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Head Coach Josh Manning
phone: 217.424.3608
email: jmanning@millikin.edu
Josh Manning wrapped up his sixth
season at the helm of the Big Blue baseball program during the 2006-07
season, seeing his team finish 15-25 overall and 7-13 in the College
Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) to finish tied for fourth
in 2006.
Manning was hired as Millikin’s head baseball coach in November
2001 after a three-year stint as an assistant coach at MacMurray.
A 1998 graduate of MacMurray
College with a degree in history/secondary education, Manning is currently
working on his master's degree in communications at the University of
Illinois-Springfield.
While a student athlete at
MacMurray, the Highlanders finished 24th in the nation during his senior
season in 1997. The team was undefeated in both conference tournament
and league games. In that season, Manning also earned All-Central Region
second team honors.
Before joining the MacMurray
baseball team, Manning played for two years at Kaskaskia Community College
in Centralia. During his sophomore season at Kaskaskia, Manning was
selected to pitch in the region all-star game.
Manning served as an assistant coach at MacMurray from August 1998 to May 2001 and was a student assistant during the 1997-98 academic year. He has also been a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association since 1999.
Manning and his wife, Traci, live in Clinton.
Manning's Career Record
| Overall | Pct. | CCIW | Pct. | CCIW Place | |
| 2001-02 | 20-16 | .556 | 9-12 | .429 | 5th |
| 2002-03 | 25-15 | .625 | 10-11 | .476 | 6th |
| 2003-04 | 22-18 | .550 | 12-9 | .571 | 5th |
| 2004-05 | 17-23 | .425 | 6-15 | .286 | 6th |
| 2005-06 | 18-22 | .450 | 8-13 | .381 | Tied 4th |
| 2006-07 | 15-25 | .375 | 7-13 | .350 | 5th |
| Total | 117-119 | .496 | 52-73 | .416 |