Steven W. Joslyn in an American college baseball coach.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Steve Joslyn
Biographical details
Born1963 or 1964[1]
Alma materNorth Central College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986Aurora (assistant)
1996–2002North Central (assistant)
2003–2012Northern Illinois (assistant)
2013–2020Chicago State
Head coaching record
Overall89–303–1
TournamentsGreat West: 2–2

After completing a degree in physical education at North Central College, Joslyn began coaching as an assistant baseball coach at Aurora in 1986 before becoming a basketball, football, and baseball assistant coach at a series of Illinois high schools. in 1996, he returned to the college ranks as an assistant baseball coach at his alma mater, North Central. He moved to Northern Illinois in 2003 to work for Ed Mathey. After a promotion to Associate Head Coach in 2008, Joslyn accepted the head coaching position at Chicago State University.[2][5][7] He held that position until the conclusion of the 2020 season when the school's baseball program was discontinued.[8]

Head coaching record edit

The following table shows Joslyn's record as a college head coach.

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Chicago State Cougars (Great West Conference) (2013)
2013 Chicago State 10–45 5–23 8th Great West Tournament[a]
Chicago State Cougars (Western Athletic Conference) (2014–2020)
2014 Chicago State 17–37 5–19 9th
2015 Chicago State 13–40–1 6–19–1 9th
2016 Chicago State 13–42 6–21 9th
2017 Chicago State 11–41 7–17 T-8th
2018 Chicago State 13–41 7–17 8th
2019 Chicago State 10–41 5–22 10th
2020 Chicago State 2–16 0–0 Season canceled due to COVID-19
Chicago State: 89–303–1 41–138–1
Total: 89–303–1

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

  1. ^ All eight of the Great West's teams qualified for the tournament in 2013.

References edit

  1. ^ David Adam (October 8, 2017). "Sunday Conversation with Steve Joslyn". www.whig.com. The Herald-Whig. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Steve Joslyn named Chicago State head baseball coach". Chicago State Cougars. August 8, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
  3. ^ "Steve Joslyn bio". Chicago State Cougars. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
  4. ^ "Steve Joslyn Profile". Northern Illinois Huskies. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Northern Illinois baseball coach Ed Mathey rounds out staff by naming Steve Joslyn assistant coach". Northern Illinois Huskies. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
  6. ^ "Joslyn named head coach at Chicago State". COllege Baseball Insider. August 9, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
  7. ^ a b Jimmy Johnson (April 27, 2011). "NIU baseball coaches' camaraderie goes back 20 years". Northern Star. Dekalb, Illinois. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
  8. ^ "Chicago State University Board of Trustees Announces Discontinuation of Baseball". www.gocsucougars.com. Chicago State University Athletics. June 23, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2020.

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