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Baseball
Coaching Staff
Darin Loe
Head Coach
Office: (660) 562-1352
E-mail: dloe@nwmissouri.edu
Northwest Missouri State University head baseball coach Darin Loe begins his eighth season with the Bearcats.
In 2006, Loe's Bearcats finished 26-23 with an impressive 17-9 record at home. In the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA), Northwest finished fifth with a 15-14 record, narrowly missing a chance at the MIAA tournament.
Coach Loe had eight players selected to the All-MIAA team a year ago. The one first teams, outfield Matt Coons, was lost to graduation, but three of the four second-team selections, shortstop John White and pitchers Brian Lamers and Brett Whittle, will be back again this year. White and Coons were American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-Central Regiona second-team selections in 2006. Loe also had 10 players on the MIAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll.
The 2007 team will include 25 new faces as only 16 players return to the field from last season. Coach Loe will have an entire new outfield as all three outfielders from a year ago were lost to graduation.
The 2003 season was Loe's most successful as a Bearcat, when he led the team to a second-place conference finish and a berth in the NCAA Regional Tournament. It was the first time the Bearcats had qualified for regional play since 1989.
When he came to Northwest in 2000, Loe took over a struggling program and turned it around. He has guided the Bearats to one third place and one second place finish in his six seasons since becoming the Bearcat skipper.
From 2000-2005, he led them to conference tournament berths. In 2003, the teams' 36 wins was the second highest victory total in school history behind the school-record 42 wins in 1989.
Coach Loe's overall record stands at 359-308 in 13 years as a head coach. At Northwest, Loe has compiled a 203-174 overall record.
Before coming to Northwest, Loe was the head coach at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kan. While at Baker, he led the Wildcats to two Heart of America Athletic Conference tournament championships in 1997 and 1998 and a third place regional finish in 1998.
He was also the head coach at Missouri Valley College for three seasons where he led the Vikings to their first HAAC tournament appearance. Loe's coaching career began as an assistant at North Dakota State.
He was a dominating pitcher at Valley City State University in Valley City, N.D., and holds many of the school's pitching records such as wins in a season, career wins (28), strikeouts in a season (121), and strikeouts in a career (380). Loe led the nation in strikeouts in 1987 with 121. He was also a standout quarterback at Valley City State. Loe was inducted into the Valley City State Hall of Fame in October of 2001.
At the culmination of his college career, Loe was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 26th round of the 1989 amateur draft. He played three seasons in the Mariner organization before entering the coaching ranks.
Coach Loe attained his bachelor's degree from Valley City State University in 1991 and a master's degree from North Dakota State University in the spring of 1994
Loe and his wife, Lisa, reside in Maryville with their daughters Abby (7), Macy (4) and son Cooper (2).
Matt Johnson
Assistant Coach
Office: (660) 562-1938
E-mail: johnson@nwmissouri.edu
Matt Johnson begins his fifth season as an assistant coach for the Bearcats. Johnson coaches the catchers and hitters and is the recruiting coordinator.
In his first season with the Bearcats, he was a graduate assistant, receiving master of science degree in education in physical education and health.
The Sawyer, N.D. native comes to Northwest after three years of playing professional baseball. He spent three seasons in the Independent Northern League, where he began his professional career with the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks and then played two seasons with the Allentown Ambassadors as a catcher before
Prior to playing professional ball, he was a four-year starter at Valley City State in North Dakota. During his college career, he earned three all-conference selections and one all-region and All-America honor. He was named the Dakota Athletic Conference- 10 Most Valuable Senior.
Johnson is working full time at Northwest as director of the campus fitness center. Johnson earned his Bachelor of Science in education degree from Valley City State in 2001 and his Master of Science in athletic administration degree from Northwest in 2004. He is a certified Health and Physical Education instructor.
Johnson and his wife, Brenda, reside in Maryville. They were married in December of 2001 and have a two-year-old son named Jase.
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