player_team coach_years current_team overall_record player_years coach_team current_title sport current_conference article_title name
indiana -- southeast indiana 1996 2010 2011 -- present 1997 -- 1998 2000 -- 2008 2009 -- western michigan 225 -- 373 -- 3 1986 -- 1988 1990 indiana michigan state -lrb- asst. -rrb- western michigan -lrb- asst. -rrb- ipfw -lrb- asst. -rrb- ipfw head coach baseball mid-american conference billy gernon
 billy gernon
billy gernon

billy gernon is an american college baseball coach , currently serving as head coach of the western michigan broncos baseball team .
he was named to that position prior to the 2011 season .
he previously served as head coach of the ipfw mastodons baseball team during their transition from division ii to division i. gernon played three seasons at indiana -- southeast before transferring to indiana for his final season .
in his senior season , he served as the hoosiers closer .
he later served as a student assistant coach with the hoosiers .
during that 1996 season , indiana claimed the big ten baseball tournament championship and earned a berth in the 1996 ncaa division i baseball tournament .
he then served two seasons as pitching coach at ipfw while completing an education degree .
he became head coach of the mastodons prior to the 2000 season .
gernon guided the team from division ii to division i and entry into the summit league in 2008 .
he then served two seasons as an assistant at michigan state before earning the head coaching job at western michigan .
