Illinois State University

• Location: Normal, IL
• Nickname: Redbirds
• Conference: Missouri Valley Conference 1981-present; Midwestern Conference 1971-1972; Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1951-1970; Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1921-1950
• Ballpark: Duffy Bass Field

Division II College World Series title in 1969

Illinois State University has sponsored baseball in 1890, 1894-1896, 1898, 1901-1909, 1911-1917, and from 1920-present.

Notable Alumni

• Jeremy Accardo, pitcher
• Dave Bergman, infielder
• Jim Brownlee, college coach
• Buzz Capra, pitcher
• Andrew Cotner, minor league pitcher
• Neal Cotts, pitcher
• Ryan Court, infielder
• Isaac Cox, college coach
• Paul DeJong, infielder
• Jim Durham, broadcaster
• Eric Eckenstahler, pitcher
• Dan Freed, minor league pitcher
• Jeremy Gaines, minor league coach
• Jeff Gowan, minor league outfielder
• Brent Headrick, pitcher
• Matt Herges, pitcher
• Bryan House, minor league infielder
• Betsy Jochum, AAGPBL player
• Jason Karnuth, pitcher
• Joe Kessler, strength and conditioning coach
• Ed Kinsella, pitcher
• Danny Kolb, pitcher
• Bill Kuhfuss, USA national team infielder
• Jeff Lindgren, pitcher
• Sheldon Mallory, outfielder
• Dennis Martel, college coach
• Owen Miller, infielder
• Harold Millon, infielder
• Irish O'Reilly, minor league pitcher and college coach
• Jason Pearson, pitcher
• Don Prybylinski, minor league catcher
• John Rave, outfielder
• Twila Shively, AAGPBL player
• Kyle Soberano, Philippines national team player
• Brock Stewart, pitcher
• Eric Theisen, minor league coach
• Drew Thomas, minor league pitcher
• Alex Tosi, umpire
• Seth Von Behren, college coach
• Paul Wagner, pitcher
• Tom Wieghaus, catcher
• Ty Wiesemeyer, minor league outfielder

Coaches

• Harrison Russell, 1911-1923
• Clifford Horton, 1924-1932
• Howard Hancock, 1933-1946
• Harold Frye, 1947-1963
• Duffy Bass, 1964-1988
• Jeff Stewart, 1989-2002
• Jim Brownlee, 2003-2009
• Mark Kingston, 2010-2014
• Bo Durkac, 2015-2018
• Steve Holm, 2019-present

Assistant coaches

• Dane Fujinaka, 2019
• Tony Jandron, 2024
• Billy Mohl, 2010-2014
• Perry Roth, 2000-2002

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1890	2-0
1894	6-3
1895	7-2
1896	1-3
1898
1901	1-2
1902	0-6
1903
1904	0-4
1905	1-7
1906
1907	1-7
1908	0-1
1909	9-1
1911	1-7
1912	5-4
1913	1-4
1914	0-7
1915	1-6-1
1916	1-7
1917	2-1
1920	7-2
1921	5-4
1922	2-6
1923	2-6
1924	1-6
1925	4-7
1926	4-7
1927	4-9
1928	7-5
1929	6-7
1930	7-8
1931	5-5
1932	5-7
1933	5-10-1
1934	12-4
1935	7-7
1936	11-7
1937	10-10
1938	10-10
1939	10-10
1940	9-8
1941	9-10
1942	9-7-1
1943	9-5
1944	7-8
1945	9-5
1946	3-11
1947	7-7
1948	10-14-1
1949	15-11
1950	11-11-1
1951	16-8
1952	8-18
1953	7-19
1954	19-5
1955	15-10
1956	18-10
1957	15-10
1958	18-13
1959	8-17
1960	12-12
1961	20-11
1962	13-15
1963	12-16
1964	13-19
1965	11-16
1966	28-4
1967	20-13-1
1968	27-7		Division II Regionals
1969	33-5	3-3	Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
1970	22-7-1	6-3-1	Division II Regionals
1971	17-20	3-9
1972	21-12	5-7
1973	21-11
1974	20-14
1975	21-19
1976	41-21		CWS Regionals
1977	13-22-1
1978	14-19
1979	16-16
1980	17-26
1981	29-13	--
1982	24-19-3	4-8
1983	27-15	5-7
1984	33-14-1	9-5	MVC
1985	34-18-3	9-11	MVC
1986	27-28-1	8-12	MVC
1987	30-23	7-13	MVC
1988	21-25-2	7-13	MVC
1989	26-34	10-10	MVC
1990	26-31	4-15	MVC
1991	27-33	5-19	MVC
1992	21-31	8-13	MVC
1993	28-31	10-11	MVC
1994	30-29	8-12	MVC / CWS Regionals
1995	25-28-1	12-20
1996	19-34	10-21
1997	29-26	18-13	MVC
1998	32-22	14-14	MVC
1999	35-24	17-15	MVC
2000	27-28	13-18
2001	31-22	17-11	MVC
2002	24-30	12-18
2003	23-29	14-17
2004	21-34	11-21
2005	26-27	9-15
2006	20-33	10-14
2007	20-32	8-16
2008	22-30	6-18
2009	25-23	11-11	MVC
2010	32-24	15-6	MVC / CWS Regionals
2011	36-18	13-8	MVC
2012	33-19	10-9	MVC
2013	39-19	16-5	MVC
2014	33-22	10-11	MVC
2015	27-27	9-12	MVC
2016	17-37	7-13	MVC
2017	16-40	2-18	MVC
2018	22-30	9-12	MVC
2019	36-26	14-7	MVC / CWS Regionals
2020	7-9	0-0
2021	23-34	12-15	MVC
2022	20-31	7-14	MVC
2023	20-30	9-18
2024	30-27	16-11	MVC
2025	28-28	15-12	MVC
2026		13-11	MVC