Eastern Illinois University

• Location: Charleston, IL
• Nickname: Panthers
• Conference: Ohio Valley Conference 1997-present; Mid-Continent Conference 1991-1996; Association of Mid-Continent Universities 1984-1990; Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1951-1969; Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1947-1950
• Ballpark: Coaches Stadium

Division-II College World Series runner-up in 1981

Eastern Illinois University was known as Eastern Illinois State Teachers College until 1947 and Eastern Illinois State College until 1957. The school has sponsored baseball since 1904, except 1943.

Coaches

• A.B. Crowe, 1904-1911
• Charles Lantz, 1912-1943, 1945-1950, 1952
• Henry Miller, 1951
• Clifton White, 1953-1956
• Bill Rogers, 1957
• Jack Kaley, 1958-1962
• Bill McCabe, 1963-65, 1967-74
• Ben Newcomb, 1966
• J.W. Sanders, 1975-1977
• Tom McDevitt, 1978-1988
• Dan Callahan, 1989-1994
• Jim Schmitz, 1995-2015
• Jason Anderson, 2016-present

Assistant Coaches

• Jason Anderson, 2013-2015
• Derek Johnson, 1994
• Andy Lasher, 2019
• Skylar Meade, 2008-2012
• Nathan Sopena, 2015
• Steve Torricelli
• Bob Warn, early 1970s?

Notable Alumni

• Jason Anderson, pitcher
• Nick Balodimas, minor league player
• Hayden Birdsong, pitcher
• Tim Bogar, infielder; manager
• Zach Borenstein, minor league outfielder
• Tom Bruno, pitcher
• Dennis Conley, college coach
• Mike Dooley, college coach
• Matt Fincher, college coach
• Lincoln Gumbs, minor league infielder
• Andy Haines, minor league manager
• Kyle Haines, minor league infielder
• Ky Hampton, Australian national team pitcher
• Eric Hillman, pitcher
• Derek Johnson, coach
• Tyler Kehrer, minor league pitcher
• Will Klein, pitcher
• Bob Marsh, college coach
• Nick Maton, infielder
• Skylar Meade, college coach
• Randy Myers, pitcher
• Marty Pattin, pitcher
• Tim Pyznarski, outfielder
• Mike Recchia, minor league pitcher
• Ray Richmond, pitcher
• Pat Rooney, outfielder
• Stan Royer, infielder
• Kevin Seitzer, infielder
• Nathan Sopena, minor league infielder
• Nick Swartz, trainer
• Trey Sweeney, infielder
• Steve Torricelli, college coach
• Gary Wagner, pitcher
• Bart Zeller, catcher

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1904	4-0
1905	2-0
1906	4-2
1907	5-0
1908	9-3
1909	4-2
1910	2-5
1911	2-5
1912	2-5
1913	5-2
1914	3-4
1915	3-4
1916	3-3
1917	1-5
1918	6-4
1919	2-5
1920	6-2
1921	4-4
1922	3-4
1923	2-4
1924	6-3
1925	4-5
1926	3-7
1927	5-4
1928	1-9
1929	2-5
1930	1-5
1931	3-6
1932	4-7
1933	5-6
1934	3-7
1935	5-4
1936	4-6
1937	1-7
1938	6-7
1939	5-8
1940	4-10
1941	7-5
1942	6-7
1943	4-7
1945	3-6
1946	3-7
1947	10-5
1948	13-4
1949	10-7
1950	6-8
1951	10-5
1952	7-8
1953	11-3
1954	14-6
1955	12-13
1956	8-16
1957	4-11
1958	7-13
1959	14-15
1960	19-12	7-7
1961	18-11	11-6
1962	17-10	10-4
1963	15-10	6-6
1964	23-7	8-4	NAIA Area Tournaments / NAIA CWS
1965	15-8	5-5
1966	9-17	3-7
1967	14-17	3-6
1968	18-7	3-4
1969	10-14	1-5
1970	13-20
1971	25-12		NAIA District Tournaments
1972	19-11		NAIA District Tournaments
1973	27-13		Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
1974	22-14
1975	25-15		Division II Regionals
1976	36-11		Division II Regionals
1977	23-23
1978	27-19		Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
1979	20-18
1980	26-20
1981	36-14		Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
1982	29-12
1983	22-12
1984	19-11		AMCU
1985	33-14-1	8-0	AMCU
1986	29-22-1	4-7
1987	31-22-1	9-3	AMCU
1988	27-23	6-6	AMCU
1989	31-19	6-2	AMCU
1990	24-30	4-7	Mid-Con
1991	27-32	9-2	Mid-Con
1992	24-30	13-7	Mid-Con
1993	23-23-1	9-6-1	Mid-Con
1994	24-24	14-8
1995	28-19	15-5	Mid-Con
1996	25-22	15-3	Mid-Con
1997	25-28	13-11	OVC
1998	37-16	17-6	OVC
1999	33-23	17-7	OVC / CWS Regionals
2000	22-33	10-13	OVC
2001	35-20	19-1	OVC
2002	25-26	12-8	OVC
2003	26-31	8-12	OVC
2004	26-30	17-9	OVC
2005	17-39	14-13
2006	31-24	17-10	OVC
2007	23-28	12-14
2008	27-30	13-13	OVC / CWS Regionals
2009	31-19	13-5	OVC
2010	18-35	11-12	OVC
2011	18-33	9-12
2012	29-92	15-11	OVC
2013	22-27	11-17
2014	22-33-1	15-14-1	OVC
2015	13-36	9-21
2016	15-39	8-22
2017	21-35	12-18
2018	23-31	12-18	OVC
2019	26-30	13-17	OVC
2020	8-6	2-1
2021	25-23	14-16
2022	33-20	12-12	OVC
2023	38-21	13-11	OVC / CWS Regionals
2024	20-33	13-14	OVC