Brian Schmack

Brian Robert Schmack (born December 7, 1973) is an American baseball coach and former relief pitcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Valparaiso Crusaders. He played college baseball at Northern Illinois Huskies for coach Spanky McFarland from 1992 to 1995. He went undrafted out of NIU in 1995 and played for the independent Newark Bison of the Frontier League. In 1996, the Chicago White Sox signed him to a minor league deal. He spent 5 seasons in the White Sox' organization and then played 3 with the Texas Rangers' organization before signing with the Detroit Tigers on November 19, 2002. He made his major league debut with the Tigers in 2003, playing 11 games with a 3.46 ERA. In 2004, his final professional season, he pitched for Double-A Erie and Triple-A Toledo in the Tigers' organization.

Brian Schmack
Valparaiso Crusaders
Relief pitcher
Born: (1973-12-07) December 7, 1973
Chicago
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 24, 2003, for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
September 27, 2003, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
Win–loss record1–0
Earned run average3.46
Strikeouts4
Teams

Coaching career

In 2007, Schmack was hired as pitching coach at Valparaiso. He was promoted to Associate Head Coach in 2011, and elevated to the top position prior to the 2014 season.[1]

Yearly records

Below is a table of Schmack's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[2]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Valparaiso Crusaders (Horizon League) (2014–2017)
2014 Valparaiso 25–2812–123rdHorizon Tournament
2015 Valparaiso 22–3115–143rdHorizon Tournament
2016 Valparaiso 30–2817–124thHorizon Tournament
2017 Valparaiso 24–2913–154thHorizon Tournament
Valparaiso Crusaders (Missouri Valley Conference) (2018–present)
2018 Valparaiso 18–326–156thMissouri Valley Tournament
2019 Valparaiso 14–366–157thMissouri Valley Tournament
2020 Valparaiso 2–140–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
Valparaiso: 135–19869–83
Total:135–198

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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See also

References
  1. "Valpo names Brian Schmack as Head Coach". College Baseball Daily. July 24, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  2. "2014 Horizon League Standings". D1Baseball.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2014.


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