Dave Schrage
| Sport(s) | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | Butler U. |
| Conference | Big East |
| Playing career | |
| 1980–1983 | Creighton |
| Position(s) | OF |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1984 | St. Thomas (Asst.) |
| 1985–1986 | Creighton (Asst.) |
| 1988–1990 | Waldorf |
| 1991–1999 | Northern Iowa |
| 2000–2002 | Northern Illinois |
| 2003–2006 | Evansville |
| 2007–2010 | Notre Dame |
| 2012–2016 | South Dakota State |
| 2017–present | Butler |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 732–806–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| MVC Coach of the Year: 1995, 1997 | |
Dave Schrage in an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Butler University baseball program. He was named to that position on July 5, 2016.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Playing career
Schrage played four seasons as an outfielder at Creighton from 1980 to 1983, earning all-conference and Academic All-American honors. He hit .400 or higher in both his junior and senior seasons.[2]
Coaching career
After completing his degree at Creighton, Schrage accepted a position as a graduate assistant at St. Thomas, working for Paul Mainieri in 1984. The following season, he returned to Creighton as an assistant coach before coaching the Queensland Rams club team in Australia. He earned his first head coaching job at Waldorf, then a junior college in 1987. After three seasons and a 61–66 record, Schrage moved to Northern Iowa. He would remain with the Panthers for nine seasons, improving the team's win totals from 2 to 18 during his tenure and earning a pair of Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year awards. He would be honored as the only person to be named All-Conference and Coach of the Year in baseball by the MVC at their Centennial Celebration.[2] From 2000 to 2002, Schrage served as head coach at Northern Illinois. He took over a team that recorded only 4 wins the previous season and guided them to 24 wins in his first year and a winning season in his second. He was named runner-up for the National Coach of the Year Award by Collegiate Baseball.[4] Schrage then moved to Evansville, where he led the Purple Aces to 130 wins and a regional final in the 2006 NCAA Tournament. Schrage then earned what he called his dream job, succeeding Mainieri as head coach at Notre Dame.[7] Prior to coaching a game, his wife Jody died from cancer.[9] Schrage was not able to continue Mainieri's success with the Irish, and was fired after four years. He was hired to coach the Jackrabbits in the summer of 2011.[2]After coaching the Jackrabbits to a 136–144–1 record over the past 5 seasons, on July 5th, 2016 he was hired to be the head coach of Butler University within the Big East conference.[1]
Head coaching record
Below is a table of Schrage's yearly records as a head baseball coach.[10][11][12][13][14]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waldorf () (1988–1990) | |||||||||
| Waldorf: | 61–66 | ||||||||
| Northern Iowa (Mid-Continent Conference) (1991) | |||||||||
| 1991 | Northern Iowa | 13–44 | 1–9 | 3rd (Gray) | Mid-Con Tournament | ||||
| Northern Iowa (Missouri Valley Conference) (1992–1999) | |||||||||
| 1992 | Northern Iowa | 22–34 | 2–17 | 8th | |||||
| 1993 | Northern Iowa | 12–39 | 1–20 | 8th | |||||
| 1994 | Northern Iowa | 24–32 | 5–16 | T-7th | |||||
| 1995 | Northern Iowa | 24–32 | 12–20 | T-7th | |||||
| 1996 | Northern Iowa | 26–32 | 13–19 | 6th | MVC Tournament | ||||
| 1997 | Northern Iowa | 32–23 | 18–8 | 2nd | MVC Tournament | ||||
| 1998 | Northern Iowa | 26–30 | 9–22 | 8th | |||||
| 1999 | Northern Iowa | 28–26 | 13–17 | 7th | |||||
| Northern Iowa: | 211–292 | 74–148 | |||||||
| Northern Illinois (Mid-American Conference) (2000–2002) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Northern Illinois | 24–33 | 11–15 | 3rd (West) | MAC Tournament | ||||
| 2001 | Northern Illinois | 28–27 | 10–17 | T-5th (West) | |||||
| 2002 | Northern Illinois | 23–32 | 11–14 | 5th (West) | |||||
| Northern Illinois: | 75–92 | 32–46 | |||||||
| Evansville (Missouri Valley Conference) (2003–2006) | |||||||||
| 2003 | Evansville | 24–31 | 12–20 | 9th | |||||
| 2004 | Evansville | 28–32 | 12–20 | T-5th | MVC Tournament | ||||
| 2005 | Evansville | 35–22 | 12–12 | 4th | MVC Tournament | ||||
| 2006 | Evansville | 43–22 | 16–8 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Evansville: | 130–108 | 52–60 | |||||||
| Notre Dame (Big East Conference) (2007–2010) | |||||||||
| 2007 | Notre Dame | 28–28 | 11–15 | 7th (12) | Big East Tournament[lower-alpha 1] | ||||
| 2008 | Notre Dame | 33–21–1 | 16–10 | 3rd (12) | Big East Tournament[lower-alpha 2] | ||||
| 2009 | Notre Dame | 36–23 | 15–12 | 5th (12) | Big East Tournament[lower-alpha 3] | ||||
| 2010 | Notre Dame | 22–32 | 10–17 | 9th (12) | |||||
| Notre Dame: | 119–104–1 | 52–54 | |||||||
| South Dakota State (The Summit League) (2012–2016) | |||||||||
| 2012 | South Dakota State | 18–33–1 | 7–14 | 6th (7) | |||||
| 2013 | South Dakota State | 35–24 | 16–10 | 2nd (6) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2014 | South Dakota State | 28–29 | 11–11 | 2nd (5) | The Summit Tournament | ||||
| 2015 | South Dakota State | 33–23 | 17–11 | 2nd (6) | The Summit Tournament | ||||
| 2016 | South Dakota State | 22–35 | 13–17 | 4th (6) | The Summit Tournament | ||||
| South Dakota State: | 136–144–1 | 64–63 | |||||||
| Total: | 732–806–2 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
- Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube
- List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches
References
- 1 2
- 1 2 3 4 "Dave Schrage Bio". South Dakota State Jackrabbits. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- ↑ "Dave Schrage Bio". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- 1 2 "SDSU hires former Notre Dame baseball coach Dave Schrage". Brookings Register. Brookings, SD. August 11, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- ↑ Sean Stires (June 14, 2010). "Schrage Fired At Notre Dame". College Baseball 360. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- ↑ "Dave Schrage Will Not Be Retained As Notre Dame Head Baseball Coach". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. June 14, 2010. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- 1 2 Marlen Garcia (May 10, 2007). "Notre Dame coach Dave Schrage stays strong". USA Today. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- ↑ Jacob Boyer (July 29, 2008). "Baseball in the blood". Wednesday Journal. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- 1 2 "Notre Dame baseball coach's wife dies". ESPN. January 9, 2007. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
- ↑ "Yearly College Baseball Standings". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on June 5, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ↑ "MAC Tournament History". MAC-Sports.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ↑ "2014 The Summit League Baseball Record Book". TheSummitLeague.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ↑ "2014 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Record Book". MVC.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ↑ "2014 The Summit League Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy and Cynthia Mills. Archived from the original on June 9, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.