Danny Schmitz

Danny Schmitz

Schmitz in 2014
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head Coach
Team Bowling Green
Conference Mid-American Conference
Biographical details
Born (1955-03-01) March 1, 1955
Detroit, Michigan
Playing career
1974–1977 Eastern Michigan
Position(s) 2B
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1990 Eastern Michigan (Asst.)
1991–Present Bowling Green
Head coaching record
Overall 673–669–5
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
MAC Regular Season: 1995, 2002, 2008, 2009
Division: 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010
MAC Tournament: 1998, 1999, 2013
Awards
MAC Coach of the Year: 1994, 1995, 2009

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.[1][2][3][4]

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.[1][4]

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.[1][2]

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.[1][3]

Head coaching record

This table shows Schmitz's record as a college coach.[1]

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Bowling Green Falcons (Mid-American Conference) (1991–present)
1991 Bowling Green 16–39–1 7–23 9th (9)
1992 Bowling Green 14–25–1 7–22–1 9th (9)
1993 Bowling Green 19–27–1 7–23 9th (10)
1994 Bowling Green 29–18 16–10 3rd (10) MAC Tournament[lower-alpha 1]
1995 Bowling Green 34–20 22–8 1st (10) MAC Tournament[lower-alpha 2]
1996 Bowling Green 28–22 14–17 8th (10)
1997 Bowling Green 24–27 13–17 8th (10)
1998 Bowling Green 34–21 17–10 1st East (6) NCAA Regional
1999 Bowling Green 36–24 25–6 1st East (6) NCAA Regional
2000 Bowling Green 29–24–1 14–12 4th East (6)
2001 Bowling Green 36–18 18–9 1st East (6) MAC Tournament[lower-alpha 3]
2002 Bowling Green 32–22 18–7 1st East (6) MAC Tournament[lower-alpha 4]
2003 Bowling Green 17–28 9–18 6th West (7)
2004 Bowling Green 28–19 13–11 5th West (7)
2005 Bowling Green 33–18 12–18 3rd West (7) MAC Tournament[lower-alpha 5]
2006 Bowling Green 26–27 11–16 4th East (6)
2007 Bowling Green 22–32 7–20 6th East (6)
2008 Bowling Green 32–20 16–8 T-1st East (6) MAC Tournament[lower-alpha 6]
2009 Bowling Green 28–22 18–8 1st East (6) MAC Tournament[lower-alpha 7]
2010 Bowling Green 31–23 18–9 T-1st East (6) MAC Tournament[lower-alpha 8]
2011 Bowling Green 20–31 11–14 3rd East (6) MAC Tournament[lower-alpha 9]
2012 Bowling Green 20–33 9–18 6th East (6)
2013 Bowling Green 24–31 13–14 4th East (6) NCAA Regional
2014 Bowling Green 25–27 15–12 3rd East (6) MAC Tournament[lower-alpha 10]
2015 Bowling Green 19-24 11-10 3rd East (6) MAC Tournament
2016 Bowling Green 17-37 7-17 5th East
Bowling Green: 673–669–5 349–346–1
Total: 673–669–5

      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

  1. ↑ The top four of the MAC's ten teams qualified for the tournament in 1994.
  2. ↑ The top four of the MAC's ten teams qualified for the tournament in 1995.
  3. ↑ The top six of the MAC's thirteen teams qualified for the tournament in 2001.
  4. ↑ The top six of the MAC's thirteen teams qualified for the tournament in 2002.
  5. ↑ The top six of the MAC's thirteen teams qualified for the tournament in 2005.
  6. ↑ The top eight of the MAC's twelve teams qualified for the tournament in 2008.
  7. ↑ The top eight of the MAC's twelve teams qualified for the tournament in 2009.
  8. ↑ The top eight of the MAC's twelve teams qualified for the tournament in 2010.
  9. ↑ The top eight of the MAC's twelve teams qualified for the tournament in 2011.
  10. ↑ The top eight of the MAC's twelve teams qualified for the tournament in 2014.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Baseball Coaching Staff". Bowling Green Falcons. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Falcons hire Schmitz for baseball". Toledo Blade. August 29, 1990. p. 18. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
  3. 1 2 John Wagner (April 24, 2013). "Bowling Green baseball coach Schmitz gets 600th win". Toledo Blade.
  4. 1 2 Brandon Karsten (November 6, 2011). "Former EMU baseball player excels". Eastern Echo. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
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