Head Coach Marc Thibeault Marc Thibeault has enjoyed a successful run as the mentor of the JCU program, and is in his 15th season as its head coach in 2014.

The 2014 season featured numerous team and individual milestones for the 1998 alum.

John Carroll won its first-ever OAC Championship with a 6-3 win over Baldwin Wallace. The Blue Streaks advanced to the championship round of the tournament for the first time since Thibeault’s senior year. With the tournament title in hand, John Carroll advances to its second NCAA Tournament and first since 1984.

Thibeault’s charges made the season very special for their coach. On March 31, with a 9-0 shutout over Wilmington Thibeault became the all-time JCU baseball leader in wins with 289 surpassing Jerry Schweickert who founded the program in 1973. Capping senior Thibeault’s son presents Marc with a baseball for his 300th win. day with a sweep of Muskingum on May 4 the Blue Streaks secured Thibeault’s 300th win making him the sixth active coach in the OAC During his tenure, Thibeault has had 62 players earn All-OAC and 11th overall in the conference to reach the milestone. accolades, including 2004 OAC Kent Tekulve Pitcher of the Year Award winner Luke Adkins. He has also had eight players receive Five of Thibeault’s players earned All-OAC honors in 2014 led by All-Mid East Region selections. Two former players, B.J. Brown ‘01 first team selections Chet Lauer and Jimmy Spagna. Additionally, the and Adkins ‘04 went on to sign professional contracts after graduation. skipper was tabbed as the co-Don Schaly OAC Coach of the Year by Equally as important, he has graduated 100% of his players and has his peers for the second time in his career and first since 2004. watched them excel after college.

Last season, the former award-winning Blue Streak pitcher and In 2004, Thibeault won the Don Schaly Ohio Athletic Conference outfielder led the Blue and Gold to their eighth 20-win season under Coach of the Year award. his watch. John Carroll finished 25-16, tying the record for most wins in the Thibeault era. Additionally, the Blue Streaks finished 13-5 Away from John Carroll in 2006, Thibeault spent the summer in league play, a mark good for second in the OAC. Spagna earned working in Chicago as a camp instructor with the honorable mention All-American honors by D3baseball.com while the Organization. In the summer of 2007, he assumed the duties of first Blue and Gold placed three players on the ABCA/Rawlings All-Region assistant with the Harwich Mariners of the Baseball League team. Additionally, eight players earned All-OAC honors at the end and tutored many MLB draft selections from the Sun Belt Confe rence, of the season with an additional two being recognized by the OAC for ACC, SEC, and Big Ten. their hard work in the classroom. During the Summer of 2008, Thibeault had the opportunity to help During the 2012 campaign, Thibeault led John Carroll to a 9-9 coach the Mariners to a Cape Cod League Championship title, ending conference record and an 18-22 overall mark. Along the way, the the team’s 21-year title drought. Blue Streaks earned sweeps over league opponents Otterbein and Muskingum, and pulled an April 22nd upset (8-2) over the eventual A JCU alumnus, Thibeault was a versatile performer for the Blue national champion Marietta Pioneers. Three JCU players earned Streaks from 1995 to 1998 and made his mark as both a pitcher and All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors, and third basemen Mitchell outfielder for John Carroll. On the mound, Thibeault recorded 107 Herringshaw was named third team All-Region. strikeouts and 12 victories in his career. As a hitter, Thibeault had a career average of .283, bolstered by a senior season in which he batted In 2011, the Blue Streaks finished with an 11-7 record in OAC play, .355 and drove in 22 runs. earning third place overall in the OAC Tournament. JCU qualified for the conference tournament for the sixth time in the last 12 seasons. In 1997 and 1998, Thibeault was an honorable mention All-OAC pick Thibeault coached two first-team All-League performers and four total and was named to the OAC All-Tournament team. He also was the All-OAC players in 2011. team’s Most Valuable Player in his last season and helped the Blue Streaks to a program-best 27 wins. In his 15 years as head coach, the Streaks have posted an overall record of 303-268-3. Over the past five years (2010-14), he has amassed 111 Thibeault, who is originally from Boston, graduated in May of 1998 wins, and has won at least 18 games in each of those seasons. with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. He served as a graduate assistant coach for the JCU program in 1999 under then head coach In 2010, JCU went 25-16, and qualified for the OAC tournament for Brian Brewer, now the head coach at Marietta College. the fifth time. In being named head coach of the Blue Streaks in 2000, Thibeault is In 2009, JCU went 24-12, qualified for OAC Championship play, and just the fourth person to hold the position in the history of the John set the school record for overall winning percentage. Carroll program, joining program founder Jerry Schweickert (1973- 1976, 1979-1995), Robert “Doc” Yackshaw (1977-1978) and Brian Brewer (1996-1999).