With a history of helping student-athletes and programs grow, Tyler Shipley was named pitching coach in July 2022.
Most recently, Shipley served as the pitching coach at Eastern Illinois, helping lead the Panthers to a 33-20 record in the 2022 season.
Prior to his stay in Charleston, Ill., Shipley was the Director of Pitching and Player Development at Oral Roberts University from 2019-21. With the Golden Eagles, Shipley coached the pitching staff and aided their development, producing 13 all conference selections, including 4 all conference pitching selections, and the conference pitcher of the year.
Before his time at ORU, Shipley made stops at Ecclesia College (2014-15), Concordia University Chicago (2015-17), Wheaton College (2017-18), and Dayton (2018-19).
Shipley has also worked with the Rawlings Arkansas Prospects and Cangelosi Sparks travel organizations, as well as serving as an instructor at Bo Jackson Elite Sports in the Chicago area. During that time he coached 65 players that went on to play collegiate and/ or professional baseball.
He graduated from Drury University, where he also played on the baseball team, with a Bachelor's Degree in Exercise Science and Sports Management and later earned his Master's Degree in Leadership in Sport at Concordia University-Chicago.
