# Rob Bishop (baseball)

Rob Bishop is an American college baseball coach and former player. Bishop is the head coach of the South Dakota State Jackrabbits baseball team.

## Playing career

Bishop enrolled at Jamestown College, to play college baseball for the Knights baseball team. As a senior in 1994, Bishop hit .439. As a sophomore in 1992 and as a senior in 1994, Bishop was named a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) All-American.

## Coaching career

Bishop began his coaching career a graduate assistant for the South Dakota State Jackrabbits baseball team. In 2000, Bishop received his first head coaching job at Huron University. In Bishop's lone season at Huron, he led the Screaming Eagles to a South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (SDIC) title as well as was named the Coach of the Year. Bishop then moved on to Miles Community College, who was reviving their baseball program. Bishop led Miles to a Mon-Dak Conference championship every season he was at Miles (2001–2010). In the Fall 2010, Bishop was hired as the head baseball coach at the Montana State University Billings.
On August 1, 2016, Bishop was named the head coach at South Dakota State.

## Head coaching record

The following is a record of Bishop's record at 4-year institutions.
Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Huron Screaming Eagles (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (2000) ||||||
| 2000 | Huron | 38–18 | – | 1st | |
| Huron NAIA: | Huron NAIA: | 38–18 | – | | |
| Miles Community College Pioneers (MonDak Conference) (2001–2010) ||||||
| Miles Community College (NJCAA): | Miles Community College (NJCAA): | 377–151 | NJCAA World Series Appearance (2007) | | |
| Montana State Billings Yellowjackets (Great Northwest Athletic Conference) (2011–2016) ||||||
| 2011 | Montana State Billings | 18–29 | 9–23 | 4th | |
| 2012 | Montana State Billings | 22–24 | 13–19 | 3rd | Great Northwest Tournament |
| 2013 | Montana State Billings | 21–27–1 | 17–14 | 3rd | Great Northwest Tournament |
| 2014 | Montana State Billings | 16–30 | 13–19 | 5th | |
| 2015 | Montana State Billings | 27–23 | 22–10 | 1st | Great Northwest Tournament |
| 2016 | Montana State Billings | 30–20 | 23–15 | T-1st | Great Northwest Tournament |
| Montana State Billings: | Montana State Billings: | 172–153–1 | 97–100 | | |
| South Dakota State Jackrabbits (Summit League) (2017–present) ||||||
| 2017 | South Dakota State | 26–24 | 18–12 | 3rd | Summit League Tournament |
| 2018 | South Dakota State | 18–32 | 14–13 | 4th | Summit League Tournament |
| 2019 | South Dakota State | 28–22 | 19–10 | 2nd | Summit League Tournament |
| 2020 | South Dakota State | 5–12 | 0–0 | | Season canceled due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | South Dakota State | 15–32 | 9–19 | 4th | Summit League Tournament |
| 2022 | South Dakota State | 22–23 | 13–9 | 3rd | |
| 2023 | South Dakota State | 24–28 | 13–11 | 3rd | Summit League Tournament |
| 2024 | South Dakota State | 20–29 | 11–17 | 6th | |
| South Dakota State: | South Dakota State: | 158–202 | 97–91 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 330–355–1 | | | |
| 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 ||||||