Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Western Kentucky |
Conference | Conference USA |
Record | 69–47 |
Biographical details | |
Born | 1971or1972(age 52–53) [1] Iowa, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1992–1993 | Indian Hills CC |
1994–1995 | Iowa Wesleyan |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1996–1997 | Bluefield (P) |
1998–1999 | Baylor (P) |
2000–2002 | Yavapai College (P) |
2003 | Lamar CC (P) |
2004–2022 | Iowa Western CC |
2023–present | Western Kentucky |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 69–47 (NCAA) 934–252 (NJCAA) |
Tournaments | NCAA: 0–0 122-43 (NJCAA) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
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Awards | |
3x National COY 10x Northern District COY 12x Louisville Slugger COY | |
Marc Rardin is an American baseball coach and former player, who is the current head baseball coach of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. He played college baseball at Indian Hills Community College before transferring to Iowa Wesleyan University. He then served as the head coach of the Iowa Western Reivers (2004–2022)
Rardin attended Starmont High School in Arlington, Iowa and played college baseball at Indian Hills Community College before transferring to Iowa Wesleyan University.
Rardin began his coaching career as the pitching coach at Bluefield College. In 1998, he became an volunteer pitching coach at Baylor. [2] Following a 2-year stint as an assistant with the Bears, he took the pitching coach position with the Yavapai Roughriders. After a brief stint with Lamar Community College, Rardin was named the head coach at Iowa Western Community College. While at Iowa Western, Rardin would lead the Reivers to 3 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national championships. [3]
On June 15, 2022, Rardin was named the head coach of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. [4]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Iowa Western CC Reivers (ICCAC)(2003–2022) | |||||||||
2003 | Iowa Western CC | 37–15 | Regional XI Conference | ||||||
2004 | Iowa Western CC | 43–10 | |||||||
2005 | Iowa Western CC | 43–13 | Junior College World Series (3rd) | ||||||
2006 | Iowa Western CC | 37–13 | Region IX Conference | ||||||
2007 | Iowa Western CC | 42–18 | Junior College World Series (10th) | ||||||
2008 | Iowa Western CC | 52–12 | Junior College World Series (6th) | ||||||
2010 | Iowa Western CC | 39–24 | Junior College World Series (9th) | ||||||
2010 | Iowa Western CC | 51–12 | Junior College World Series | ||||||
2011 | Iowa Western CC | 43–20 | Junior College World Series (3rd) | ||||||
2012 | Iowa Western CC | 62–6 | Junior College World Series | ||||||
2013 | Iowa Western CC | 45–13 | Region XI Conference | ||||||
2014 | Iowa Western CC | 56–11 | Junior College World Series | ||||||
2015 | Iowa Western CC | 54–17 | Junior College World Series (5th) | ||||||
2016 | Iowa Western CC | 52–15 | Junior College World Series (4th) | ||||||
2017 | Iowa Western CC | 44–16 | Region XI Regular Season | ||||||
2018 | Iowa Western CC | 54–7 | Region XI Regular Season | ||||||
2019 | Iowa Western CC | 52–11 | Junior College World Series Runner-Up | ||||||
2020 | Iowa Western CC | 20–4 | |||||||
2021 | Iowa Western CC | 50–10 | Region XI Regular Season | ||||||
2022 | Iowa Western CC | 49–14 | Region XI Regular Season | ||||||
Iowa Western CC (NJCAA): | 934–252 | 452–69 | |||||||
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (Conference USA)(2023–present) | |||||||||
2023 | Western Kentucky | 33–26 | 16–14 | T-4th | C-USA Tournament | ||||
2024 | Western Kentucky | 36–22 | 15–9 | 3rd | C-USA Tournament | ||||
Western Kentucky: | 69–48 | 31–23 | |||||||
Total: | 1003–300 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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