Evan Porter

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Evan Porter
Evan Porter in 2022 (cropped).jpg
Porter in 2022
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Omaha
Conference Summit League
Record155–218–2 (.416)
Biographical details
Born (1987-03-13) March 13, 1987 (age 37)
Omaha, Nebraska
Playing career
2005–2009 Omaha
2009 Williamsport Crosscutters
2010 Solingen Alligators
2011Gothenburg Sharks
2011–2012Victoria Park Reds
2012 SV ADO
Position(s) Second baseman / Shortstop
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2013–2016Omaha (asst.)
2017–presentOmaha
Head coaching record
Overall155–218–2 (.416)
Tournaments0–2 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
  • Summit League Coach of the Year (2019)

Evan Thomas Porter (born March 13, 1987) is an American baseball coach and former second baseman and shortstop, who is the current head baseball coach of the Omaha Mavericks. He played college baseball at Omaha for coach Bob Herold from 2005 to 2009 before playing professional baseball for 4 season from 2009 to 2012. He returned to Omaha in 2013 as an assistant.

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Amateur career

Porter attended Millard North High School in Omaha, Nebraska, where he was a teammate of Conor Gillaspie. [1] Porter then enrolled at the University of Nebraska Omaha, to play college baseball for the Omaha Mavericks baseball team.

As a freshman at the University of Nebraska Omaha in 2006, Porter had a .338 batting average, a .381 on-base percentage (OBP) and a .510 SLG.

As a sophomore in 2007, Porter batted .336 with a .574 SLG, 12 home run, and 61 RBIs.

In the 2008 season as a junior, Porter hit 15 home runs, 18 doubles, and 76 RBIs.

Porter had his best season as a senior in 2009, leading the team in doubles (23), home runs (10), RBIs (62), batting average (.424) and slugging (.655).

Professional career

Porter was drafted in the 23rd round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft by the Philadelphia Phillies. [2]

Porter signed with the Solingen Alligators on April 14, 2010. [3] Porter spent the 2011 and 2012 seasons with the Gothenburg Sharks and the Victoria Park Reds.

Porter signed with SV ADO for the 2012 season. [4]

Coaching career

Porter returned to the United States in 2013 as an assistant coach at Omaha. He remained an assistant through the 2016 season. When the university parted ways with Bob Herold as head coach, Porter was named the interim head coach. [5] [6] After winning just 27 games in his first two seasons as head coach, Porter's 2019 team was projected to finish 5th in the Summit League, but the Mavericks won both the Summit League regular season and Tournament on route to their first ever NCAA Division I baseball tournament appearance. [7]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Omaha Mavericks (Summit League)(2017–present)
2017 Omaha 12–409–195th
2018 Omaha 15–3510–175th
2019 Omaha 31–24–120–101st NCAA Regional
2020 Omaha 10–40–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Omaha 22–2514–123rd
2022 Omaha 26–3012–124th
2023 Omaha 21–289–144th
2024 Omaha 18-32-116-13-12nd Summit League tournament
Omaha:155–218–2 (.416)90–97–1 (.481)
Total:155–218–2 (.416)

      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

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