Marietta College Head Coaches

Brian Brewer, Baseball

In just four years, Brian Brewer has quickly made a name for himself as the head coach of the Marietta College baseball team. This fall, he is also undertaking a new role. Brewer will serve as the interim athletics director while a national search is conducted for a full time athletics director.

In 2006, Brewer secured his place in Marietta College baseball history by guiding the Etta Express to a record-tying fourth NCAA Division III National Championship. The success of the 2006 season earned Brewer an array of awards, including ABCA/Diamond NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year and Mideast Region Coach of the Year. In 2007, coming off the national championship, Brewer led the Etta Express to 32-17 record, a share of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) regular season title, its record 20th Mideast Regional crown and a record 19th trip to the NCAA Division III World Series. Again, he was named the Mideast Region Coach of the Year.

Brewer, who took over the Pioneers' program from legendary head coach Don Schaly after the 2003 campaign, has posted a 140-49-1 (.741) record in his first four years. Brewer's career head coaching record now stands at 219-134 (.620).

Brewer, a 1993 graduate of Marietta College, had been the assistant coach at his alma mater since 2000. The Pioneers went 163-38 in his four seasons as the assistant. He helped guide the Etta Express to three Ohio Athletic Conference Championships, two NCAA Mideast Regional Championships and two NCAA National Runner-up finishes.

"It is an honor to be the head baseball coach at my alma mater," said Brewer. "Our goal is to not only continue the tradition of MC Baseball, but build upon the past successes of Coach Schaly and the MC Baseball Fraternity."

Brewer spent four seasons as the head coach of John Carroll University's baseball program before returning to Marietta College. While at John Carroll, Brewer earned his master's degree in 1995.

In 1998, Brewer led the Blue Streaks to a 25-18 record and a runners-up finish in the Conference, losing 12-2 to Marietta in the OAC championship game at Pioneer Park. In recognition of his success, he was named the OAC's Co-Coach of the Year along with Schaly.

"He's a product of the program-he played here, coached here, and more importantly, he gained experience somewhere else," Schaly said. "He is a great teacher of the game of baseball."

The native of Glen Burnie, Md., wore the pinstripes from 1990-93. The Pioneers went 160-28 (.851) and made two appearances in the NCAA Division III World Series. He was a three-year letterman, playing primarily first base and designated hitter.

He was named third team All-American in 1992 as a designated hitter, as well as being named first team All-Mideast Region and first team All-OAC. He served as captain his senior year in 1993 and earned first team All-OAC honors, along with honorable mention All-Mideast Region honors.

 

 
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Jon Vanderwal, Men's Basketball

Former Albion (Mich.) College standout and Ohio Wesleyan University assistant coach Jon VanderWal is the new Marietta College men's basketball coach.

VanderWal, the 15th coach since the program began in 1901-02, replaces Doug Foote, who resigned after 15 years at the helm of the Pioneers in February.

"I would like to thank Debbie and the entire Marietta College administration and staff for giving me the opportunity to become the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Marietta," said VanderWal.

VanderWal had been the assistant coach of Ohio Wesleyan's program for the past four seasons. His duties with the Battling Bishops included head junior varsity coach, recruiting coordinator, strength and conditioning coach and academic coordinator. Ohio Wesleyan, who went 18-10 in 2006-07, finished third in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) during the regular season and advanced to the championship game of the NCAC Tournament. In addition to his basketball responsibilities, VanderWal was the marketing and promotions director with the Battling Bishops and taught in the physical education department.

Before taking the job at Ohio Wesleyan, VanderWal spent two years as the assistant at Defiance College, where he earned a master's degree in education. He helped guide the Yellow Jackets to a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) regular season and HCAC Tournament runners-up finish in 2002 and a HCAC Tournament semifinal appearance in 2003.

VanderWal, who majored in history with a minor in physical education, graduated from Albion 2001. He was a four-year letterman and three-year starter with the Britons. The two-time Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) selection was a captain during his senior season.

The Cadillac, Mich., native is a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). He has worked a variety of summer basketball camps throughout the region over the past 10 years. "I am looking forward to the challenge of building a program that will compete at a high level in the extremely competitive Ohio Athletic Conference," VanderWal said. "I truly believe Marietta College has great potential and I look forward to leading the men's basketball program toward achieving our goals."

 

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Jill Meiring, Women's Basketball

Former Denison University two-sport standout and Transylvania University assistant coach Jill Meiring will take over the Pioneers women's basketball program in 2007-08. She will be the 11th coach since the program began in 1974-75.

"I am looking forward to joining the Marietta community," Meiring said. "After six years as an assistant coach, I am excited to assume the head coaching position. I want to thank the entire athletics department for making me feel welcome and giving me this great opportunity to join the coaching staff at Marietta College."

Meiring, who stepped in as the interim head coach during the 2005-06 season, had been the assistant basketball coach at Transylvania, in Lexington, Kentucky, since 2001. In 2006-07, she helped Transylvania finish 19-9 and make its first NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship appearance. Meiring also led the Pioneers' field hockey since 2004.

Meiring, who majored in psychology and sports management, graduated from Denison in 2001. She was a four-year basketball starter for the Big Red and was named team captain as a junior and senior. Meiring was also a four-year captain on the Denison softball team. She traveled to Australia with the USAthletes softball team to compete in the Arafura Games as a senior, and the U.S. team won the gold medal.

The Fort Recovery, Ohio, native is a member of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and National Field Hockey Coaches Association. Meiring, who received her master's degree in physical education from Eastern Kentucky in 2006, has coached extensively in Ohio summer leagues and was the director of the Transylvania Women's Basketball Camp for five years.

"I have a great passion for the game of basketball and have the will to succeed," said Meiring. "After meeting the team, I feel we have a good rapport and if we work together we can elevate Marietta basketball to the level it deserves."

 

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Chris Pucella, Men's Crew

When Chris Pucella was hired to take over the Marietta College men’s crew program in the spring of 2005, he knew that he would soon be in charge of one of the top small-school crews in the nation.

After some quick research, Pucella, the fifth Pioneer coach since 1959, got a glimpse into the program’s storied history. He found out that Marietta’s Varsity 8 (V8) won the inaugural Dad Vail race in 1934, the first of five gold medals for the school in its biggest race of the season. The Pioneers, who are one of only two original schools—Manhattan being the other—that still attend the Dad Vails, also won the event in 1939, 1963, 1966 and 1967.

What also stuck in Pucella’s mind was that the Pioneer Navy had gone 38 years without capturing the gold medal at Dad Vails. When first interviewed, Pucella, who spent the previous two years as an assistant coach with Central Florida, was quoted as saying: “My goal is to continue the development of Marietta rowing as one of the best programs in the nation. The ultimate goal remains the same, to win the V8 at Dad Vails on a consistent basis.” It did not take Pucella long to end the streak as he guided the 2006 V8 to that elusive gold medal. Marietta also made the finals in 2007 and finished fourth.

Looking back, Pucella is still very proud how his men were able to come together to row such a great race and bring back a Dad Vail gold for all of the alumni, family and friends of Pioneer Rowing.

Pucella has devoted himself to developing the program to a level where it remains a consistent force at the Dad Vail. Marietta’s V8 has won a medal at the event in five of the last six years and he intends to keep that trend alive in the years to come. Pucella also looks to build the medal count of the Freshmen 8 (F8) and develop a consistent Lightweight program.

Before his time at UCF, Pucella was the men’s head coach at Edgewater High School in Orlando, Fla. Pucella’s Varsity 8 won the gold medal and his JV 8 took the bronze at the 2002 Florida State Championships. Pucella also served three years as the head coach of the West Side Rowing Club in Buffalo, N.Y. During his tenure, the West Side rowers were among the best in the state and never placed a boat lower than third.

As a rower, Pucella has won medals from the Dad Vails, Royal Canadian Henley and U.S. Nationals. Pucella was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 1997 and a Masters of Education in 2002—both from the University of Buffalo.

Pucella and his wife, Tanya, live in Marietta. Tanya is the Director of Civic Engagement and an assistant professor of Leadership Studies in Marietta College’s McDonough Leadership Program.

 

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Kelly Harris, Women's Crew

Former University of New Hampshire standout and Marist College head coach Kelly Harris begins her first year as the Marietta College women's crew coach. Harris replaces Karen Glowacki, who resigned following the 2007 season after five years with the Pioneers' program.

"It is a privilege to become a part of the Marietta College community, and I am eager to work in such a positive and supportive environment," Harris said. "Marietta is clearly committed to the success of their athletic programs, and I want to thank the department for giving me the opportunity to be a part of such a long-standing tradition and history of this sport at the College."

Harris spent the last two seasons at Marist, a Division I rowing program, where she oversaw all aspects of the freshman and varsity programs. The two-time Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Coach of the Year led the Red Foxes to back-to-back MAAC championships in 2006 and 2007. Marist's Varsity Lightweight Eight and Varsity Four finished runners-up at the 2006 ECAC Metro Regatta. The Varsity Eight took third in the event in 2007. In addition to its success on the water, Marist had seven women named CRCA National Scholar-Athletes.

Before Marist, Harris served as the assistant men and women's rowing coach at Vassar College from 2002-2005. Under her direction, the Brewer women's Freshman Eight placed fifth at the 2005 N.Y. State Championships, the highest ranking at the event in Vassar history. In her first season at Vassar, Harris also led the women's 2nd Varsity Eight to its first ever qualification and a tenth place finish in the 2003 ECAC Collegiate Championships.

Before beginning her full-time coaching career at Vassar, Harris served as a graduate assistant from 2001-02 at New Hampshire. Harris was primarily responsible for assisting with both the varsity and freshman women's squads, where she helped lead the 2nd Varsity Eight to a first place finish in the Petite Final at the 2002 New England Championships. Harris also coached two seasons of scholastic rowing at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, N.H., upon graduating from UNH. This opportunity has afforded Harris the invitation to serve as Director of the Crew Program for the Phillips Exeter Academy Summer School since 2003, where she has more recently also undertaken the position of Associate Dean of Students.

A 2001 graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Harris was a four-year member and two-year co-captain of the team. During her rowing career at UNH, Harris rowed to a gold medal in the Varsity Eight at the 1999 New England Championships, and helped UNH win the all-around Women's Points Trophy at ECAC's that same year.

Harris was invited to the 2001 East Coast Lightweight National Team Development Camp at Riverside Boat Club in Boston, Mass., and the Mid-west Lightweight Development Camp at the University of Wisconsin in 2000. Harris also won the bronze medal in the collegiate lightweight category at the world-renowned CRASH-B Indoor Rowing Championships and was named an All-American Athlete by the National Strength and Conditioning Association in 2001.

A 1997 graduate of F.D. Roosevelt High School in Hyde Park, N.Y., Harris got her start as a coxswain in eighth grade. She coxed for three years before beginning to row her junior year at FDR, where she won the bronze medal in the Junior Eight event at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta in Philadelphia, Pa.

"I look forward to leading the Marietta women's rowing program to a new and greater phase of achievement," Harris said. "Much emphasis will need to be placed on the recruitment and retention of new student-athletes, as well as the development of the experienced upperclassmen. The tools and resources are available. It is my goal to tap those resources and utilize my D-I and D-III experience to catapult Marietta Women's Rowing to a bid for the NCAA D-III Championships in the near future."

 

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Derek Stanley, Cross Country/Track and Field

Derek Stanley, a native of Pataskala, Ohio, begins his fifth season as Marietta College's head track & field and cross country coach.

Stanley guided three athletes to individual titles at the 2007 OAC Outdoor Championships. Sophomore Derek Carpenter and senior Rachel Forman won the hammer throw, while freshman Zach Gay took home the high jump title. In addition, freshman Danielle Altenhof earned All-OAC honors after taking second in the discus. A pair of Pioneers-junior Breanne Kosar in the high jump and sophomore Jessi Larrison in the 800m run-were earned All-OAC honors.

In 2006, Stanley had four runners, including Larrison, who won the 800m title, earn All-OAC honors at the Outdoor Championships, which was hosted at Don Drum Stadium. Marietta's women took seventh, while the men finished eighth at the meet. During indoor, Larrison earned All-OAC in the 500m dash, taking third overall.

In 2005, Stanley guided senior All-American Chris Taylor to an eighth-place finish in the high jump at the NCAA D-III Indoor Track and Field Championship. He is the first Pioneer in recent history to qualify for the NCAAs.

Stanley came to Marietta from Bluffton College, where he served as the head men and women's track/cross country coach since 2001. During his time at Bluffton, a member of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference, he expanded the squad size from six to 26 female athletes and 15 to 32 male athletes. Stanley coached four individual HCAC champions in 2002 and the freshman of the year in the HCAC in 2003. In addition, Stanley's women's cross country team earned Academic All-American status in 2001 and 2002, and his men's cross country team earned the honor in 2002.

Stanley received his bachelor's of business administration from Tiffin University in 1999 and his master's in education from Bowling Green State University in 2002.

Stanley remained at Tiffin as a coach for two years following his graduation. During his time at Tiffin, Stanley coached numerous NAIA national qualifiers in indoor and outdoor track & field. He also played an integral part in expanding the roster size from 15 to 40 runners.

During high school at Pataskala Watkins Memorial, Stanley was a two-time state qualifier and went on to establish numerous school records at Tiffin University. He also qualified to the indoor NAIA national championship meet in Lincoln, Neb., where he participated on the 4x400 meter relay team.

 

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Jeff Filkovski, Football

Jeff Filkovski, the 2007 Ohio Athletic Conference co-Assistant Coach of the Year, has been named the 28th head football coach at Marietta College.

He replaces Curt Wiese, who left after two years to become the offensive coordinator at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.

Filkovski, who has coached at both the collegiate and professional level, was the offensive coordinator at Heidelberg College last year. The Student Princes finished the year at 4-6 overall and 3-6 in the OAC, which marked their best season since 1999. Heidelberg's offense ranked in the top five in the league in nine different offensive categories highlighted by its scoring offense (25.1), pass efficiency (138.7) and its red zone offense (32-of-41 scores), which all ranked third.

Overall, Heidelberg racked up 3,449 yards of total offense, with 1,342 yards coming on the ground. Heidelberg?s rushing game provided 15 touchdowns, which eclipsed its total rushing touchdowns over the last five years combined. Through the air, Heidelberg had 2,107 yards and 14 touchdowns.

"We are excited to have Jeff as our new head football coach. He brings us vast experience as a coach and deep knowledge of Division III and the OAC," said Larry Hiser, Marietta's Director of Athletics. "He's a humble, yet great man whose time has come to be a head coach. We look forward to welcoming Jeff to our community."

Prior to joining Heidelberg last season, Filkovski, 40, was the offensive coordinator for the Cologne Centurions of NFL Europe. The Centurions had the second-ranked offense in the league and finished 6-4.

He began his coaching career as a quarterback coach/recruiting coordinator at the College of Holy Cross from 1992-95. Filkovski also spent one season as the quarterback coach at Thomas More College and four years in the same role at the University of Cincinnati. During his time at Cincinnati, the Bearcat squad earned the 2002 Conference USA title. He started at Cincinnati as a graduate assistant in 1996 and was elevated to tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator in 1998.

Filkovski had an outstanding career as a quarterback at Allegheny (Pa.) College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. In 1990, while being named the Football Gazette Division III Offensive Player of the Year and the Associated Press Little All American Quarterback, Filkovski led the Gators to a 13-0-1 record and the NCAA Division III National Championship. The Pittsburgh native was also a prep standout in football and baseball at Penn-Trafford.

 

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Pat Holguin, Men's and Women's Soccer

As the head of both Marietta College soccer programs for the past seven years, Patrick Holguin spends most of his fall on the soccer field. The 2007 campaign will be no different. Holguin enters his eighth season as the women's head coach; it will also be his tenth year leading the men's program.

Sporting a career overall record of 69-42-14 (.608) with the women's program, Holguin holds the best winning percentage among any of the Lady Pioneers' past coaches. He is also the only coach in school history to achieve 12 wins in a season, a feat he accomplished in 2003 and 2004. He then led his 2005 Pioneers to a school record 14 wins. Holguin's 2003 crew was also responsible for claiming Marietta's best Ohio Athletic Conference finish (two-way tie for third) since 1991. Under his direction, the women have racked up 23 All-OAC post-season honors. In addition, four athletes were named Clyde A. Lamb recipients, while one received the Betty Cleland award.

Holguin has achieved similar success with the men's program, compiling a 58-85-13 (.413) career record. Holguin's winning percentage ranks fifth among Pioneer coaches. In 2002, his team finished the season 12-5-2, the most victories by a MC team since 1984. Holguin's athletes have accumulated 14 All-OAC post-season awards, among them Marcos Vaca, who is only the second player in Marietta history to earn All-OAC honors for four straight years (2001-04).

A 1989 graduate from Quinnipiac College with a degree in international business, Holguin began his coaching career in Houston, Texas. From 1993-97, he was the head coach of the men and women's club soccer program at the University of Houston. He was also involved as a coach with the South Texas Olympic Development Program, and was the Director of Player Development and Coaching with the Alliance Soccer Program. Holguin remains involved with the Olympic Development Program in West Virginia. He was also the Director of Player Development and Coaching for the River Valley Soccer Club from 1999-2003.

 

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Jeanne Arbuckle, Softball

Coach Jeanne Arbuckle hopes to carry the momentum from 2006, the most successful season in Marietta College softball history, into her 20th year as the leader of the Pioneers' softball program.

2006 was a memorable year for Arbuckle, who is now 328-326 (.502) in her career with Marietta. She guided the squad, which was ranked as high as 10th nationally during the year, to a 33-11 record and a runners-up finish at the 2006 OAC Tournament. It was the second straight year Marietta made the OAC Tournament after not taking part in the four-team event since 1999. In addition, Arbuckle won her 300th game with a 7-2 victory over Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts while the team was in Florida during spring break, and her staff earned the OAC Staff of the Year award at the end of the season.

In 1996, Arbuckle's squad won the OAC Championship and went to the NCAA Division III Regional, the first time a women's team reached the NCAA Regional in Marietta College history. Arbuckle was named NCAA Regional Coach of the Year in 1996 and OAC Coach of the Year in 1995 and 1996.

During her tenure at Marietta, Arbuckle has had the privilege of coaching 23 All-Region players and 37 All-OAC players. She has also spent time as a member of the NCAA Central Regional Advisory Committee.

In addition to her duties as softball coach, Arbuckle serves as the Associate Athletics Director and the chairman of the physical education department. She spent the fall semester of 2006 as the acting athletics director, while Debbie Lazorik was on sabbatical with the NCAA.

Arbuckle has been active as a camp clinician and coach. She serves as the director of the Pioneer FastPitch Camps and has done clinics and camps throughout Ohio and West Virginia. She is also an active member of the National FastPitch Coaches Association. She serves on the Advisory Board for Coast to Coast Amateur Athletics, a sports and youth development program that provides opportunities for international travel in conjunction with competitive softball experiences.

Arbuckle earned her bachelor's degree in health and physical education from Slippery Rock (Pa.) and pursued a master's degree in physical education from Ithaca (N.Y.). She taught elementary physical education for six years, during which time she coached basketball, softball and volleyball at the high school level. Arbuckle also served as the softball and volleyball graduate assistant coach at Ithaca prior to her appointment at Marietta in the fall of 1986.

 

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Mike Snell, Men's Tennis

Mike Snell enters his second year as the head men's tennis coach and assistant men's basketball coach. He is diligently working to rebuild both programs. Snell had success coaching basketball and tennis at Thiel for four years prior to returning to Marietta. He was named the PAC Coach of the Year in basketball in 2003 and in tennis in 2005.

Snell served as an assistant basketball coach at Division II West Liberty State College (W.Va.) from 1998-2002. Prior to his coaching duties at West Liberty, Snell spent the 1997-98 season with Marietta College. He began his collegiate coaching career at Ohio Valley University in Parkersburg, W.Va. At Ohio Valley, Snell helped guide the Fighting Scots to the National Small College Athletic Association Tournament in 1993, 1994 and 1995.

Snell enjoyed a two-year career at Ohio Valley College before suffering a career-ending knee injury at Ohio University.

Snell received an Associate of Arts degree from Ohio Valley in 1983 and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration from Ohio University in 1985. He went on to earn a Master's of Science degree in physical education from Ohio University in 1995.

Snell and his wife, Kristy, have one daughter, Lyndi.

 

 

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Danika Cox, Women's Tennis

Danika Cox begins her first season as the head women's tennis coach and assistant women's basketball coach at Marietta College. A 2004 graduate of Cumberland College in Williamsburg, Kentucky, Cox joins the Pioneers after two seasons with Oakland City (Ind.) University. She helped the Mighty Oaks win back-to-back NCCAA MidEast Region Championships in 2006 and 2006. Oakland City went on to finish second and third, respectively, in the NCCAA National Tournament. In 2004-05, Cox was an assistant coach for Wolfe County High School in Campton, Ky., where she led the junior varsity team to a 17-2 record.

Cox began her collegiate playing career in 2000-01 at Western Kentucky in Bowling Green, Ky. She lettered as a freshman with the Hilltoppers and helped them qualify for the National Invitational Tournament. Cox then transferred to Cumberland for her final three seasons. The Patriots qualified for the NAIA National Tournament in 2002 and 2004. In 2004, they were the Mid-South Conference Champions and finished 28-4. Cox, a three-year letterwinner at Cumberland, was given All-Mid-South Conference honorable mention in 2003 and 2004.

Cox earned a Bachelor of Science in movement and leisure studies from Cumberland in 2004 and a Masters of Science in management from Oakland City in 2006. She has gained further coaching experience by working an assortment of camps around the Ohio and Kentucky border. Cox lives in Marietta.

 

 
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Ray Costa, Volleyball

Former Washington & Lee assistant coach Ray Costa begins his first year as Marietta College's new head volleyball coach. Costa is the tenth volleyball coach in the program's history.

"I'm very excited about the opportunity to join the Marietta College community," said Costa, who will officially arrive on campus in April. "I believe wholeheartedly in the experience that the College strives to offer everyone who is a part of it, and I look forward to helping the College and department achieve this vision."

Costa spent the last three seasons as the full-time assistant coach with Washington & Lee, located in Lexington, Virginia. During his time with the Generals, the volleyball program posted an 89-21 record. In 2006, the squad went 28-9, was undefeated in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III Tournament. Washington & Lee, like Marietta, was a recipient of the Game Plan/AVCA Team Academic Award.

Costa graduated Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in secondary education-specializing in mathematics-from York College of Pennsylvania in 2004. He has served as the head coach for the Rockbridge County Juniors since 2005 and worked at a variety of volleyball camps over the past few summers.

During his time at York, Costa played four years of club volleyball and was the manager of the women's varsity team as a junior and senior. He acted as the club team president for three years, managing financial matters, organizing travel arrangements, scheduling practices and matches and serving as the team's representative. Costa was a player-coach as a sophomore and senior and the head coach during his junior year. In 2004, the club team was ranked No. 25 in Division II by the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA).

"I believe that the current members of the team are an outstanding group of young ladies, and that their past accomplishments not only on the court but in the classroom and within the community clearly demonstrate their commitment to excellence," said Costa.

"I am also extremely excited to be a part of such a competitive volleyball conference in the OAC. Going out and competing against other quality programs every night in conference play will allow us to constantly challenge ourselves and help us develop the skills necessary to successfully compete with the best programs in D-III." Costa lives in Marietta.

 

 

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Don Schaly, Baseball

Don Schaly, who compiled the best record in NCAA Division III history at 1,442-329, coached the Pioneers from 1964 to 2003.

He coached more than 600 baseball players and his accomplishments are legendary. Schaly guided his teams to three NCAA Division III National Championships and seven National Runner-up finishes, including the 2001 and 2002 seasons. He also won 18 Mideast Regional Championships and 27 Ohio Athletic Conference Championships, including 13 consecutive titles from 1990 to 2002. The OAC Coach of the Year Award is named after him.

On May 4, 2002, Schaly became only the third coach in NCAA Baseball history to amass 1,400 career victories, and his .814 winning percentage also ranks him as the winningest baseball coach in the NCAA (all divisions). Schaly also gathered an outstanding collection of coaching awards during his career.

In 1995, he was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Hall of Fame. He was named the National Coach of the Year four times (1975, 1981, 1983 and 1986), and in 2000 he was named Coach of the Century by Collegiate Baseball.

Schaly was also named the OAC's Coach of the Year 17 times and the Mideast Regional Coach of the Year 21 times. He also coached 39 players who reached some level of professional baseball, including Jim Tracy '78, Terry Mulholland '85 Kent Tekulve '69 and Matt DeSalvo '03.

Schaly’s role in the Marietta College Athletics Department extended far beyond the duties of head baseball coach. He was an assistant football coach for 17 years and served as an assistant athletics director for more than 20 years. Schaly also played a primary role in the formation of the Marietta College Athletic Hall of Fame, which he was inducted into in 2004.

The legendary coach became the first person in Marietta College history to have his jersey retired. The college also renamed the main entrance of Ban Johnson Arena the Schaly Lobby in his honor. In 2006, Pioneer Park was renamed Don Schaly Stadium in his honor.