coach_team birth_date alma_mater tournament_record current_team player_positions player_years current_record name birth_place awards sport championships coach_years overall_record current_title current_conference article_title player_team
southern illinois illinois -lrb- asst. -rrb- illinois -lrb- asst. -rrb- 15 february 1966 john ' 89 , '96 a. logan college '86 southern illinois university carbondale ncaa : 6-6 big ten : 10-14 illinois c 1985 -- 1986 1987 -- 1988 326-230-1 dan hartleb hamilton , ohio big ten coach of the year : 2015 baseball big : 2011 ten : 2011 , 2015 big ten tournament 1989 -- 1990 1991 -- 2005 2006 -- present 326-230-1 head coach big ten dan hartleb
 john a. logan southern illinois
dan hartleb

dan hartleb -lrb- born february 15 , 1966 -rrb- is an american college baseball coach , currently the head coach of illinois .
he has held that position since prior to the start of the 2006 season .
under hartleb , the fighting illini have appeared in two ncaa tournaments .
hartleb played two seasons of junior college baseball at john a. logan college before finishing his playing career with two seasons at southern illinois .
his coaching career began immediately after his playing career ended , as he served as a graduate assistant under itch jones at southern illinois from 1989 -- 1990 .
when jones was offered the head coaching position at illinois following the 1990 season , hartleb went with him and served as an illinois assistant from 1991 -- 2005 .
hartleb became the head coach at illinois when jones retired at the end of the 2005 season .
the illini qualified for four big ten tournaments in hartleb 's first five seasons , finishing with an above -.500 record in each .
they failed to make an ncaa tournament or win more than one game in a big ten tournament , however , and media outlets raised the possibility that hartleb 's contract would not be renewed following the 2010 .
it was , however , and illinois won the big ten regular season and tournament titles the following year , qualifying for the ncaa tournament .
there , the team went 2-2 and reached a regional final .
after missing the big ten tournament in 2012 , illinois reached another ncaa tournament in 2013 .
following the season , hartleb signed a new , multi-year contract .
due to the death of his father , hartleb spent some time away from the team during the 2014 season .
