Rich Maloney

Richard Allen Maloney (born September 23, 1964) is an American college baseball coach, the head coach at Ball State since the start of the 2013 season. He is the former head coach of the Michigan Wolverines where he compiled a record of 341–244 and 3 Big Ten Regular Season Titles and 2 Big Ten Tournament Titles in 10 seasons, from 2003 to 2012. He led the Wolverines to four consecutive NCAA tournament appearances (2005–2008) and was the Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2007 and 2008.

Rich Maloney

Maloney in 2011
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Ball State
Conference	Mid-American
Record	678-416-2 (.620)
Biographical details
Born	(1964-09-23) September 23, 1964 (age 60) Roseville, Michigan, U.S.
Playing career
1984–1986	Western Michigan
1986	Pulaski Braves
1987	Sumter Braves
1987–1990	Durham Bulls
1990–1991	Greenville Braves
Position(s)	Shortstop, Second Baseman, Third Baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–1995	Western Michigan (AHC)
1996–2002	Ball State
2003–2012	Michigan
2013–present	Ball State
Head coaching record
Overall	1019–660–2 (.607)
Tournaments	NCAA: 6–11
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3x Big Ten Conference Regular Season 2x Big Ten Conference Tournament 5x Mid-American Conference Regular Season 1x Mid-American ConferenceTournament 6x Mid-American Conference West Division 5x NCAA Regional Appearances 1x Regional Championship
Awards
4x Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year (1998, 2001, 2014, 2022) 2x Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year (2007, 2008) 2x Region Coach of the Year (2007, 2008) ABCA/Dave Keilitz Ethics in Coaching Award (2022) FCA Jerry Kindall Award (2017) Winningest Baseball Coach in Ball State History As Player 2x First-team All-MAC 2x All-district Squad Third team All-American Western Michigan Hall of Fame Roseville Michigan High School Hall of Fame Roseville Michigan High School No.1 Retired

From 1996 to 2002, he was the head coach at Ball State. He was named the MAC Baseball Coach of the year in 1998 and 2001. The Cardinals finished first in the MAC West for four straight seasons from 1998 to 2001 and won 3 Regular Season Titles. He returned in 2013 and led the Cardinals to 2 Mac West Titles and 2 Regular Season Titles and earned Coach of the Year honors in 2014 and 2022. In 2023 he led the Cardinals to their first Tournament Title since 2006.

Head Coaching Record

The following is a table of Maloney's yearly records as an NCAA Division I head baseball coach.^[1][2][3][4]

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Ball State Cardinals (Mid-American Conference) (1996–2002)
1996	Ball State	32–20–1	16–14	T–5th
1997	Ball State	40–19	21–10	2nd	MAC Tournament
1998	Ball State	39–18	23–8	1st (West)	MAC Tournament
1999	Ball State	42–18	25–6	1st (West)	MAC Tournament
2000	Ball State	34–23	18–8	T–1st (West)	MAC Tournament
2001	Ball State	35–23	21–5	1st (West)	MAC Tournament
2002	Ball State	34–23	17–9	2nd (West)	MAC Tournament
Ball State:
Michigan Wolverines (Big Ten Conference) (2003–2012)
2003	Michigan	30–27	16–14	3rd	Big Ten Tournament
2004	Michigan	34–26	19–13	T–3rd	Big Ten Tournament
2005	Michigan	42–19	17–12	T–4th	Atlanta Regional
2006	Michigan	43–21	23–9	1st	Atlanta Regional
2007	Michigan	42–19	21–7	1st	Corvallis Super Regional
2008	Michigan	46–14	26–5	1st	Ann Arbor Regional
2009	Michigan	30–25	9–15	7th
2010	Michigan	35–22	14–10	2nd	Big Ten tournament
2011	Michigan	17–37	7–16	10th
2012	Michigan	22–34	8–16	10th
Michigan:		341–244 (.583)	160–117 (.578)
Ball State Cardinals (Mid-American Conference) (2013–present)
2013	Ball State	31–24	15–12	2nd (West)	MAC tournament
2014	Ball State	39–18	22–4	1st (West)	MAC tournament
2015	Ball State	33–25	14-13	T-3rd (West)	MAC tournament
2016	Ball State	32-26	15-9	1st (West)	MAC tournament
2017	Ball State	30–28	14–10	T-2nd (West)	MAC tournament
2018	Ball State	32–26	17–10	T-2nd	MAC tournament
2019	Ball State	38–19	20–5	2nd	MAC tournament
2020	Ball State	7–9	0–0		Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Ball State	38–18	29–11	2nd	No Conference Tournament Held in 2021
2022	Ball State	40–19	32–7	1st	MAC tournament
2023	Ball State	36–23	19-11	T–2nd	NCAA Lexington Regional
2024	Ball State	35-23-1	18-12	3rd	MAC tournament
2025	Ball State	31-14	17-4		MAC tournament
Ball State:		678-416-2 (.620)	373-168 (.689)
Total:		1019-660-2 (.607)
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

Draft Picks/First Rounders

In his career he coached 69 players drafted 76 times in the MLB Draft at Michigan and Ball State. Including 6 First Rounders all at Ball State. He had the first overall pick in 2002 Bryan Bullington it was the first time in MAC sports history a player was selected number 1 overall.

Pick	Player	Team	Position	Year
41	Jeff Urban	San Francisco Giants	LHP	1998
21	Larry Bigbie	Baltimore Orioles	OF	1999
1	Bryan Bullington	Pittsburgh Pirates	RHP	2002
32	Luke Hagerty	Chicago Cubs	LHP	2002
18	Brad Snyder	Cleveland Indians	OF	2003
34	Drey Jameson	Arizona Diamondbacks	RHP	2019

Played In Majors

Coach Maloney has 14 players between Ball State and Michigan reached the Major Leagues.

• Bryan Bullington

• Larry Bigbie

• Brad Snyder (baseball)

• Jake Fox

• Chris Getz

• Clayton Richard

• Zach Putnam

• Ryan LaMarre

• Zach Plesac

• Drey Jameson

• Kyle Nicolas

• Alex Call

• Chayce McDermott

• Sam McConnell

Player Awards

Between Michigan and Ball State he coached

• 6 Player of the Years

• 8 Pitcher of the Years

• 7 Freshman Player/Pitcher of the Years

• 4 Defensive Player of the Years

• 4 Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player Award

• 1 Gold Glover (given to best player at that position in the entire country)

• 1 National Freshman Pitcher of Year

Head Coaching Tree

Head coaches that coached under Maloney throughout his career at Michigan and Ball State

Division 1

• Jake Boss: Eastern Michigan(2008) Michigan State(2009-Present)

• Jeff Mercer: Wright State(2016-2018) Indiana(2019-Present)

• Blake Beemer: Butler(2023-Present)

• Jason Murray: Charleston Southern(2005-2008)

Non- Division 1

• Matt Howard: IU Kokomo(2018-2021)

• Ray Skjold: Post University 2019-Present)

• Dustin Glant: Anderson University(2016)

• Matt Husted: Wheaton College(2013-Present)

• Bob Keller: Mississippi Gulf Coast(2022-Present)