Mark Van Ameyde

Mark Van Ameyde is a college baseball coach who is currently the pitching coach for the Michigan State Spartans baseball team. He previously served as the head baseball coach of the Eastern Michigan Eagles baseball program. He was named to that position prior to the 2015 season.[1]

Mark Van Ameyde
Current position
TitlePitching coach
TeamMichigan State
ConferenceBig Ten
Biographical details
Alma materUniversity of Detroit Mercy
Playing career
1991–1992Henry Ford CC
1993–1994Detroit Mercy
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2000Saint Mary's
2001–2004Detroit (asst.)
2005–2007Georgetown (asst.)
2008Eastern Michigan (asst.)
2009–2014Michigan State (asst.)
2015–2017Eastern Michigan
2018–presentMichigan State (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall70–106
TournamentsMAC: 3–2

Early years

Van Amyede was raised in Novi, Michigan, and attended Novi High School.[2]

Playing career

Van Ameyde began his collegiate playing career at Henry Ford Community College in 1991. In his first season, he helped lead the team to a regional championship.[3] He also played at Henry Ford in 1992 before moving on to the NCAA Division I ranks with the Detroit Titans. Van Ameyde spent two seasons at Detroit, earning all-conference and team MVP honors in his final season.

He graduated from Detroit in 1996 with a degree in communications.[2]

Coaching career

Van Ameyde began his coaching career as the head coach at Saint Mary's College. He helped start up the baseball program at Saint Mary's. Following two seasons at Saint Mary's, he moved on to help his coach his alma mater of Detroit. Over four seasons with the Titans, he spent time as both hitting coach and pitching coach, as well as recruiting coordinator. He left after the 2004 season, when the program was discontinued due to budget cuts.[4]

Following his tenure with Detroit, Van Ameyde spent three seasons as an assistant at Georgetown, serving as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator. In 2008, he served as an assistant at Eastern Michigan, where he helped lead the team to the NCAA Tournament. He also coached Matt Shoemaker, who current plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

After the 2008 season, Van Ameyde joined Eastern Michigan head coach Jake Boss on his staff at Michigan State. Over his six seasons with the Spartans, they made appearance in an NCAA Regional (2012), won a conference title (2011), and made three appearances in the Big Ten Conference Tournament.

On July 15, 2014, Van Ameyde returned to Eastern Michigan as head coach, his first head coaching position at the Division I level.[1]

Head coaching record

The following is a table of Van Ameyde's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Eastern Michigan Eagles (Mid-American Conference) (2015–2017)
2015 Eastern Michigan 20–359–186th West
2016 Eastern Michigan 23–3610–146th West
2017 Eastern Michigan 27–3514–102nd WestMid-American Tournament
Eastern Michigan: 70–10633–42
Total:70–106

      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. "Eastern Michigan names former assistant Mark Van Ameyde head coach". NCAA. July 15, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  2. "Mark Van Ameyde Bio". emueagles.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  3. "Mark Van Ameyde". msuspartans.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  4. "Take me out to the ball game: University of Detroit baseball team 1895-2004". University of Detroit Mercy. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
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