cincinnati	28–21	7–10	6th (7)
1989	Cincinnati	21–30	3–14	7th (7)
1990	Cincinnati	23–29	5–10	6th (8)
Cincinnati:		103–101	20–42
Eastern Illinois (Mid-Continent Conference) (1995–1996)
1995	Eastern Illinois	28–19	15–5	1st Western (5)
1996	Eastern Illinois	25–22	15–3	1st Western (5)
Eastern Illinois (Mid-Continent):		53–41	30–8
Eastern Illinois (Ohio Valley Conference) (1997–present)
1997	Eastern Illinois	25–28	13–11
1998	Eastern Illinois	37–16	17–6	1st (9)
1999	Eastern Illinois	33–23	17–7	1st (9)	NCAA Regional
2000	Eastern Illinois	22–33	10–13	6th (9)
2001	Eastern Illinois	35–20	19–1	1st (8)
2002	Eastern Illinois	25–26	12–8	2nd (8)
2003	Eastern Illinois	26–31	8–12	6th (8)
2004	Eastern Illinois	26–30	17–9	2nd (10)
2005	Eastern Illinois	17–39	14–13	6th (10)
2006	Eastern Illinois	31–24	17–10	3rd (10)
2007	Eastern Illinois	23–28	12–14	7th (10)
2008	Eastern Illinois	27–30	13–13	4th (10)	NCAA Regional
2009	Eastern Illinois	36–14	14–4	1st (9)
2010	Eastern Illinois	18–35	11–12	5th (9)
2011	Eastern Illinois	18–33	9–12	7th (9)
2012	Eastern Illinois	29–29	15–11	4th (10)	OVC Tournament^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2013	Eastern Illinois	22–27	11–17	7th (11)
2014	Eastern Illinois	22–33-1	15–14-1	6th (11)	OVC Tournament
2015	Eastern Illinois	13-36	9-21	11th
Eastern Illinois (OVC):		492-535-1	253–208-1
Total:		699-742-1
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

↑ The top six finishers of the OVC's 9 eligible teams qualified for the Tournament in 2012.

References

1 2 "Staff Directory". Eastern Illinois Panthers. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
↑ "Jim Schmitz wins 500th game at Eastern Ill. with 10-5 victory vs. MSU". NCAA. February 28, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
↑ "Brother of EIU baseball coach Schmitz dies". Journal Gazette & Times-Courier (Matoon, Illinois). August 26, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2014.

External links

Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube

Cincinnati Bearcats head baseball coaches

Unknown (1886)
No team (1887–1895)
Unknown (1896)
William A. Reynolds (1897)
No team (1898–1899)
Unknown (1900)
No team (1901)
Anthony Chez (1902–1904)
No team (1905–1909)
Joe Monfort (1910–1911)
No team (1912–1917)
Unknown (1918)
Boyd Chambers (1919–1928)
Frank E. Rice (1929–1932)
Robert Reuss (1933–1934)
No team (1935)
Dana M. King (1936)
Walter Van Winkle (1937)
No team (1938–1939)
Bud Bonar (1940)
Joseph A. Meyer (1941–1943)
No team (1944–1945)
William M. Schwarberg (1946–1948)
Bud Bonar (1949)
Hank Zureick (1950–1951)
John Beckel (1952–1953)
Ed Jucker (1954–1960)
Glenn Sample (1961–1981)
Pat Quinn (1982)
Tom Higgins (1983–1986)
Jim Schmitz (1987–1990)
Richard Skeel (1991–1992)
Bruce Gordon (1993–1996)
Brian Cleary (1997–2013)
Ty Neal (2014– )

Eastern Illinois Panthers head baseball coaches

A. B. Crowe (1904–1911)
Charles Lantz (1912–1943)
No team (1944)
Charles Lantz (1945–1950)
Henry Miller (1951)
Charles Lantz (1952)
Clifton White (1953–1956)
Bill Rogers (1957)
Jack Kaley (1958–1962)
Bill McCabe (1963–1965)
Ben Newcomb (1966)
Bill McCabe (1967–1974)
J. W. Sanders (1975–1977)
Tom McDevitt (1978–1988)
Dan Callahan (1989–1994)
Jim Schmitz (1995–2015)
Jason Anderson (2016– )

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