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Ted
Mahan is in his second season as the head
baseball coach at Olivet College. From 1996-2005, Mahan
served as head baseball coach at Michigan State
University (MSU). His 256 career wins rank
fourth on MSU's all-time list.
Two of Mahan's MSU
ballclubs surpassed the 30-win plateau. In 2004,
Mahan led the Spartans to a 33-26 overall
record, including a third-place finish in the
Big Ten at 19-13. The 19 conference wins marked
a single-season school record. His 2002 team
went 38-19 overall and was third in the Big Ten
at 16-12. The 38 victories marked the
second-best single-season total in school
history.
During his stint as head
coach, Mahan saw seven of his players earn
first-team All-Big Ten honors. He also helped
develop five players who were named to the
Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America Team. In
addition, nearly 60 of his Spartan players
signed professional baseball contracts. His
players were also successful in the classroom,
with 28 student-athletes earning Academic
All-Big Ten honors.
Prior to being named head
coach at MSU, he served as a Spartan assistant
coach for four years (1992-95) under Tom Smith.
He also coached five years (1987-91) at the
University of Michigan, where he served as a
graduate assistant and full-time assistant.
Before entering the
collegiate coaching ranks, Mahan served as head
coach at Davison High School for five years
(1983-87), where he compiled an overall record
of 127-56 (.694) and earned three conference
championships and one district title. He also
spent seven years as the head coach of the
Grossi Connie Mack Baseball Club in Flint, where
he posted a record of 257-98 (.724).
Mahan was a four-year letterwinner as a catcher
at Michigan from 1974-77, where he helped the
Wolverines win back-to-back Big Ten
championships in 1975 and 1976. He played in
three straight NCAA Tournaments, earning a spot
on the 1975 NCAA All-Mideast Region Team. Mahan
was named third-team All-Big Ten three times and
shared team Most Valuable Player honors with
Rick Leach in 1977.
Mahan earned a bachelor's degree (1977) and
master's degree (1991) from Michigan. His family
includes wife, Jayne, and two children, Drew and
Jillian.
Korey Heppeard begins his second season as an
assistant baseball coach. Heppeard will help
Mahan with the varsity team and will serve as
the head junior varsity coach.
Heppeard earned a
bachelor's degree in mathematics from Malone
(Ohio) College in 2006. A lefthanded pitcher for
the Pioneers, he earned four varsity letters. In
2005, Heppeard earned National Christian College
Athletic Association (NCCAA) All-East Region,
NCCAA East Region Pitcher of the Year and
All-American Mideast Conference (AMC) North
honors.
As a senior in 2006,
Heppeard won two games for the Pioneers as they
captured the NCCAA national championship. Among
the honors he received were NCAA All-Tournament
Team, NCCAA Tournament MVP, NCCAA All-East
Region and All-AMC North. He posted an 8-2
record and 4.29 ERA in 77.2 innings pitched.
For his career, Heppeard
had a 24-9 record and led his team in wins and
winning percentage each of his last three years.
His career ERA was 4.16.
A native of Van Wert, Ohio,
Heppeard was a graduate assistant at Malone from
August 2006 to January 2007.
Former Comet Sean Howard is in his first season as an assistant baseball coach, working with the outfielders.
A native of Potterville, Howard was a four-year letterwinner for the Comet baseball team from 2004-07. Last season, he played in 36 games, including 34 starts in leftfield, and had a .234 batting average. For his career, Howard saw action in 59 games and posted a .239 batting average, .345 slugging percentage and .372 on-base percentage.
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