Meet the 2020 Bluejays Page 7 Head Coach Ed Servais 9 • Ed Servais Head Coach • Wisconsin-La Crosse (1980) 558-320-1 (.635) • Creighton (17th Season) 740-402-2 (.648) • Overall (26th Season) Ed Servais returns for his 17th season at the Servais was named the Creighton head coach helm of the Creighton baseball program in on July 29, 2003 after serving as the program’s 2020, after guiding the Bluejays to their fifth interim head coach for the previous month. As NCAA Tournament appearance under his lead- an assistant, Servais was on the bench for 174 ership in 2019 (2005, 2007, 2011, 2012 & 2019). Creighton wins (including a pair of NCAA Re- gional berths in 1999 and 2000). Known as a coach who emphasizes team Servais’ Résumé defense, Servais’ teams have consistently been He was on staff when previous head coach • Head Coach, Creighton Record: 558-320-1 among the nation’s best in fielding percentage. Jack Dahm was named MVC Coach of the Year (2004-present) In his first season (2004) the Bluejays’ .982 in 1999 and 2002. With the help of Servais’ fielding percentage led the country. Creighton instruction, the 2002 edition of the Bluejays • Assistant Coach, Creighton has repeated that impressive feat two additional finished second in the MVC. Servais served as (1998-2003) times (2009 & 2014). During Servais’ 16 seasons Creighton’s hitting and first base coach, as well at Creighton, the Bluejays have finished as the defensive infield coach. • Assistant Coach, Iowa State in the NCAA’s top-10 in fielding 11 times (1996-97) (including fifth in 2019). Since the Servais era He also served as the Bluejays’ recruiting co- • Head Coach, St. Mary’s (Minn.) began, Creighton has committed the fewest ordinator. He made an immediate impact on Record: 159-76-1 errors in the nation (758), while also leading the the program in his first year, as the Bluejays (1989-95) country with a .977 fielding percentage. ranked among the nation’s top defensive teams with a .965 fielding percentage in 1998. • Head Coach, Viterbo (Wis.) The focus on defense and fundamental The team’s offensive numbers also increased Record: 23-6 baseball has delivered wins in historic fashion. significantly as the team batting average went (1987-88) The winningest coach in Creighton baseball up 29 points to .313. The run production also history, Servais’ overall record of 740-402-2 increased from 6.9 to 7.5 runs per game. • Assistant Coach, St. Mary’s (1984-86) (.648) places him 19th in the nation in winning percentage amongst active coaches. Before coming to Creighton, Servais spent Postseason Appearances two years as an assistant coach at Iowa State • 2019 NCAA Regional Participant Servais has posted a winning record in 21 of University. During his time at ISU, he served BIG EAST Tournament Champions his 25 seasons as a head coach. During his 16 as recruiting coordinator, hitting instructor, • 2012 NCAA Regional Participant seasons at Creighton, Servais has guided the infield and outfield coach. He helped lead the MVC Tournament Champions Bluejays to 13 seasons of at least 30 wins. He Cyclones to a second-place finish at the final Big • 2011 NCAA Regional Participant has topped 40 wins in four seasons. A total of Eight Conference tournament in 1996. MVC Tournament Champions MVC Regular Season Champions 12 times Servais led his teams to at least a .667 • 2007 NCAA Regional Participant winning percentage. MVC Tournament Champions • 2005 NCAA Regional Participant Servais’ reputation for teaching was rewarded MVC Regular Season Champions during the summer of 2013, Servais served as one of three assistants for USA Baseball’s Coaching Accolades Collegiate National Team. Servais was • 2019 BIG EAST Coach of the Year responsible for team defense and was the first • 2014 BIG EAST Coach of the Year base coach. Servais helped Team USA post a 7-3 • 2013 USA Baseball Assistant Coach record, including a five-game sweep of the Cuban • 2011 MVC Coach of the Year National Team. • 2008 FieldTurf National Coach of the Year • 2007 MVC Coach of the Year Servais’ ability to prepare his squad to play • 2005 MVC Coach of the Year beyond the college ranks led to 37 Bluejays • 2004 MVC Coach of the Year being taken over the last 16 seasons in the • 1993 MIAC Coach of the Year MLB Draft. Six Creighton players were selected • 1990 MIAC Coach of the Year in the draft following the 2019 season, tying the six Bluejays taken from the 1991 team. Collegiate Career • Wisconsin-La Crosse (1977-1980) During 2019 five former Bluejays that played for Servais appeared for an MLB: Anthony Bemboom (Anaheim & Tampa Bay), Ty Blach (Baltimore & San Francisco), Mike Gerber and Pat Venditte (San Francisco) as well as Nicky Lopez (Kansas City). Page 8 Head Coach Ed Servais Prior to Iowa State, Servais was the head coach at St. Mary’s (Minn.) Servais’ first collegiate head coaching position came at Viterbo for seven years from 1989-1995. While at St. Mary’s, he compiled a College in La Crosse, Wis., in 1988 when he coached the NAIA record of 159-76-1 at the NCAA Division III school. He was named Division II V-Hawks in the first year of baseball at the school. the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Coach of He made his only season there one to remember as Servais the Year in both 1990 and 1993 after leading St. Mary’s to MIAC led the V-Hawks to a 23-6 overall record and an 11-1 confer- championships in both years. His 1990 pitching staff led Division ence mark. Making that record even more impressive is that III schools with a 2.34 earned run average. Between the years of of the 17 players on the team, 14 were freshmen. One of those 1991 and 1992, his teams went on a 26-game winning streak. freshmen he coached was Damian Miller, who went on to the Major Leagues and was a member of the world champion His 1993 team at St. Mary’s came just short of making the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2001. Division III World Series, falling in the finals of the Division III Midwest Regional. That team was ranked as high as No. 10 in the Servais’ first college coaching job came at St. Mary’s in 1984 country. In his seven years as head coach, St. Mary’s had six players as an assistant. He stayed there for three seasons, after which drafted by major league teams. he left to start the baseball program at Viterbo. He got his start in coaching at Rib Lake High School in Rib Lake, Wis. He coached for two years at Rib Lake and rang up a two- Servais’ Career Coaching Record year record of 24-11 from 1982-1983. He led Rib Lake to the district finals in both of his years. YEAR SCHOOL RECORD Servais graduated from Wisconsin-La Crosse in 1980 with a degree 1987 Viterbo, Head Coach Planning Season in physical education. As a player, Servais was a three-time all-con- 1988 Viterbo, Head Coach 23-6 (.793) ference selection, the team’s co-captain and Most Valuable Player his senior year. He holds a master’s degree in physical education 1989 St. Mary’s (Minn.), Head Coach 13-22-1 (.375) from Wisconsin-La Crosse, which he earned in 1986 while coaching 1990 St. Mary’s (Minn.), Head Coach 28-8 * (.778) at St. Mary’s. 1991 St. Mary’s (Minn.), Head Coach 20-10 (.667) 1992 St. Mary’s (Minn.), Head Coach 28-7 (.800) 1993 St. Mary’s (Minn.), Head Coach 26-7 * (.788) 1994 St. Mary’s (Minn.), Head Coach 20-11 (.645) 1995 St. Mary’s (Minn.), Head Coach 24-11 (.686) 2004 Creighton, Head Coach 35-24 @ (.593) 2005 Creighton, Head Coach 48-17 !@ (.738) 2006 Creighton, Head Coach 31-21 (.596) 2007 Creighton, Head Coach 45-16 !@ (.738) 2008 Creighton, Head Coach 37-21 # (.638) 2009 Creighton, Head Coach 31-25 (.554) 2010 Creighton, Head Coach 27-25 (.519) 2011 Creighton, Head Coach 45-16 !@ (.738) 2012 Creighton, Head Coach 28-30 ! (.483) 2013 Creighton, Head Coach 30-18 (.625) 2014 Creighton, Head Coach 32-17-1 ^ (.650) Servais resides in Omaha with his wife Anne. The couple has three adult children: Angela, Joe and Michael. 2015 Creighton, Head Coach 32-19 (.628) 2016 Creighton, Head Coach 38-17 (.691) Angela graduated from Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, in 2017 Creighton, Head Coach 24-25 (.490) 2006 and went on to complete her master’s degree at Drake. Angela and her husband Zach Gradnon, recently welcomed Ed’s 2018 Creighton, Head Coach 34-16 (.680) first grandchild, Gwen. 2019 Creighton, Head Coach 41-13 !^ (.759) 16-Year Creighton Totals 558-320-1 (.635) Joe transferred to Creighton from the University of Kansas, and played for the Bluejays in 2008, finishing with a .298 average in 25-Year Head Coaching Totals 740-402-2 (.648) 54 games. Michael played second base and graduated from Wayne State College in Wayne, Neb. ! NCAA Regional ^ BIG EAST Coach of the Year Ed is also the uncle of former Creighton All-American and major * MIAC Coach of the Year @ MVC Coach of the Year league catcher Scott Servais, who is the manager of the Seattle # FieldTurf National Coach of the Year Mariners. Page 9 Head Coach Ed Servais Year-by-Year Recap 2014: 32-17-1, 14-4 BIG EAST 2019: 41-13, 13-5 BIG EAST - NCAA In 2014 Servais guided the Bluejays to the BIG EAST regular Powered with one of the most potent offenses in his time at the season championship, the first BIG EAST title for any sport at helm of the Bluejays, Servais and the Bluejays returned to the Creighton.