Western Illinois University

• Location: Macomb, IL
• Nickname: Leathernecks
• Conference: Ohio Valley Conference 2024-present; Summit League 2008-2023; Mid-Continent Conference 1991-2007; Association of Mid-Continent Universities 1984-1990; Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1914-1970
• Ballpark: Alfred D. Boyer Stadium

Western Illinois University was known as Western Illinois State Normal School until 1921, Western Illinois State Teachers College until 1947, and Western Illinois State College until 1957.

People who went here

• Bill Browett, college coach
• Ryan Cougill, college coach
• Don Erickson, pitcher
• Bryan Faulds, college coach
• Cesar Franco, minor league outfielder
• Les Fusselman, pitcher
• Matt Garvy, Belgian national team coach
• Richard Haley, catcher
• Joe Maher, umpire
• Rich Mascheri, minor league pitcher
• Danny Menendez, minor league infielder
• Russ Meyer, pitcher
• Nick Mitchell, minor league outfielder
• Dan Osinski, pitcher
• J.J. Reimer, minor league coach
• Paul Reuschel, pitcher
• Rick Reuschel, pitcher
• Rich Ritzheimer, minor league infielder
• Rick Short, infielder
• Marv Staehle, infielder
• Virgil Thompson, minor league pitcher
• Glen Van Proyen, outfielder/pitcher

Coaches

• William Sutherland, 1903-1905
• Charles Barnett, 1909
• Lisle Switzer, 1915
• E.L. Jay, 1916-1917
• Howard Hawkes, 1923-1926
• Ray "Rock" Hanson, 1928-1936, 1938, 1947
• Wix Garner, 1942-1944, 1948-1954
• Bob Barnwell, 1945-1946
• Guy Ricci, 1955-1969
• Dick Pawlow, 1970-1998
• Kim Johnson, 1999-2001
• Stan Hyman, 2002-2009
• Mike Villano, 2010-2012
• Ryan Brownlee, 2013-2019
• Andy Pascoe, 2020-2022
• Tayler Sheriff, 2023
• Terry Davis, 2024-present

Assistant Coaches

• Ryan Cougill, 2005
• Dusty Napoleon, 2012-2013
• Tayler Sheriff, 2022

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1948	13-8	7-1
1949	9-9	3-2
1950	13-9	4-4
1951	10-3	4-2
1952	8-10	4-6
1953	8-14	3-7
1954	6-13	3-9
1955	8-11	6-8
1956	14-9	7-4
1957	22-7	7-3	NAIA CWS
1958	12-15
1959	14-11	9-6
1960	15-10
1961	11-18
1962	15-18-1	6-12
1963	16-18	5-7
1964	22-8	7-5
1965	23-6	10-2
1966	12-16-1	2-10
1967	19-10	3-4
1968	23-17	3-6	NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments
1969	24-13-1	6-3	NAIA District Tournaments
1970	15-17	5-4	NAIA District Tournaments
1971	20-25
1972	15-9-1
1973	24-18
1974	31-12		Division II Regionals
1975	18-15
1976	19-16		Division II Regionals
1977	19-21
1978	25-15		Division II Regionals
1979	15-13
1980	21-20
1981	12-24-1
1982	14-19
1983	16-14-2
1984	28-8-1		AMCU
1985	25-14-1	7-5
1986	19-22	6-6	AMCU
1987	20-18	3-7
1988	17-19-1	4-8
1989	20-18	3-7
1990	19-20	4-8
1991	21-23	3-5	Mid-Con
1992	16-31	11-9	Mid-Con
1993	12-28-1	7-12-1	Mid-Con
1994	21-21	9-11
1995	21-21-1	12-10	Mid-Con
1996	14-27	9-13
1997	13-24	10-9	Mid-Con
1998	15-28	12-10	Mid-Con
1999	14-35	9-9	Mid-Con
2000	17-39	12-15	Mid-Con
2001	12-38	10-16
2002	12-39	6-9
2003	25-38	10-10	Mid-Con
2004	29-36	13-11	Mid-Con
2005	24-34	14-10	Mid-Con
2006	32-32	14-8	Mid-Con
2007	31-26	11-9	Mid-Con
2008	21-33	13-11	Summit
2009	13-33	8-16
2010	14-39	6-21
2011	21-38	13-15	Summit
2012	17-35-1	7-17
2013	19-37	10-19	Summit
2014	21-32	11-13	Summit
2015	17-33	10-20
2016	14-36	11-19
2017	18-32	12-15	Summit
2018	17-31	14-12	Summit
2019	22-31	16-14	Summit
2020	0-13	0-0
2021	11-28	7-19
2022	8-44	5-19
2023	12-40	8-16
2024	13-37	8-19
2025	18-32	9-18