Ed Servais

Last updated
Ed Servais
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Creighton
Conference Big East
Record678–405
Biographical details
Bornc. 1958
Playing career
1978–1981 Wisconsin–La Crosse
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1986 Saint Mary's (MN) (assistant)
1988 Viterbo
1989–1995Saint Mary's (MN)
1996–1997 Iowa State (assistant)
1998–2003 Creighton (assistant)
2004–presentCreighton
Head coaching record
Overall837–481–1 (NCAA) 23–6 (NAIA)
Tournaments9–10 (NCAA)
12–11 (Big East)
25–12 (MVC)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 MIAC regular season (1990, 1993)
2 MVC regular season (2005, 2011)
3 MVC tournament (2007, 2011, 2012)
Big East regular season (2014, 2017, 2019)
1 Big East tournament (2019)
Awards
2× MIAC Coach of the Year (1990, 1993)
4× MVC Coach of the Year (2004, 2005, 2007, 2011)
2× Big East Coach of the Year (2014, 2019)

Edwin Servais (born c. 1958) is an American college baseball coach and small-ball connoisseur, currently the head coach at Creighton University, a member of the Big East Conference in NCAA Division I. He has held the position since July 2003, and has led the Bluejays to four appearances in the NCAA tournament.

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Coaching career

Division III and NAIA

Servais' first college coaching position was with Saint Mary's in Winona, Minnesota, an NCAA Division III program where he was an assistant from 1984 to 1986. Following the 1986 season, he was hired by NAIA member Viterbo to start the school's baseball program. The team went 23–6 in 1988, its first season. [1]

Following one season at Viterbo, Servais was rehired by Saint Mary's as head coach. He held the position for seven seasons (1989–1995) and had an overall record of 159–76–1 (.676). Saint Mary's qualified for the 1993 Division III tournament, and were runner-up in the Midwest Regional. In both 1990 and 1993, Servais was named the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. [1] [2]

Division I assistant

Prior to the start of the 1996 season, Servais was hired as an assistant coach at Iowa State of the Big 12 Conference, his first Division I coaching position. He served as an assistant to head coach Lyle Smith for two seasons (1996–1997). [1] [3]

From 1998–2003, Servais was an assistant and infield coach at Creighton under head coach Jack Dahm. While he was an assistant, Creighton appeared in two NCAA tournaments (1999 and 2000). [1] [4]

Creighton

Missouri Valley Conference

After a 20–37 season in 2003, Dahm resigned as Creighton's head coach in late June. Servais was named interim head coach and later hired as the program's head coach on July 29. [1] [5]

In Servais' first season in 2004, Creighton went 35–24 and finished second in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), after finishing fifth the previous season. Servais was named the MVC Coach of the Year and became the first first-year coach to receive the award. [1] In 2005, the team went 48–17 and won the MVC regular season championship. [6] After losing the MVC Tournament championship game to Wichita State, Creighton received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. [7] In the tournament, the team went 2–2 and lost in the Lincoln Regional final to Nebraska. [8] [9] Servais was again named MVC Coach of the Year. [1]

Creighton finished fourth in the MVC in 2006, but qualified for a second NCAA tournament under Servais in 2007. It received the MVC's automatic bid to the tournament by defeating Wichita State in the MVC championship game, 10–9 in 12 innings. As the second seed in the Fayetteville Regional, it went 1–2. [6] [7] [8] Servais was named the MVC Coach of the Year. [1]

The program's win totals declined from 2007–2010. After finishing second in the MVC in 2007, it finished third in 2008, fourth in 2009, and sixth in 2010. [7] In 2011 and 2012, however, Creighton appeared in consecutive NCAA tournaments. In 2011, the team won both the MVC regular season and tournament titles and was named the second seed in the Corvallis Regional. It defeated Georgia, 2–1, in its opening game, but lost consecutive games to Oregon State and Georgia and was eliminated. For the season, Servais received his fourth MVC Coach of the Year award. [6] In 2012, the Bluejays finished last in the MVC, but won the conference tournament to qualify for the NCAA tournament. [10] As the fourth seed in the Los Angeles Regional, Creighton lost to UCLA in the regional final. [11]

In 2013, Creighton's final season in the MVC, the team finished third in the conference. [12]

Big East Conference

Creighton joined the new Big East Conference ahead of the 2014 season. The Bluejays won the inaugural regular season title, then lost to Xavier in the tournament championship game. [13] [14] Servais was named the Big East Coach of the Year. [15] In May 2024, Servais announced that 2025 would be his final season as coach of the Bluejays; in June 2024, former University of South Carolina baseball coach Mark Kingston was hired as associate head coach/head coach in waiting. [16]

Personal life

Servais is the uncle of former Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais (b.1967), [17] a former major league catcher who played at Creighton in the late 1980s.

Head coaching record

The following is a table of Servais' yearly records as an NAIA and NCAA head baseball coach. [1] [2] [7] [12]

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Viterbo V-Hawks (Midwest Collegiate Conference)(1988)
1988Viterbo 23–611–1
Viterbo (NAIA):23–611–1
Saint Mary's Cardinals (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1989–1995)
1989Saint Mary's 13–22–19–11
1990Saint Mary's 28–814–61st
1991Saint Mary's 20–1014–6
1992Saint Mary's 28–711–7
1993Saint Mary's 26–716–31stNCAA Regional
1994Saint Mary's 20–1114–6
1995Saint Mary's 24–1112–8
Saint Mary's:159–76–190–47
Creighton Bluejays (Missouri Valley Conference)(2004–2013)
2004 Creighton 35–2422–92ndMVC Tournament
2005 Creighton 48–1717–71st NCAA Regional
2006 Creighton 31–2113–114thMVC Tournament
2007 Creighton 45–1619–52nd NCAA Regional
2008 Creighton 37–2116–83rdMVC Tournament
2009 Creighton 31–2514–94thMVC Tournament
2010 Creighton 27–259–126thMVC Tournament [a]
2011 Creighton 45–1615–61st NCAA Regional
2012 Creighton 28–306–148th NCAA Regional
2013 Creighton 30–1813–83rd MVC tournament [a]
Creighton Bluejays (Big East Conference)(2014–present)
2014 Creighton 32–1714–41st Big East tournament
2015 Creighton 32–1913–42nd Big East tournament
2016 Creighton 38–1713–52nd Big East tournament
2017 Creighton 24–2511–41st Big East tournament
2018 Creighton 34–1611–4T-4th
2019 Creighton 41–1314–41st NCAA Regional
2020 Creighton 5–100–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Creighton 24–1515–62nd Big East tournament
2022 Creighton 31–1815–52nd Big East tournament
2023 Creighton 25–2410–115th
2024 Creighton 35–177–136th
Creighton:678–405123–60
Total:837–481–1

      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

Notes

  1. 1 2 In this season, all members of the Missouri Valley Conference qualified for its postseason tournament.

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