Steve Coleman
Baseball
Coach
Steve Coleman begins his second year as head coach at
Hardin-Simmons University. On June 18, 1997, Coleman became
Hardin-Simmons' 22nd head coach in the 67-season history of the
program.
Coleman, 35, has been associated with college baseball for just one season but isn't a stranger to the dugout or the playoffs. In seven years of high school coaching, his teams made the playoffs five times.
Coleman previously coached at Permian High School in Odessa from 1994 through 1997. He took the Panthers to the Class 5A playoffs twice infour seasons.
Before that, Coleman earned his first head coaching job at Frenship High School in Wolfforth. In three years there, he compiled a 70-30 record and took the Tigers to the playoffs all three years, including a Class 4A state final appearance in 1993.
Coleman was a standout third baseman and catcher at Lubbock Christian University from 1983 to 1985. He helped the Chaps win the NAIA World Series in 1983 and was honorable-mention All-American in 1983.He transfered to LCU after one year at Oklahoma University, where he earned a scholarship after a stellar career at Monterey High School in Lubbock.
In 1981, he helped the Plainsmen to the Class 5A state title and, in the process, set four batting records that still stand today.
Coleman earned a B.S. in Secondary Education from LCU in 1985. He was hired as an assistant baseball and football coach at Coronado High School in Lubbock in 1986, where he remained until 1990. Coleman, who was inducted into the LCU Hall of Honor in 1996, married the former Lisa Everett in 1982. They have two sons, Chad, 16, and Brad, 13. (top of page)
Just call Hardin-Simmons second-year head coach Steve Coleman an eternal optimist.
Gone from last year are four of the top five hitters off the team, accounting for more than half of the team's offensive output. And last year's pitching staff had a whopping 8.84 ERA.
The Cowboys went 18-25 last year but lost 14 of their last 15, including a quick, two-game exit from the American Southwest Conference Tournament. Two starters, five pitchers and 11 lettermen return from last year's squad. Two-time All-American Southwest Conference outfielder Clay Johnston returns for his third season. Last year, Johnston's season was cut short after a knee injury against Howard Payne on April 3. HSU's other returning starter is sophomore third baseman Aaron Boto, who showed signs of brilliance as a freshman.
Coleman's biggest concern is filling the hole in the middle of the infield vacated by all-conference standouts Javier Solis and Robbie Schwab. Together, the shortstop and second baseman were ninth in NCAA Division III in double plays and drove in 77 runs together with a combined .421 average. This year, Coleman plans on putting Abilene Christian transfer Matt Travis at shortstop, with returning letterman Lane Brannan and Howard Payne transfer Shane Naterman battling for the starting spot at second base.
At first base, gone is Angel Herrera, who led the team with 55 RBI. In his place will go Jeremy Browning, a power hitter from Odessa High who put up lofty numbers at Frank Phillips College last season. The outfield has quite a few new faces as well. John Joslin, last year's home runs leader who started all 45 games in left field, departed, as did senior center fielder Ricky Ballard. Coleman will use a platoon in left field, using Shawn Bigham when he's not pitching, then countering with Sweetwater product Marty Smith. In center, Howard Payne and LeTourneau transfer Joey Richards earned the starting job. Richards set a LeTourneau record in 1998 by scoring 58 runs and will be HSU's leadoff hitter this year.
With the arrival of two junior college transfers, Coleman says that pitching has turned into a strength for the 1999 season. Expected to make an immediate impact on the HSU starting rotation are lefthander Cande Montes and righthander Brandon Swinney, who both have at least two years of junior college experience. And Coleman expects good things from returning letterman Bigham, Cody Gohlke, Ray Quick, Jody Curry, Adam Pate, Johnny Golden and freshmen Eric Alvarez, Chris Hagerman and Andy Schmeltzer. (top of page)
1999 Team Roster## Name Pos B/T Ht Wt Cl Hometown -- ---- --- --- -- -- -- ------------------- 1 Shane Naterman 2B R/R 5-8 150 SR Bedford, Texas 2 David Schillings OF R/R 5-10 160 FR Magnolia, Texas 3 Marty Smith OF R/R 5-11 165 SO Sweetwater, Texas 4 Lane Brannan 2B/SS R/R 5-10 155 JR Odessa, Texas 6 Matt Travis SS/3B R/R 5-8 180 SO Grapevine, Texas 7 Jonathon Archer 2B R/R 5-7 140 FR Crowley, Texas 8 Aaron Boto 3B R/R 5-11 170 SO Grapevine, Texas 9 Adam Pate P L/L 5-10 180 JR Colorado Springs, Colo. 10 Clay Johnston OF R/R 5-11 190 JR Midland, Texas 11 Matt Cooper 3B R/R 5-10 170 SO Arlington, Texas 12 Joey Richards OF R/L 6-0 165 SR Merkel, Texas 13 Matt Stage P L/L 5-9 160 FR St. Paul, Minn. 14 Cande Montes P L/L 6-0 190 JR Kermit, Texas 15 Jeremy Smith C L/L 5-10 200 FR Brownwood, Texas 16 Matt Williams C/3B R/R 5-9 190 SO Bedford, Texas 17 Brandon Swinney P R/R 6-3 195 SR Odessa, Texas 19 Brian Bigham P R/R 6-4 180 SO Lubbock, Texas 20 Noel Ribota C R/R 5-8 165 SO Fort Worth, Texas 21 David Daniel P L/L 5-11 160 FR Fort Worth, Texas 22 Jeremy Browning 1B/DH R/R 6-3 195 JR Odessa, Texas 23 Andy Schmeltzer P R/R 5-10 175 SO Wichita Falls, Texas 25 Nick Larson SS/2B R/R 5-11 140 FR Keller, Texas 27 Lee Jordan C R/R 6-1 185 SO Colorado Springs, Colo. 28 Johnny Golden DH/P R/R 6-5 250 JR Alvin, Texas 29 Eric Alvarez P R/R 6-2 180 FR Stamford, Texas 30 Shawn Bigham P/OF R/R 6-3 195 JR Lubbock, Texas 31 Ryan Quick P R/R 5-9 145 JR Libertyville, Ill. 32 Cody Gohlke P R/R 6-2 185 JR Crawford, Texas 33 Jody Curry P L/L 6-1 205 JR Decatur, Texas 34 Chris Hagerman P R/R 6-3 175 FR Azle, Texas 34 Bryan Hollis 1B R/R 6-1 190 FR Houston, Texas 35 Aaron Hollis OF R/R 6-1 190 FR Houston, Texas |
1999 Schedule & ResultsDate Opposing team Score r h e/ r h e Inns Overall ASC
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Feb 16 Lubbock Christian 7-0 W 7 11 2/ 0 8 1 9 1- 0- 0 0- 0- 0
Feb 19 Trinity University 6-11 L 6 10 4/11 11 3 (10) 1- 1- 0 0- 0- 0
Feb 20 College of the SW 5-2 W 5 8 0/ 2 4 1 9 2- 1- 0 0- 0- 0
Feb 26 East Texas Baptist 16-7 W 16 15 1/ 7 8 1 9 3- 1- 0 0- 0- 0
Feb 27 East Texas Baptist 8-3 W 8 9 0/ 3 9 2 7 4- 1- 0 0- 0- 0
East Texas Baptist 6-7 L 6 11 5/ 7 5 1 7 4- 2- 0 0- 0- 0
Mar 2 Wayland Baptist 10-9 W 10 10 1/ 9 12 2 9 5- 2- 0 0- 0- 0
Mar 5 at Univ. of the Ozarks 22-2 W 22 12 0/ 2 5 3 9 6- 2- 0 0- 0- 0
Mar 6 at Univ. of the Ozarks 16-2 W 16 15 2/ 2 6 2 7 7- 2- 0 0- 0- 0
at Univ. of the Ozarks 3-5 L 3 8 2/ 5 9 3 7 7- 3- 0 0- 0- 0
#Mar 8 Tarleton State 8-5 W 8 13 0/ 5 10 1 7 8- 3- 0 0- 0- 0
# Southwestern 4-9 L 4 3 4/ 9 12 4 7 8- 4- 0 0- 0- 0
#Mar 9 North Park 14-2 W 14 16 2/ 2 4 5 7 9- 4- 0 0- 0- 0
# Southwestern 9-21 L 9 9 6/21 16 2 7 9- 5- 0 0- 0- 0
#Mar 10 North Park 11-6 W 11 15 0/ 6 9 2 7 10- 5- 0 0- 0- 0
# Concordia-Austin 4-2 W 4 7 1/ 2 9 1 7 11- 5- 0 0- 0- 0
Mar 13 University of Dallas (Rained Out)
University of Dallas (Rained Out)
Mar 14 University of Dallas 2-6 L 2 7 0/ 6 10 2 9 11- 6- 0 0- 0- 0
~Mar 18 College of the SW (Rained Out)
~ Oklahoma Baptist (Rained Out)
~Mar 19 Sul Ross State 3-11 L 3 5 5/11 14 0 7 11- 7- 0 0- 0- 0
~ Mid-American Bible 5-1 W 5 9 0/ 1 5 1 7 12- 7- 0 0- 0- 0
~Mar 20 Schreiner College 4-3 W 4 7 3/ 3 8 2 7 13- 7- 0 0- 0- 0
~ Oklahoma Baptist 8-7 W 8 13 5/ 7 8 2 7 14- 7- 0 0- 0- 0
~ Sul Ross State 7-6 W 7 5 1/ 6 8 3 7 15- 7- 0 0- 0- 0
Mar 23 at Southwestern 1-7 L 1 7 1/ 7 12 5 9 15- 8- 0 0- 0- 0
*Mar 26 Howard Payne 12-5 W 12 16 5/ 5 7 3 9 16- 8- 0 1- 0- 0
*Mar 27 Howard Payne (rained out)
* Howard Payne (rained out)
Mar 30 Howard Payne(non-ASC) 3-12 L 3 6 1/12 14 0 7 16- 9- 0 1- 0- 0
Howard Payne(non-ASC) 1-4 L 1 8 1/ 4 7 1 7 16-10- 0 1- 0- 0
*Apr 2 at McMurry University 9-13 L 9 11 3/13 19 3 9 16-11- 0 1- 1- 0
*Apr 3 at McMurry University 8-10 L 8 10 3/10 10 3 7 16-12- 0 1- 2- 0
* at McMurry University 4-1 W 4 6 1/ 1 3 2 7 17-12- 0 2- 2- 0
Apr 5 at Lubbock Christian 9-17 L 9 11 4/17 15 2 9 17-13- 0 2- 2- 0
Apr 7 at Wayland Baptist 8-13 L 8 13 4/13 15 2 9 17-14- 0 2- 2- 0
*Apr 9 Sul Ross State 8-27 L 8 15 7/27 26 1 9 17-15- 0 2- 3- 0
*Apr 10 Sul Ross State 1-2 L 1 8 0/ 2 5 1 7 17-16- 0 2- 4- 0
* Sul Ross State 6-13 L 6 11 1/13 14 1 7 17-17- 0 2- 5- 0
*Apr 16 at Mary Hardin-Baylor
*Apr 17 at Mary Hardin-Baylor
* at Mary Hardin-Baylor
Apr 20 at Lubbock Christian
*Apr 23 Schreiner College
*Apr 24 Schreiner College
* Schreiner College
* Denotes ASC Game # Denotes McMurry Classic ~ Denotes Hardin-Simmons Classic () Denotes Extra Innings |
Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 35 Aaron Hollis..... .667 4-0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 .667 1 0 0 0 .750 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 3 Marty Smith...... .429 16-4 14 3 6 1 0 0 6 7 .500 2 1 2 0 .529 0 1 2-2 12 0 0 1.000 34 Bryan Hollis..... .429 5-1 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 .429 0 0 2 0 .429 0 0 0-0 14 2 1 .941 16 Matt Williams.... .392 23-16 51 10 20 7 0 1 12 30 .588 9 2 6 0 .492 1 0 1-1 80 6 2 .977 12 Joey Richards.... .391 34-34 138 36 54 12 2 0 16 70 .507 14 2 12 2 .455 0 2 13-19 68 2 1 .986 6 Matt Travis...... .382 30-29 102 28 39 5 0 3 19 53 .520 13 1 4 2 .457 0 0 6-6 27 57 11 .884 10 Clay Johnston.... .381 34-34 126 35 48 12 0 11 43 93 .738 16 2 29 1 .455 1 0 4-4 73 2 5 .938 30 Shawn Bigham..... .343 32-32 99 26 34 6 2 4 28 56 .566 10 6 19 2 .427 2 0 4-4 48 10 4 .935 28 Johnny........... .333 10-1 12 1 4 0 0 1 2 7 .583 0 1 2 0 .385 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 22 Jeremy Browning.. .298 32-31 104 23 31 8 1 3 23 50 .481 19 1 13 5 .408 1 0 1-1 226 9 3 .987 8 Aaron Boto....... .297 32-32 111 23 33 7 1 1 21 45 .405 15 1 5 9 .380 2 0 1-2 15 35 9 .847 1 Shane Naterman... .286 33-33 105 30 30 6 1 1 18 41 .390 20 1 11 3 .395 3 4 6-6 38 49 5 .946 2 David Schillings. .286 12-5 21 4 6 1 0 0 1 7 .333 2 1 1 0 .375 0 0 1-1 15 2 0 1.000 7 Jonathon Archer.. .250 8-1 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 .375 1 0 1 0 .333 0 0 0-0 2 3 3 .625 4 Lane Brannan..... .237 30-28 93 14 22 6 0 1 11 31 .333 10 0 16 1 .311 0 5 6-7 36 69 14 .882 20 Noel Ribota...... .204 25-20 54 8 11 2 0 1 11 16 .296 12 0 12 1 .338 2 2 0-1 114 18 5 .964 25 Nick Larson...... .158 16-5 19 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 .158 2 0 4 0 .238 0 0 1-1 1 15 4 .800 11 Matt Cooper...... .000 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 15 Jeremy Smith..... .000 1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000 21 David............ .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 5 0 1.000 27 Lee Jordan....... .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 1.000 -------------- 29 Eric Alvarez..... .000 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 1 1 0 1.000 Totals.............. .325 34-34 1072 248 348 74 7 27 215 517 .482 146 19 142 26 .411 12 14 46-55 777 318 75 .936 Opponents........... .308 34-34 1103 251 340 67 10 30 223 517 .469 119 24 197 19 .385 7 17 45-54 757 362 68 .943 (top of page)
Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 17 Brandon Swinney.. 3.77 3-4 9 7 3 0/0 0 45.1 45 29 19 17 33 5 1 4 182 .247 4 3 0 1 2 21 David............ 4.80 2-0 4 2 1 0/0 0 15.0 19 14 8 12 18 2 0 3 62 .306 5 0 0 1 2 30 Shawn Bigham..... 5.80 3-1 8 6 2 0/0 0 40.1 52 29 26 9 25 11 1 2 168 .310 2 5 0 0 0 14 Cande Montes..... 6.28 3-2 8 6 3 1/0 0 43.0 57 47 30 21 31 11 2 4 188 .303 5 3 1 1 5 29 Eric Alvarez..... 7.50 0-1 5 2 0 0/0 0 12.0 17 11 10 4 10 4 0 3 56 .304 3 0 0 1 1 23 Andy Schmeltzer.. 7.71 0-0 8 0 0 0/0 0 9.1 20 12 8 3 4 5 1 1 49 .408 0 1 0 0 0 32 Cody Gohlke...... 7.97 3-5 9 6 1 0/0 0 35.0 42 38 31 16 24 10 0 5 136 .309 6 8 0 1 4 33 Jody Curry....... 8.10 1-0 7 1 1 0/0 0 13.1 20 12 12 5 8 7 1 1 58 .345 0 0 0 0 0 31 Ryan Quick....... 8.70 1-3 11 2 1 0/0 1 30.0 42 33 29 19 31 5 4 4 132 .318 1 3 0 0 3 19 Brian Bigham..... 9.00 1-0 2 1 0 0/0 0 5.0 4 6 5 5 8 2 0 0 20 .200 4 0 0 0 0 13 Matt Stage....... 9.35 0-0 6 0 0 0/0 0 8.2 16 11 9 2 4 4 0 1 40 .400 4 1 0 2 0 C.Williams.......... 18.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 7 .571 0 0 0 0 0 28 Johnny........... 54.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 9 Adam Pate........ 67.50 0-1 1 1 0 0/0 0 0.2 2 5 5 3 0 1 0 1 4 .500 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.............. 6.81 17-17 34 34 12 1/0 1 259.0 340 251 196 119 197 67 10 30 1103 .308 35 24 1 7 17 Opponents........... 7.20 17-17 34 34 9 0/0 2 252.1 348 248 202 146 142 74 7 27 1072 .325 32 19 4 12 14 (top of page)
