Defiance College

• Location: Defiance, OH
• Nickname: Yellow Jackets
• Conference: Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference 2025-present; Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference 2001-2024; Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, 1998-2000; Indepenent -1997; Association of Mideast Colleges ; Hoosier-Buckeye Collegiate Conference ; Mid-Ohio Conference ?-1971
• Division: NAIA

Defiance College sponsored baseball in 1905-1907, 1912-1913, 1916, 1921, 1923-1927, and 1947 to present. Steve Sakosits went here.

Coaches

• Vic Rowen, 1952-1954
• Merle McDonald, 1955-1960
• Bob Reising, 1961-1962
• Joe Dean, 1963
• Kirk Mee, 1964-1966
• Marv Hohenberger, 1967
• Roger Merb, 1968, 1970
• Lance Tigyer, 1969, 1971-1974
• Mike Snyder, 1975-1979
• Ed Platzer, 1980-1982
• Craig Rutter, 1983-2001
• Chad Donsbach, 2002-2007
• Derek Woodley, 2008-2022
• Ben Babcock, 2023
• Shane Gardner, 2024-present

Assistant Coaches

• Ben Babcock, 2022
• Cameron Castro, 2013-2015
• Steve Sakosits, 2007-2008
• Austin Straub, 2018-2019

Further Reading

• Roger J. Hawks: "Defiance College's Historic 1961 Postseason", The Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Volume 43, Number 1 (spring 2014), pp. 77-80.