Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Cincinnati |
Conference | Big 12 |
Record | 32–25 |
Biographical details | |
Born | [1] Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S. | June 2, 1981
Playing career | |
2000–2003 | St. Norbert College |
Position(s) | Pitcher / First baseman |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2004–2006 | St. Norbert College (asst.) |
2007–2009 | John Carroll (asst.) |
2010–2012 | Northwest Missouri State (asst.) |
2013–2014 | Midland |
2015–2018 | Northwood |
2019–2023 | Central Michigan |
2024–present | Cincinnati |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 346–181 (NCAA) 74–45 (NAIA) |
Tournaments | NAIA: 1–4 NCAA DII: 3–4 NCAA DI: 4–6 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Awards | |
Jordan Bischel (born June 2, 1981) is an American baseball coach and former pitcher and first baseman, who is the current head baseball coach of the Cincinnati Bearcats. He played college baseball at St. Norbert College from 2000 to 2003. He previously served as the head coach of the Midland Warriors (2013–2014), the Northwood Timberwolves (2015–2018), and the Central Michigan Chippewas (2018-2023).
Bischel enrolled at the St. Norbert College, to play college baseball for the Green Knights team. Bischel played 4 years for the Green Knights, earning Second Team All-Midwest Conference North Division as a senior in 2003. [2]
Bischel began his coaching career in 2004 with St. Norbert. Bischel then went on to coach at John Carroll University. He was then named the pitching coach at Northwest Missouri State University. [3] On September 28, 2012, Bischel was named the head coach at Midland University. [4] After helping guide the Warriors to 74 wins in two season, Bischel accepted the role of head coach at Northwood University in Midland, Michigan to be closer to home. [5] Bischel inherited a team that had gone 18–27 in 2014, [1] and led them to a 28–23 record in 2015. In 2017, he led Northwood to their first Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship, [6] setting a GLIAC record for wins with 46. [7] Bischel was named the GLIAC Coach of the Year at the conclusion of the season. [8] Northwood repeated as GLIAC champions in 2018, as well as Bischel repeating as GLIAC Coach of the Year. [9]
On June 28, 2018, Bischel was hired as the head coach of the Central Michigan Chippewas baseball program. [10] In his first season at the helm, Bischel electrified the storied program, leading it to its first Mid-American Conference Tournament championship and its first NCAA tournament berth since 1995. He led the team to three consecutive (discounting the canceled 2020 season) NCAA Regionals.
On June 18, 2023, Bischel was named the head coach of the Cincinnati_Bearcats_baseball program. [11]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Midland Warriors (Great Plains Athletic Conference)(2013–2014) | |||||||||
2013 | Midland | 31–26 | 9–11 | 6th | NAIA Opening Round | ||||
2014 | Midland | 43–19 | 16–4 | 3rd | NAIA Opening Round | ||||
Midland: | 74–45 (NAIA) | 25–15 | |||||||
Northwood Timberwolves (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(2015–2018) | |||||||||
2015 | Northwood | 28–23 | 20–12 | 3rd (North) | GLIAC Tournament | ||||
2016 | Northwood | 25–24 | 14–16 | 3rd (North) | |||||
2017 | Northwood | 46–13 | 26–6 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
2018 | Northwood | 38–16 | 21–7 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
Northwood: | 137–76 | 81–41 | |||||||
Central Michigan Chippewas (Mid-American Conference)(2019–2023) | |||||||||
2019 | Central Michigan | 47–14 | 22–5 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
2020 | Central Michigan | 11–6 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
2021 | Central Michigan | 42–18 | 30–9 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
2022 | Central Michigan | 43–19 | 30–7 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
2023 | Central Michigan | 34–23 | 19–11 | T-2nd | |||||
Central Michigan: | 177–80 | 101–32 | |||||||
Cincinnati Bearcats (Big 12 Conference)(2024–present) | |||||||||
2024 | Cincinnati | 32–25 | 17–13 | 5th | Big 12 tournament | ||||
Cincinnati: | 32–25 | 17–13 | |||||||
Total: | 346–181 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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