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Head Coach

Jeremy Jorgensen
Head Coach

Head Coach Jeremy Jorgensen took over the Doane baseball program in June 2007 and is working to build a strong baseball tradition at Doane College. The transition is off to a strong start as Doane won the conference regular season and post-season titles in 2011 and qualified for the NAIA National Opening Round for the first time in school history.

In his first season, Jorgensen's Tigers went 22-28 overall, 11-13 in the GPAC. Statistically, the Tigers saw an improvement in all three facets of the game, offense, defense and pitching. The team's batting average, fielding percentage and earned run average saw improvements. The Tigers had six players earn All-GPAC honors, including one First Team selection in Mike Mendenhall. Dean Henson earned the GPAC Gold Glove for defense in left field, the first Tiger to be honored with the award.

Year Two saw a similar season for the Tigers under Jorgensen as they went 18-28 and 12-12 in the GPAC. Pitching and defense continued to improve as the offense held steady. Four players received All-GPAC honors, with Mendenhall receiving First Team honors once again. Anthony Hincy and Blake Snow brought home Second Team honors. Doane missed the conference tournament by a single game as they dropped three of their final four to end the year.

The 2010 season was one for the record books. Doane posted a 30-18 overall, a school record for wins in a season. The Tigers also went 13-11 in the GPAC and qualified for the conference tournament for the first time since the 2003 season. The Tigers swept Nebraska Wesleyan on the final day of the regular season, notching a pair of 2-1 victories. Doane set a school record for batting average in a season as they hit .330 on the year.

Eight players received conference honors with Dexter Spitsnogle earning First Team Honors. Anthony Hincy and Thomas Frinkman posted Second Team honors for the Tigers. Spitsnogle excelled in the classroom as well and earned Third Team Academic All-American honors from ESPN the Magazine and CoSIDA. Hincy and Snow received GPAC Gold Glove honors at shortstop and right field, respectively.

In a season full of victories, one of the most impressive came against Warner University during the Tigers' Spring Break Trip to Florida. Warner was ranked No. 20 entering the doubleheader and Doane took game one, 17-2. The Tigers had 14 hits in that game, including a 3-of-4 effort from Mike Albert as he scored three runs and drove in three. Doane's finish in conference play is even more impressive after opening the GPAC 0-5. They went on to win 13 of their final 19 conference games.

Once again, a new year brought new records in 2011 for Jorgensen's Tigers. Doane went 37-19 overall and 16-6 in the GPAC. Doane finished in a three-way tie for the regular season crown and came out of the consolation bracket to win the GPAC post-season tournament and a berth to the NAIA National Opening Round for the first time in school history. A school record was set once again for overall wins and a new mark set for wins in conference play. The pitching staff posted a 3.47 earned run average, a school record.  During the season, Doane was receiving votes in the NAIA national poll, a first in school history.

For Jorgensen, he went over 100 career victories as the Tigers' head coach during the season and became only the second coach in school history to lead a Doane team to a GPAC regular season title.

Individual honors were plentiful for the Tiger players as well in 2011. Chance Brull earned NAIA honorable mention All-American honors after earning GPAC Pitcher-of-the-Year recognition. Anthony Hincy and Mike Albert received First Team honors as well as Gold Glove honors, Hincy at shortstop and Albert for right field. Nathan Roth received First Team honors as a pitcher. In total, 10 players were recognized by the conference.

In post-season play, Doane went 5-1 in the GPAC Tournament. After an opening game win over Mt. Marty, Doane fell by a run to Sioux Falls. The Tigers proceeded to win four elimination games, defeating Hastings and Midland on Championship Saturday. The NAIA Opening Round appearance for the Tigers took place in Oklahoma City. The Tigers faced off against the University of Texas-Brownsville, who was making their second appearance. Doane came away with a 9-2 victory in their first ever Opening Round game. The Tigers eventually bowed out with losses to Oklahoma City and Fresno Pacific.

In Jorgensen's four years, Doane has compiled 107 wins. There have been 28 players to earn All-GPAC honors as well as five Gold Glove winners. The Tigers have had 28 GPAC Scholar-Athletes, seven NAIA Scholar-Athletes, one Academic All-American and four Academic All-District honorees. In 2011, the Tiger baseball team was recognized as a NAIA Scholar-Team for posting a grade point average above a 3.0.

Jorgensen brought to Doane 19 previous years of coaching experience including 12 at the college level. He began his collegiate coaching career in the fall of 1999 as pitching coach and associate-head coach at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. In the summer of 2000, he was named pitching coach for the Minot Greenheads, now the Madison Mallards of the Northwoods League. Four pitchers on Jorgensen's staff that summer went on to be drafted in the MLB draft. From June of 2001 to Oct. of 2003, while working on his master's degree at Cal State Fullerton, Jorgensen spent two plus seasons as the pitching coach at California-State University Los Angeles. Five pitchers from Jorgensen's staff at Cal-State LA went on to play professional baseball including Derek Loop who is currently with the Philadelphia Phillies organization.

After graduating from Cal State Fullerton, Jorgensen became the head coach at McCook Community College in McCook, NE in October of 2003. While at McCook, Jorgensen's teams set school records for both conference and overall wins during his four seasons. In 2005, MCC was finished No. 2 for the Academic Team Award in Division I Junior College Baseball. In his four years at McCook, numerous players went on to play baseball at the Division I, DII and NAIA level s, and one pitcher, Ben Jukich, was selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Draft in 2006. Jukich reached Triple A for the Cincinnati Reds and is currently pitching professionally in Korea. He is one of over 20 of Jorgensen's former players have gone on to play professional baseball.

Besides his time spent in the coaching ranks, Jorgensen has been involved in various levels of baseball. While at Cal State Fullerton, Jorgensen worked Titan baseball camps under the direction of then head coach, George Horton and had the opportunity to work with Dr. Ken Ravizza, one of the top Peak Performance and Sport Psychology Consultants in the world. Jorgensen has also spoken at Pitching Central's Elite Pitching Coach Bootcamp in Houston, Texas, and has served as an associate scout for the Cleveland Indians, including coaching internationally in Guatemala City, Guatemala where he worked with Mariano Gomez, a left-handed pitcher in the Detroit Tigers Organization.

He received his Bachelors of Science Degree in Dietetics from The College of St. Scholastica, and received a Masters of Science Degree in Kinesiology from Cal-State Fullerton, in 2003.

Jeremy and his wife, Jennifer, reside in Lincoln with their Golden Retriever, Shoeless Joe "Jackson".