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State University Soft Hands Fielding Clinic on December 1st
Ball State University Head Baseball Coach, Rich Maloney will be having his second Annual Camp in Fort Wayne Indiana as part I of the College Clinics offered in 2012 by the Diamond Baseball & Softball Academy.
For the past 10 seasons, Maloney served as the head baseball coach at Michigan, guiding the Wolverines to a 341-224 (.604) overall record. He led Michigan to three Big Ten Conference titles, two 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 Year.
Maloney also guided the Wolverines to Big Ten Tournament berths in seven of his 10 seasons, including a streak of six straight from 2003-08. His teams also made four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances (2005, '06, '07, '08).
Prior to being named the Head Coach at Michigan, Maloney amassed a 256-144-1 (.640) overall record in seven years as BSU's head coach, including a 141-60 (.704) ledger in Mid-American Conference games. Maloney guided Ball State to four MAC West Division titles (1998, '99, 2000,'01) and two MAC Regular Season titles (1998, '99).
Maloney also led the Ball State baseball program to the only two 40-win seasons in program history - - 42 in 1999 and 40 in 1997 - - and was named the 1998 and 2001 MAC Coach of the Year.
Over his 17-year collegiate coaching career, Maloney has mentored 51 different players who have been drafted a total of 57 times. He has coached five first round draft picks, with all five playing at Ball State.
