Sport(s) Baseball 1991–Present Bowling Green Title Head Coach Name Danny Schmitz | 1974–1977 Eastern Michigan Position(s) 2B | |
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Born March 1, 1955 (age 69)
Detroit, Michigan ( 1955-03-01 ) 1988–1990 Eastern Michigan (Asst.) Team Bowling Green Falcons baseball | ||
Conference Mid-American Conference | ||
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Danny Schmitz in an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Bowling Green Falcons baseball program. He was named to that position prior to the 1991 season.
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Playing career
Schmitz was a four-year letterman at second base for Eastern Michigan, which he helped to a pair of College World Series appearances including the 1976 final. After his senior season, in which he batted .339 and served as a co-captain, he was drafted in the 20th round of the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft by the New York Yankees. Schmitz would go on to play six seasons in the minors, reaching Class AAA in his second season but never reaching the majors. He spent brief time in the New York Mets and Minnesota Twins systems, including a season as a player-coach with the Toledo Mud Hens before retiring and turning full-time to coaching.
Coaching career
Immediately after ending his playing career, he served as manager of the Twins' class-A affiliate Visalia Oaks. He served in that position for three years before returning to Eastern Michigan as an assistant coach. While back with the Hurons, he helped lead EMU to a pair of second-place finishes in 1988 and 1990. He was hired at Bowling Green for his first head coaching job at the collegiate level, just the Falcons ninth coach and fifth since 1928.
While with Bowling Green, the Falcons have claimed four Mid-American Conference regular season titles, seven division titles, and three Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament championships. Schmitz has seen 29 players sign professional contracts, while his teams have amassed over 600 wins.
Head coaching record
This table shows Schmitz's record as a college coach.