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Marc Rardin
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamWestern Kentucky
ConferenceConference USA
Record69–47
Biographical details
BornIowa, U.S.
Playing career
1992–1993Indian Hills CC
1994–1995Iowa Wesleyan
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1997Bluefield (P)
1998–1999Baylor (P)
2000–2002Yavapai College (P)
2003Lamar CC (P)
2004–2022Iowa Western CC
2023–presentWestern Kentucky
Head coaching record
Overall69–47 (NCAA) 934–252 (NJCAA)
TournamentsNCAA: 0–0 122-43 (NJCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • NJCAA National Champion (2010, 2012, 2014) 15x Region XI Regular Season (2005-2019,2022) 12X North District (2005, 2007,12, 14-16, 18-19)
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)

Playing career

Rardin attended Starmont High School in Arlington, Iowa and played college baseball at Indian Hills Community College before transferring to Iowa Wesleyan University.

Coaching career

Rardin began his coaching career as the pitching coach at Bluefield College. In 1998, he became an volunteer pitching coach at Baylor.[1] 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.[2]

On June 15, 2022, Rardin was named the head coach of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.[3]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
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  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ^ Adam Revelette. "Inside Interview: Marc Rardin, Iowa Western Community College". www.abca.org. AMERICAN BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "Two former JUCO champion coaches hired by DI schools". www.gjsentinel.com. The Daily Sentinel. June 16, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "Tops hire Marc Rardin as next baseball coach". www.bgdailynews.com. Bowling Green Daily News. June 15, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2022.