Seth Wheeler (baseball)

Seth M. Wheeler (born January 17, 1992) is an American college baseball coach and current head baseball coach at Emporia State University. Previously, Wheeler served as an assistant coach focusing on pitchers at Emporia State, and served as the Junction City Brigade manager from 2015 to 2017.[2] Wheeler played for the University of Central Missouri.

Seth Wheeler
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamEmporia State
ConferenceThe MIAA
Record27–22
Annual salary$44,000[1]
Biographical details
Born (1992-01-17) January 17, 1992
Overland Park, Kansas
Playing career
2010–2011Butler CC
2012–2014Central Missouri
Position(s)Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2015–2017Junction City
2015–2016Butler CC (assistant)
2017–2018Emporia State (assistant)
2019–presentEmporia State
Head coaching record
Overall27–22 (college)
72–42 (summer baseball)

Career

Wheeler began his collegiate baseball career at Butler Community College where he played for two years as a catcher.[3] Wheeler then transferred to the University of Central Missouri where he played for two years after redshirting in 2012.[4]

Early career

In January 2014, Wheeler as named an assistant coach for the Junction City Brigade, a team he played for during his college years, and was promoted to manager eleven months later.[5] During his time as the Junction City manager, Wheeler also served as an assistant coach at Butler Community College.[6] Wheeler won the regular season and Mid-Plains League tournament championships during his time at Junction City.[7]

Emporia State University

Wheeler joined Emporia State University's baseball coaching staff in 2016 as an assistant coach.[8] During his three years as an assistant coach, he helped the Hornets advance to the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) and NCAA Tournaments each of the three years, winning the MIAA Tournament in 2017, and an overall record of 110–52, 76–34 conference record.[9] On June 15, 2018, Wheeler was named the next head coach.[10]

Head coach record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Junction City Brigade (Mid-Plains League) (2015–2017)
2015 Junction City 23–16
2016 Junction City 27–11
2017 Junction City 22–15
Junction City: 72–42 (.632)
Emporia State Hornets (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (2019–present)
2019 Emporia State 27–2219–14
Emporia State: 27–22 (.551)19–14 (.576)
Total:99–64 (.607)

      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

References
  1. "Kansas Government Employee Payroll List". Kansasopengov.org. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  2. Polasek, Jonathan (June 15, 2018). "Seth Wheeler named next Emporia State baseball coach". Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  3. "Seth Wheeler - Butler Grizzlies". butlergrizzlies.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  4. "Central Missouri Athletics". ucmathletics.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  5. "Brigade Announce Head Coaching Change". November 7, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  6. Rahe, Greg. "Emporia State names Seth Wheeler next Head Baseball Coach". www.kvoe.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  7. Skillett, Derek. "Junction City Brigade head coach Seth Wheeler resigns from the team". Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  8. "Emporia State University Athletics - Staff Directory - Seth Wheeler". Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
  9. Weast, Don (June 15, 2018). "Emporia State Tabs Seth Wheeler as Newest Baseball Coach". Emporia State University Athletics (Press release). Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  10. Weast, Don (June 15, 2018). "ESU Announces Wheeler to take reigns of Hornet baseball". Retrieved July 15, 2018.
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