Marlin Ikenberry
American baseball player and coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marlin Ikenberry is an American baseball coach and former catcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the James Madison Dukes. He played college baseball at VMI for coach Chris Finwood from 1992 to 1995. He served at head coach of the VMI Keydets for 11 seasons, from 2004 to 2014. He was hired on July 22, 2003,[1] the successor to Tom Slater, who departed for a coaching position at the University of Florida. Ikenberry resigned the position to after the 2014 season to pursue a business opportunity.[2]
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | James Madison |
Conference | Sun Belt |
Record | 184-184 |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1973-02-23) February 23, 1973 (age 51) Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1992–1995 | VMI |
Position(s) | Catcher |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1998–2000 | William & Mary (asst.) |
2001–2003 | VMI (asst.) |
2004–2014 | VMI |
2016–present | James Madison |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 466–491–1 (.483) |
Ikenberry is a 1995 graduate of VMI. He is the Keydets' winningest head baseball coach, as well as the program's longest tenured head coach. He had a career coaching record of 282–307–1 (.475) in his eleven seasons at VMI.[3]