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3x MAC Coach of the Year in 1986, Maloney spent six seasons in the Atlanta Braves organization, earning all-star status in the Appalachian League for the RICH MALONEY Pulaski Braves and in the South Atlantic League for the Sumter Braves. He played for former and Boston Red Sox Rich Maloney, head coach at Ball State, won his Grady Little before retiring from pro following the 1991 season at 700th game as a collegiate head coach in 2015. He is Greenville (AA). He served as an assistant coach for legendary Fred Decker in his second head coaching stint at BSU, originally at Western Michigan from 1992-95 before accepting the head coaching serving from 1996-2002 and returning in 2013. He position at Ball State in May 1995. has led Ball State to four MAC regular season titles, Maloney, and his wife, the former Kelle Lynn Seitz, have two sons -- Alex six MAC West Division crowns and its only two 40- and Nicholas -- and one daughter, Natalie. Alex played collegiate baseball at win seasons in program history (1997, 1999). He was Ball State and went on to compete professionally in the Chicago White Sox honored with FCA Baseball’s Jerry Kindall Award in organization. January 2017. Ball State went on to win 30 games for the sixth straight season in 2018. The pitching staff set a program record for in a season (560) and ranked sixth nationally in strikeouts per nine innings (9.9) last spring. A year MALONEY’S RECORD earlier in 2017, the Cardinals capped the season by winning 14 of their final Career Head Coaching Record: 794-535-1 (23 Seasons) 18 league games to finish in a tie for second in the MAC West Division. Ball State Head Coaching Record: 453-291-1 (13 Seasons) The 2016 season was a championship season as Ball State won the MAC West Division and outfielder Alex Call was named MAC Player of the Year. ** Winningest Baseball Coach in Ball State History Following the season, four Cardinals were taken in the 2016 Major League MAC Coaching Record: 238-118 (13 Seasons) Baseball Draft, the most by any school in the MAC. Not only did Ball State MAC Regular Season Championships: 1998, 1999, 2001, 2014 produce on the field, but also in the classroom. Two players were named first MAC West Division Titles: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2014, 2016 team CoSIDA Academic All-Americans – Call and Caleb Stayton. In 2015, the Cardinals made a late season surge and reached the 2015 MAC Coach of the Year: 1998, 2001, 2014 MAC Tournament championship game. Maloney led Ball State to the 2014 Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year: 2007, 2008 Mid-American Conference regular season championship, a MAC West Big Ten Conference Championships: 2006, 2008 Division title and the No. 1 seed in the MAC Tournament. The Cardinals NCAA Regional Appearances: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 ranked as high as 26th in the nation in the 2014 Collegiate Baseball Poll and won their first conference regular season title since Maloney led them to the NCAA Regional Championship: 2007 title in 2001. For his efforts, Maloney was named the MAC Coach of the Year for a third time in his career (1998, 2001, 2014). In 2013, Maloney led Ball State to a 31-24 overall record, a 15-12 MAC Year School Record League Finish Conference mark and an appearance in the MAC Tournament championship game. 1996 Ball State 32-20-1 16-14 T-5th MAC The 31-24 record marked the eighth best turnaround in the NCAA from 1997 Ball State 40-19 21-10 2nd MAC 2012 to 2013 and helped Ball State to a second-place finish in the MAC 1998 Ball State 39-18 23-8 1st MAC and MAC West West Division. Maloney helped Scott Baker win the 2013 Gregg Olson Award as the nation’s comeback player of the year and coached six 1999 Ball State 42-18 25-6 1st MAC and MAC West members of the 2013 team to Academic All-MAC recognition. 2000 Ball State 34-23 18-8 1st MAC West In his second stint with the Cardinals, Maloney set the school’s all- 2001 Ball State 35-23 21-5 1st MAC and MAC West time record for wins when he won his 324th game at Ball State. Maloney’s record-setting win came in a 4-1 victory at Northern Illinois in a game 2002 Ball State 34-23 17-9 2nd MAC West where his son Alex Maloney recorded his first career save for the Cardinals. 2003 Michigan 30-27 16-14 3rd Big Ten In his first stint at Ball State, Maloney amassed a 256-144-1 (.640) overall 2004 Michigan 34-26 19-13 T-3rd Big Ten record in seven years, including a 141-60 (.701) ledger in MAC games. Malo- ney guided the Cardinals to four MAC West Division titles (1998, 1999, 2000, 2005 Michigan 42-19 17-12 4th Big Ten 2001) and three MAC regular season championships (1998, 1999, 2001). Malo- NCAA Regional ney also led the Ball State baseball program to the only two 40-win seasons 2006 Michigan 43-21 23-9 1st Big Ten in program history - - 42 in 1999 and 40 in 1997 - - and was named the 1998 Big Ten Tourney Champs and 2001 MAC Coach of the Year. Prior to returning to Ball State, Maloney served as the head baseball NCAA Regional coach at Michigan for 10 seasons, guiding the Wolverines to a 341-244 2007 Michigan 42-19 21-7 1st Big Ten overall record. He led Michigan to three Big Ten Conference titles, two NCAA Regional Champs Big Ten Tournament titles and the 2007 NCAA Regional title. He was also named the 2007 and 2008 Big Ten and ABCA Mideast Regional Coach of the 2008 Michigan 46-14 26-5 1st Big Ten Year. Maloney also guided the Wolverines to Big Ten Tournament berths in Big Ten Tourney Champs seven of his 10 seasons, including a streak of six straight from 2003-08. His NCAA Regional teams also made four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008). 2009 Michigan 30-25 9-15 7th Big Ten Over his 23 year career as a collegiate head coach, Maloney has mentored 2010 Michigan 35-22 14-10 2nd Big Ten 62 different players who have been drafted a total of 69 times, including five 2011 Michigan 17-37 7-16 10th Big Ten first round draft picks, with all five playing at Ball State. In 2002, he helped 2012 Michigan 22-34 8-16 10th Big Ten Bryan Bullington become the only No.1 overall draft pick in both Ball State and MAC history in any sport when he was selected by the Pittsburgh 2013 Ball State 31-24 15-12 2nd MAC West Pirates. Later the same day, Luke Hagerty was chosen with the 32nd overall 2014 Ball State 39-18 22-4 1st MAC and MAC West pick by the in the supplemental first round, giving Maloney 2015 Ball State 33-25 14-13 3rd MAC West two first round draft picks in the same season. A third-team All-American as a senior at Western Michigan, 2016 Ball State 32-26 15-9 1st MAC West Maloney earned a bachelor’s degree in 1986 from Western Michigan. A 2017 Ball State 30-28 14-10 T-2nd MAC West two-time captain and two-time All-MAC first-team selection, Maloney 2018 Ball State 32-26 17-10 3rd MAC was twice named to the all-district squad. A 13th-round draft pick of the