Jim Schmitz

• Schools Ohio State University, Wilmington College

Biographical Information

Jim Schmitz has been a long-time college coach.

Schmitz was head coach of Wilmington College from 1984-1986, guiding them to their first 20-win season in '86. From 1987-1990, he was at the helm of the University of Cincinnati, setting a school record with 31 wins in 1987. He then was assistant coach at the University of Mississippi from 1991-1994. He became head coach of Eastern Illinois University in 1995 and took them to their first NCAA Tournament trip in 1999. He went 538-576-1 at EIU and was fired following the 2015 season.

Source: EIU bio

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1984	Wilmington College	18-20
1985	Wilmington College	18-20
1986	Wilmington College	25-20		NAIA District Tournaments
1987	University of Cincinnati	31-21	5-8	Metro
1988	University of Cincinnati	28-21	7-10	Metro
1989	University of Cincinnati	21-30	3-14	Metro
1990	University of Cincinnati	23-29	5-10	Metro
1995	Eastern Illinois University	28-19	15-5	Mid-Con
1996	Eastern Illinois University	25-22	15-3	Mid-Con
1997	Eastern Illinois University	25-28	13-11	OVC
1998	Eastern Illinois University	37-16	17-6	OVC
1999	Eastern Illinois University	33-23	17-7	OVC / CWS Regionals
2000	Eastern Illinois University	22-33	10-13	OVC
2001	Eastern Illinois University	35-20	19-1	OVC
2002	Eastern Illinois University	25-26	12-8	OVC
2003	Eastern Illinois University	26-31	8-12	OVC
2004	Eastern Illinois University	26-30	17-9	OVC
2005	Eastern Illinois University	17-39	14-13
2006	Eastern Illinois University	31-24	17-10	OVC
2007	Eastern Illinois University	23-28	12-14
2008	Eastern Illinois University	27-30	13-13	OVC / CWS Regionals
2009	Eastern Illinois University	31-19	13-5	OVC
2010	Eastern Illinois University	18-35	11-12	OVC
2011	Eastern Illinois University	18-33	9-12
2012	Eastern Illinois University	29-92	15-11	OVC
2013	Eastern Illinois University	22-27	11-17
2014	Eastern Illinois University	22-33-1	15-14-1	OVC
2015	Eastern Illinois University	13-36	9-21