Kevin Kocks

• Schools Austin Peay University, Eastern Kentucky University, Jackson Community College, Western Michigan University

Kevin Kocks has coached college baseball.

An infielder during his college playing days, Kocks was head coach of Bellarmine University from 1986-1991, going 157-133. From 1992-1995, he was an assistant coach at the University of Louisville. He also was a part-time scout for the Kansas City Royals from 1987-1996. In 1997, he was an assistant coach at New Mexico State University.

When Spalding University started their baseball program in 2000, Kocks was head coach, going 20-50. They improved to 35 wins in 2001 then 56-19 and a trip to the 2002 NAIA College World Series. The school was 55-21 and made the 2003 NAIA College World Series, then improved to 57-11 in 2004. In 2005, the school was 54-23 and made the 2005 NAIA College World Series. After going 35-28 in 2006, Kocks left Spalding State for the head job at Cleveland State University. The school went 14-44 his first year, then 22-31 in 2008 and 21-31 in 2009. They fell to 12-43 in both 2010 and 2011, then Cleveland State cut baseball due to budgetary limitations.

Kocks became head coach at Culver-Stockton College in 2012. He led the school to a 171-238-1 record through 2019 at which point his contract was not renewed [1].

Source: Cleveland State bio