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Head
Coach Chris Schwarz
Chris Schwarz enters his fifth season as the UW-La Crosse baseball head coach in 2009. The Eagles finished 19-20 overall and 12-12 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) last year. UW-L was 17-21 in 2007.
Schwarz was named the 2006 WIAC Coach of the Year after the Eagles finished 22-19 overall and 15-9 in the conference. UW-L’s 15 conference victories were the most since finishing 18-10 in 2002. The Eagles also earned their first win in the conference tournament since 2002 with a 5-4 victory over UW-Oshkosh May 13 before falling 10-9 to eventual champion UW-Stevens Point in the semifinals May 14.
The Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association also felt the 2006 season was noteworthy, and named Schwarz the 2006 Wisconsin College Coach of the Year.
Schwarz earned his bachelor’s (2002) and master’s (2004) degrees from UW-L. He was a four-year baseball letter winner for the Eagles and was named to the 2002 All-WIAC Team after pitching in a school record 19 games. He went 2-1 with a 4.32 earned run average and had a team-leading seven saves in 2002, tied for second-most in single-season school history.
Schwarz is second in career saves at UW-L with 10. A member of two WIAC Championship teams (1998, 2000), Schwarz was an Eagles’ team captain in 2002.
He also earned three letters with the UW-L football team and was a member of the conference champion squad in 1999. Schwarz was named to the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll in 2001 and 2002.
Along with his coaching duties, Schwarz works in the UW-L Foundation Office. He resides in Westby, Wis., with his wife, Katie.
Assistant Coaches
Sean Gavaghan, Joe Mohr, Matt Kloss, Casey Bablitch and Travis Check will serve as assistant coaches in 2009.
