Baseball Coaching Bios TIM NEIMAN: DeSales University, Head Baseball Coach: Tim Neiman is entering his 20th season as the head coach of the DeSales University baseball program. Since Coach Neiman has arrived in Center Valley, PA, the Bulldogs have won 473 games including 30+ games four times and have amassed a 473-256-43 (.652) overall record. He is the only coach in DeSales history to win 400+ games in any sport. Overall, Neiman has been named Coach of the Year nine different times and his teams have competed in 9 NCAA tournaments advancing to the College World Series in Appleton, Wisconsin in 2003. Ten of his former players have gone on to play professional baseball at some level. In August of 1995, Coach Neiman was inducted into the Pennsylvania American Legion Hall of Fame in recognition of many years of service as a coach and an administrator. Along with his coaching duties Coach Neiman has served on numerous committees. He has served as the chair for the NCAA Division III Baseball Championships Committee and as the chair for the Middle Atlantic Conferences Baseball Committee. He has also served on; the board of trustees at St. Luke’s Hospital in Quakertown, the board of directors for the Pennridge- Quakertown Sports Hall of Fame and the Upper Saucon Township Parks and Recreation committee and the Upper Saucon Township Zoning Hearing Board. Coach Neiman is currently involved as a member of the Board of Directors for the Miracle League, a baseball program serving special needs children throughout the Lehigh Valley. Coach Neiman also serves as the color analyst for Service Electric TV2 telecasts of Reading Phillies Baseball. In 2007 Coach Neiman participated in Career Gates, an educational program designed for high school students in the state of Pennsylvania addressing the areas of leadership and career opportunities. JOHN COLE: Univ. of Pennsylvania, Head Baseball Coach: The W. Joseph Blood Head Coach of Baseball, John Cole, turned around the Penn baseball program in just his second season at the helm. He guided the Quakers to their best season since 2003 and their first time atop the Gehrig Division standings since 1997. In 2007, Penn took its first Gehrig Division title outright since 1995, going 20-19 overall and 12-8 in the Ivy League. Cole saw tremendous improvements in all facets of his team. Penn’s team batting average jumped up 30 points from a season ago to .289, which was second-best in the Ivy League, while the team ERA dropped nearly three runs per game to 5.47. For all his teams’ success, Cole was named Philadelphia Big 5 Coach of the Year and Penn was voted Big 5 Team of the Year. Cole brings a wealth of experience and success to Penn after leading Rowan University to the NCAA Division III Tournament in five of his seven seasons as head coach. He compiled a 229-73 (.758) record during his tenure at the Glassboro, N.J., institution. In 2005, Cole guided Rowan to a school-record 42-win season and a NCAA Division III World Series appearance for the second straight year. The Profs reached the quarterfinals before being ousted by the College of Wooster. Cole was named the New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association (NJCBA) Coach of the Year for the third straight season and Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year for the second time in a row. In 2004, Cole led Rowan to a 41-8 record, the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) title and his team advanced to the World Series after it defeated Arcadia, DeSales and Johns Hopkins. Cole was tabbed NJAC Coach of the Year, NJCBA Coach of the Year and Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year. He guided Rowan to a 31-10 record, the conference title and the NCAA Regional in 2003, once again claiming NJAC and NJCBA coach of the year honors. In 2002, the Profs had a 24-14 overall record, and they finished 24-12 in 2001. Rowan went 31-11 in 2000 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament before falling to Montclair State in the Mid-Atlantic Regional. In Cole’s first season as a collegiate head coach, his team captured the 1999 NJAC championship, which was Rowan’s first title since 1979. He was named the NJAC and NJCBA Coach of the Year. The Profs set a school record for wins with 36, eclipsing the old mark of 29 established in 1978 and 1979. Rowan finished with a 36-8 overall record and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Cole came to Rowan after six seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at The College of William & Mary. He was also an assistant baseball coach at Dartmouth College from 1991-92 and DeSales University from 1990-91. In addition, he was an assistant baseball coach at Southern Lehigh High School in 1989, head baseball coach for the Limeport Dodgers in the summer from 1987-91, and assistant baseball coach at the University of North Carolina from 1986-88. Cole graduated from Ithaca College (N.Y.) in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in physical education. He is a member of the NCAA Division III All-Time Tournament Team as a second basemen. In nine tournament games from 1985-86, Cole hit .425 (17- for-40), scored 11 runs, hit two home runs and collected 16 RBI. He played professional baseball with the Boise Hawks Class A Northwest League in 1986. Cole earned a master's degree in physical education from the University of North Carolina in 1988. JOHN KOCHMANSKY: E.S.U., Head Baseball Coach: John Kochmansky, a former assistant coach for the Warriors, is in his second season as the head baseball coach at East Stroudsburg University. Kochmansky was the top assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at ESU for three seasons prior to becoming the head coach. Coach Kochmansky helped the Warriors to their first PSAC postseason berth in 22 years in 2007. ESU finished the season with a record of 23–22, including a win over No. 1–ranked Kutztown in the PSAC tournament. As the Warriors' top assistant, Kochmansky assisted with all administrative duties and coordinated all of the team's recruiting efforts in the Mid–Atlantic Region. He oversaw the offensive game plan as the hitting instructor and base running coach, and also worked with the infield and team defense. Kochmansky brings six seasons as an assistant coach to his first collegiate head coaching job, and was the head baseball coach at Pen Argyl High School from 2000-05. He guided the Green Knights to five consecutive District 11 playoff appearances and was named the area's coach of the year by the Easton Express–Times in 2000 and 2004. His teams played in the district semifinal in 2000, the district final in 2003 and won the Colonial League championship in 2004. Kochmansky's previous collegiate baseball experience includes one year as an assistant coach at Lafayette College in 1999, and two years as a volunteer assistant at Virginia Tech while he pursued his Master's degree in Health and Physical Education during the 1995 and 1996 seasons. In 1997, he was an assistant coach for the Wilmington (N.C.) Sharks of the Coastal Plain League, a summer collegiate baseball league. Kochmansky graduated from the University of Delaware in 1988 with a bachelor's degree in Health and Physical Education with teacher's certification. He earned his Master's degree in Health and Physical Education from Virginia Tech in 1996. Kochmansky has teaching experience at Wind Gap Middle School, where he was the district's Health and Physical Education program coordinator for five years, and most recently at the Shawnee Academy Beacon School, where he has taught for the last two years. He has also been an instructor at ESU, teaching classes in Movement Studies and Exercise Science from 1997– 1999. ANDY MCCAULEY: Kansas City T-Bones, Manager Andy McCauley made his professional managerial debut in 1998 with the Kalamazoo Kodiaks, taking the helm for the Frontier League squad after starting the season as the pitching coach. In his first full season as a manager in 1999, he lead the London (ON) Werewolves to the Frontier League title and won the FL Manager of the Year award in the process. The team went 54-30 during the regular season. Andy became the manager of the Schaumburg Flyers of the Northern League in 2003. Andy’s team reached the Northern League playoffs in three of his four years there. His 2004 team came within one out of the Northern League Championship before losing the game in the last inning. In the fall of 2006 Andy took over as the skipper of the Kansas City T-bones. In 2008 Andy brought the first Northern League Championship to the Kansas City franchise winning six of seven playoffs games in the two round playoff system. As a manager, McCauley has lead six of his seven teams to the playoffs. As a Northern League manager he has lead his teams to the playoffs in four of the last six years. Andy is also a two-time Manager of the Year winner during his career as a professional baseball coach. Andy received a Degree in Business Administration from Mansfield in 1991 TODD MILLER: Southern Lehigh HS, Head Baseball Coach Todd Miller is a local product having graduated from Parkland HS in 1987 and continuing his education and baseball career at Temple University where he graduated in 1992 with a bachelor of science in sports management and later earned his Masters of Education from Temple in 1996.