Dave Schrage

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Dave Schrage
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head Coach
Team South Dakota State
Conference The Summit League
Playing career
1980–1983 Creighton
Position(s) OF
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984
1985–1986
1988–1990
1991–1999
2000–2003
2004–2006
2007–2010
2012–Present		 St. Thomas (Asst.)
Creighton (Asst.)
Waldorf
Northern Iowa
Northern Illinois
Evansville
Notre Dame
South Dakota State
Head coaching record
Overall 649–719–2
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 South Dakota State Jackrabbits baseball program. He was named to that position prior to the 2012 season.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Playing career

Schrage played four seasons as an outfield 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.[1]

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.[1] 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.[3] 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.[6] Prior to coaching a game, his wife Jody passed away from cancer.[8] 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.[1]

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Waldorf () (1988–1990)
Waldorf: 61–66
Northern Iowa (Missouri Valley Conference) (1991–1999)
Northern Iowa: 211–292
Northern Illinois (Mid-American Conference) (2000–2003)
Northern Illinois: 75–92
Evansville (Missouri Valley Conference) (2004–2006)
Evansville: 130–108
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–present)
2012 South Dakota State 18–33–1 7–14 6th (7)
2013 South Dakota State 35–24 16–10 2nd (6) NCAA Regional
South Dakota State: 53–58–1 23–24
Total: 649–719–2

      National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion
      Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

  1. ↑ The top 8 finishers of the Big East's 12 teams qualified for the tournament in 2007.
  2. ↑ The top 8 finishers of the Big East's 12 teams qualified for the tournament in 2008.
  3. ↑ The top 8 finishers of the Big East's 12 teams qualified for the tournament in 2009.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Dave Schrage Bio". South Dakota State Jackrabbits. Retrieved November 12, 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Dave Schrage Bio". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Retrieved November 12, 2013. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "SDSU hires former Notre Dame baseball coach Dave Schrage". Brookings Register (Brookings, SD). August 11, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Sean Stires". College Baseball 360. June 14, 2010. Retrieved November 12, 2013. 
  5. ↑ "Dave Schrage Will Not Be Retained As Notre Dame Head Baseball Coach". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. June 14, 2010. Retrieved November 12, 2013. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Marlen Garcia (May 10, 2007). "Notre Dame coach Dave Schrage stays strong". USA Today. Retrieved November 12, 2013. 
  7. ↑ Jacob Boyer (July 29, 2008). "Baseball in the blood". Wednesday Journal. Retrieved November 12, 2013. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Notre Dame baseball coach's wife dies". ESPN. January 9, 2007. Retrieved November 14, 2013. 
Current head baseball coaches of The Summit League
  • Bobby Pierce (IPFW)
  • Tod Brown (North Dakota State)
  • Bob Herold (Omaha)
  • Dave Schrage (South Dakota State)
  • Ryan Brownlee (Western Illinois)
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