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Jeff Mercer

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Jeff Mercer
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamIndiana
ConferenceBig Ten
Record174–123–1
Biographical details
Born (1985-07-29) July 29, 1985 (age 39)
Bargersville, Indiana, U.S.
Alma materWright State University
Playing career
2005–2007Dayton
2008–2009Wright State
Position(s)First baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2011Michigan (assistant)
2012–2013Western Kentucky (assistant)
2014–2016Wright State (assistant)
2017–2018Wright State
2019–presentIndiana
Head coaching record
Overall251–159–1
TournamentsHorizon: 5–2
Big Ten: 5–8
NCAA: 3–4
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • Horizon (2018)
  • Big Ten (2019)
Awards
  • 2× All-Horizon League (2008, 2009)
  • Horizon League Player of the Year (2009)
  • Horizon League Coach of the Year (2018)
  • Big Ten Coach of the Year (2019)

Jeffery Daniel Mercer (born July 25, 1985) is an American college baseball coach and former first baseman. He is head baseball coach at Indiana University. He played college baseball at the University of Dayton from 2005 to 2007 before transferring to Wright State University to play in 2008 and 2009. In 2009, he was named the Horizon League Player of the Year. He was the head baseball coach at Wright State University from 2017 to 2018.

Coaching career

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On July 16, 2016, Mercer was named the head coach for the Wright State Raiders baseball team.[1]

On July 2, 2018, Indiana University Athletics announced the hiring of Mercer, to the head coaching position for the Hoosiers.[2]

On May 21, 2019, Mercer was named Big Ten Coach of the Year, following his first year as coach of the Indiana Hoosiers.[3]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Wright State Raiders (Horizon League) (2017–2018)
2017 Wright State 38–21 21–9 2nd Horizon League tournament
2018 Wright State 39–15 22–6 1st NCAA Regional
Wright State: 77–36 43–15
Indiana Hoosiers (Big Ten Conference) (2019–present)
2019 Indiana 37–23 17–7 1st NCAA Regional
2020 Indiana 9–6 0–0 Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Indiana 26–18 26–18 4th
2022 Indiana 27–32 10–14 T-8th Big Ten tournament
2023 Indiana 43–20 16–8 2nd NCAA Regional
2024 Indiana 33–26–1 15–9 3rd NCAA Regional
Indiana: 175–125–1 (.583) 84–56 (.600)
Total: 252–161–1 (.610)

      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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Jay Morrison (July 13, 2016). "Wright State hiring of Jeff Mercer as baseball coach a 'no-brainer'". www.mydaytondailynews.com. Cox Media Group. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "IU baseball tabs Bargersville native Jeff Mercer as head coach". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  3. ^ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners". Bigten.org. 2019. Archived from the original on June 1, 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2019.