Current position | |
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Title | Assistant coach/pitching coach |
Team | Creighton Bluejays |
Conference | Big East |
Annual salary | $210,000 [1] |
Biographical details | |
Born | Wheat Ridge, Colorado, U.S. | June 1, 1984
Alma mater | Tulane University |
Playing career | |
2003–2006 | Tulane |
Position(s) | Pitcher |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2007–2009 | Tulane (Asst.) |
2010–2014 | Illinois State (Asst.) |
2015–2017 | South Florida (P) |
2018–2024 | South Florida |
2025–present | Creighton (P) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 174–187–1 |
Tournaments | NCAA: 1–2 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
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Awards | |
Freshman Team All-C–USA (2003) | |
William T. Mohl (born June 1, 1984) is an American college baseball coach, who is the pitching coach for the Creighton Bluejays. He previously was the head baseball coach of the South Florida Bulls from 2018 to 2024. Mohl played baseball for the Tulane Green Wave baseball team while obtaining a degree.
Mohl played college baseball at Tulane University during the 2003 through 2006 seasons. As a freshman in 2003, Mohl was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman team. [2] After the 2003 season, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and was named a league all-star. [3] [4] Mohl completed his career at Tulane with a 25–7 record. He still ranks in the top 10 in several pitching categories at the school. [5]
Mohl was then drafted in the 25th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft by the Philadelphia Phillies. [6]
After spending a season as an assistant while wrapping up his undergraduate degree at Tulane and two years as a volunteer assistant, Mohl became an assistant at Illinois State in 2010.
When Mark Kingston was hired by the South Florida Bulls baseball team, he brought Mohl with him to be his pitching coach. [7]
On June 30, 2017, Mohl was promoted to head coach of the Bulls beginning the 2018 season. [8]
On May 20, 2024, South Florida dismissed Mohl after 7 seasons. [9]
On July 2, 2024, Mohl was hired as the pitching coach for the Creighton Bluejays baseball team. [10]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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South Florida Bulls (American Athletic Conference)(2018–2024) | |||||||||
2018 | South Florida | 36–22–1 | 14–9–1 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
2019 | South Florida | 26–27 | 8–16 | 9th | |||||
2020 | South Florida | 6–11 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
2021 | South Florida | 31–30 | 14–14 | 6th | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
2022 | South Florida | 28–29 | 8–16 | 8th | American tournament | ||||
2023 | South Florida | 21–39 | 7–17 | 8th | American tournament | ||||
2024 | South Florida | 26–29 | 11–16 | T–8th | |||||
South Florida: | 174–187–1 | 65–88–1 | |||||||
Total: | 174–187–1 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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