Coaching Staff
Within the athletics program at Indiana Tech you will find only the best coaches with a proven record of success for themselves and their student athletes on and off the field.
Get to know Coach McWilliams
In July of 2007, Indiana Tech announced Kip McWilliams as the Head Baseball Coach. Kip is entering his fifth season as head coach at Indiana Tech. Coach McWilliams has an overall record of 131-103, with four appearances in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Championship game and NAIA national tournament. After winning the 2009, 2010, and 2011 WHAC Tournament Championships the Warriors received an automatic bid to the Opening Round of Nationals.
Yearly Breakdown
- 2008 - 29-29, .500, WHAC Runner-up, Region VIII Appearance
- 2009 - 31-26, .556, WHAC Tournament Champions, 4th Place Opening Round (Cleveland, TN)
- 2010 - 34-28, .548, WHAC Tournament Champions, 4th Place Opening Round (Columbus, GA)
- 2011 - 37-20, .633, WHAC Tournament Champions, Runner-up Opening Round (Cleveland, TN)
Coach McWilliams has been very fortunate to coach wonderful athletes at Indiana Tech. In his four seasons, Indiana Tech has produced 14 WHAC All-Conference players, as well as two WHAC Player's of the Year (Will Richards and Justin Medeiros), 17 WHAC Honorable Mention All-Conference, seven WHAC Gold Glove athletes, and 14 WHAC Players of the Week. Nationally in the past three seasons the Warriors have had one All-Region, two Honorable Mention All-Americans and one Pre-Season All-American.
What McWilliams is most proud of is the academic excellence his athletes produce in the classroom. In four seasons, the Warrior baseball teams have had 32 WHAC All-Academic players and an impressive 11 Academic All-Americans. The 2011 team produced a team grade point average of 3.067. The 2010 and 2011 teams have achieved Academic All-American team status recognized by the NAIA
Being born and raised in Bloomington, Ind., McWilliams was a two sport athlete at Bloomington South High School in baseball and football. Even though he was an All-State football player, his love was in the game of baseball.
After graduation, McWilliams played football and baseball at Franklin College for two seasons. Transferring to IUPUI gave him the opportunity to coach at the Division I level for two seasons. During his stint at IUPUI he was in charge recruiting and working with the catchers. For eight seasons, Coach McWilliams was the assistant coach for Marian University. During his stint at Marian, the Knights tallied 230 victories and 170 losses. Marian won five Mid-Central College Conference titles, as well had six Regional appearances.
Coach McWilliams has his Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education from Indiana University. Kip and his wife, formerly Melissa Fadley from Upper Sandusky, Ohio are newlyweds and reside in Fort Wayne.
Assistant Coaches
Zach Brown
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Taylor Hoisington
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Justin Medeiros
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Shane Tirey
Assistant Coach
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In 2008, Shane Tirey helped lead the Warriors to a Region VIII appearance and a conference runner-up. Tirey is entering his third season as a member of the coaching staff. He brings great experience to the staff, mainly being responsible for the middle-infielders and assisting with hitting. Tirey is also in charge of the Warriors' base running this season.
The 2008 season was an outstanding season for Tirey. He led the team in many categories in batting average (.359), hits (65), doubles (17), base on balls (32), on-base percentage (.471), and (9) sacrifice bunts. Tirey was a team captain, WHAC Conference Player of the Week, and All-WHAC Conference second baseman.
Tirey began attending Indiana Tech in the fall of 2006, and he helped the 2007 Warriors win the WHAC Championship. He played a solid second base for the Warriors in two seasons. Tirey hails from Bellbrook, Ohio. Before his two seasons at Indiana Tech, he played at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio.
Tirey received an industrial and manufacturing engineering degree from Indiana Tech in 2009.
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