# Rich Maloney

Richard Allen Maloney (born September 23, 1964) is an American college baseball coach, the head coach at Ball State since the start of the 2013 season. He is the former head coach of the Michigan Wolverines where he compiled a record of 341–244 and 3 Big Ten Regular Season Titles and 2 Big Ten Tournament Titles in 10 seasons, from 2003 to 2012. He led the Wolverines to four consecutive NCAA tournament appearances (2005–2008) and was the Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2007 and 2008.
From 1996 to 2002, he was the head coach at Ball State. He was named the MAC Baseball Coach of the year in 1998 and 2001. The Cardinals finished first in the MAC West for four straight seasons from 1998 to 2001 and won 3 Regular Season Titles. He returned in 2013 and led the Cardinals to 2 Mac West Titles and 2 Regular Season Titles and earned Coach of the Year honors in 2014 and 2022. In 2023 he led the Cardinals to their first Tournament Title since 2006.

## Head Coaching Record

The following is a table of Maloney's yearly records as an NCAA Division I head baseball coach.
Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Ball State Cardinals (Mid-American Conference) (1996–2002) ||||||
| 1996 | Ball State | 32–20–1 | 16–14 | T–5th | |
| 1997 | Ball State | 40–19 | 21–10 | 2nd | MAC Tournament |
| 1998 | Ball State | 39–18 | 23–8 | 1st (West) | MAC Tournament |
| 1999 | Ball State | 42–18 | 25–6 | 1st (West) | MAC Tournament |
| 2000 | Ball State | 34–23 | 18–8 | T–1st (West) | MAC Tournament |
| 2001 | Ball State | 35–23 | 21–5 | 1st (West) | MAC Tournament |
| 2002 | Ball State | 34–23 | 17–9 | 2nd (West) | MAC Tournament |
| Ball State: | Ball State: | | | | |
| Michigan Wolverines (Big Ten Conference) (2003–2012) ||||||
| 2003 | Michigan | 30–27 | 16–14 | 3rd | Big Ten Tournament |
| 2004 | Michigan | 34–26 | 19–13 | T–3rd | Big Ten Tournament |
| 2005 | Michigan | 42–19 | 17–12 | T–4th | Atlanta Regional |
| 2006 | Michigan | 43–21 | 23–9 | 1st | Atlanta Regional |
| 2007 | Michigan | 42–19 | 21–7 | 1st | Corvallis Super Regional |
| 2008 | Michigan | 46–14 | 26–5 | 1st | Ann Arbor Regional |
| 2009 | Michigan | 30–25 | 9–15 | 7th | |
| 2010 | Michigan | 35–22 | 14–10 | 2nd | Big Ten tournament |
| 2011 | Michigan | 17–37 | 7–16 | 10th | |
| 2012 | Michigan | 22–34 | 8–16 | 10th | |
| Michigan: | Michigan: | 341–244 (.583) | 160–117 (.578) | | |
| Ball State Cardinals (Mid-American Conference) (2013–present) ||||||
| 2013 | Ball State | 31–24 | 15–12 | 2nd (West) | MAC tournament |
| 2014 | Ball State | 39–18 | 22–4 | 1st (West) | MAC tournament |
| 2015 | Ball State | 33–25 | 14-13 | T-3rd (West) | MAC tournament |
| 2016 | Ball State | 32-26 | 15-9 | 1st (West) | MAC tournament |
| 2017 | Ball State | 30–28 | 14–10 | T-2nd (West) | MAC tournament |
| 2018 | Ball State | 32–26 | 17–10 | T-2nd | MAC tournament |
| 2019 | Ball State | 38–19 | 20–5 | 2nd | MAC tournament |
| 2020 | Ball State | 7–9 | 0–0 | | Season canceled due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | Ball State | 38–18 | 29–11 | 2nd | No Conference Tournament Held in 2021 |
| 2022 | Ball State | 40–19 | 32–7 | 1st | MAC tournament |
| 2023 | Ball State | 36–23 | 19-11 | T–2nd | NCAA Lexington Regional |
| 2024 | Ball State | 35-23-1 | 18-12 | 3rd | MAC tournament |
| 2025 | Ball State | 16-6 | 5-1 | | MAC tournament |
| Ball State: | Ball State: | 663-408-2 (.619) | 361-165 (.686) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 1004-652-2 (.606) | | | |
| 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 ||||||

## Draft Picks/First Rounders

In his career he coached 69 players drafted 76 times in the MLB Draft at Michigan and Ball State. Including 6 First Rounders all at Ball State. He had the first overall pick in 2002 Bryan Bullington it was the first time in MAC sports history a player was selected number 1 overall.
| Pick | Player | Team | Position | Year |
| 41 | Jeff Urban | San Francisco Giants | LHP | 1998 |
| 21 | Larry Bigbie | Baltimore Orioles | OF | 1999 |
| 1 | Bryan Bullington | Pittsburgh Pirates | RHP | 2002 |
| 32 | Luke Hagerty | Chicago Cubs | LHP | 2002 |
| 18 | Brad Snyder | Cleveland Indians | OF | 2003 |
| 34 | Drey Jameson | Arizona Diamondbacks | RHP | 2019 |

## Played In Majors

Coach Maloney has 14 players between Ball State and Michigan reached the Major Leagues.
* Bryan Bullington
* Larry Bigbie
* Brad Snyder (baseball)
* Jake Fox
* Chris Getz
* Clayton Richard
* Zach Putnam
* Ryan LaMarre
* Zach Plesac
* Drey Jameson
* Kyle Nicolas
* Alex Call
* Chayce McDermott
* Sam McConnell

## Player Awards

Between Michigan and Ball State he coached
* 6 Player of the Years
* 8 Pitcher of the Years
* 7 Freshman Player/Pitcher of the Years
* 4 Defensive Player of the Years
* 4 Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player Award
* 1 Gold Glover (given to best player at that position in the entire country)
* 1 National Freshman Pitcher of Year

## Head Coaching Tree

Head coaches that coached under Maloney throughout his career at Michigan and Ball State
Division 1
* Jake Boss: Eastern Michigan(2008) Michigan State(2009-Present)
* Jeff Mercer: Wright State(2016-2018) Indiana(2019-Present)
* Blake Beemer: Butler(2023-Present)
* Jason Murray: Charleston Southern(2005-2008)
Non- Division 1
* Matt Howard: IU Kokomo(2018-2021)
* Ray Skjold: Post University 2019-Present)
* Dustin Glant: Anderson University(2016)
* Matt Husted: Wheaton College(2013-Present)
* Bob Keller: Mississippi Gulf Coast(2022-Present)