CHICAGO (July 18, 2024) – The UIC baseball team announced a staffing change on Thursday, as former Creighton assistant coach
Mitch Mormann was added to the staff for the 2025 season.
Mormann will serve as an assistant coach on
Sean McDermott's staff, with a focus on recruiting and pitcher development.
"
Mitch has tremendous work ethic, passion and drive to recruit and develop players," commented head coach
Sean McDermott. "His experience as a professional player and several stops along his coaching career provide a new perspective to our UIC baseball family
. Mitch has coached several professional players and has proven track record of development. We are excited to have
Mitch on our staff and he has hit the ground already on the recruiting trail."
Mitch Mormann joined the Creighton staff in the fall of 2021 after three seasons as the recruiting coordinator and pitching coach at Ohio (2019-2021).
Mormann made an instant impact for the Bluejays pitching staff as Creighton closed the 2022 season ranked 37th in the NCAA with an ERA of 4.33. The Bluejays also held opponents to a .259 average with a 418 strikeouts. In the regular season (46 games), the Bluejays posted a team ERA of just 3.79, which would have placed them seventh in the country.
Mormann's influence helped Bluejay Tommy Steier set the Creighton single season record with a 1.62 ERA over 55.2 innings in 2022. Steier had a 4.02 ERA over 15.2 frames in his first full season with Creighton in 2021.
Mormann joined Ohio from South Dakota State (2016-19). While at SDSU, Mormann coached two First Team All-Summit League closers, three Second Team All-Summit League pitchers and two Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-Americans. Mormann's squad led the Summit League in pitching in 2019. Prior to SDSU, Mormann helped mold North Dakota's Zach Muckenhirn into the program's highest-ever draft pick (11th Round, 331st overall selection).
Mormann was a key member of the Ohio coaching staff in 2015, when the Bobcats won the 2015 Mid-American Conference championship and made an NCAA Regional. His college coaching career began at Des Moines Area Community College, where Mormann coached the 2014 NJCAA Division II National Player of the Year and won the ICCAC.
Mormann played at Des Moines Area Community College, LSU and Wichita State during his collegiate career. He was drafted three times in college and played in the San Francisco Giants organization.
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