Coe College Men's Baseball

After 20+ years of service as the head baseball coach, Steve Cook took on an expanded role in the Coe Athletic Department when he was named Director of Athletics and Recreation in January of 2020. Cook first came to Coe in 1996 as an assistant baseball coach, moving to the head coach position the following year. Cook is a 1993 graduate of Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, a traditional NCAA Division III powerhouse. A four-year starter in the infield, Cook was an All-American in 1993 when his nationally ranked team finished 37-5 overall.  Cook was inducted into the Allegheny College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009.  While at Allegheny, Cook set 10 offensive records, including career batting average and RBIs as well as setting the mark in hits for a career and a single season. He spent three years playing in the minor leagues, including a stop with the Cedar Rapids Kernels. During the 1994 season, Cook and the Kernels won the Midwest League championship. Cook surpassed the 600-win plateau during the 2023 season and is, by-far, the program's winningest coach. Cook's teams have recorded the top eight win totals in school history, including a 37-win season in 2019 and a 36-win season in 202. His success continued in the 2024 campaign, claiming the A-R-C regular season and postseason titles. Coe was 18-6 in conference play and 3-0 in the conference tournament, winning both titles for the first time in Cook's career. Jake Brosius was named third team all-American following one of the best all-around seasons in program history. Cook Coe won the A-R-C regular season championship in 2019 and Cook was named Coach of the Year in the conference and the region. The Kohawks .822 winning percentage (37-8) was best in the nation. The 2021 Kohawks put together another excellent season with a record of 36-7 as four players earned all-region honors in TJ Johnson, TJ Deardorff, Riley LeGrand and Isaac Evans. Cook, who was named the A-R-C Coach of the Year, helped Johnson and Deardorff make history as the first two Kohawks to earn All-American honors in the same season.  Cook's incredible run continued in the 2022 season where the Kohawks battled and up-and-down regular season but punched their way to the NCAA Tournament with an unprecedented A-R-C Tournament victory as the fifth overall seed. Coe would go on to fall to eventual world series participant UW-Stevens Point in the regional round of the NCAA Tournament. Three Kohawks were named all-conference performers as TJ Deardorff, Creighton Kreshel and TJ Johnson all earned the honor. In 2023, Cook hit a career milestone, reaching his 600th win in charge of the Kohawk baseball program. His team won their second game of the conference tournament and had 8 all-conference performers. Cook helped return the team to the NCAA tournament in 2024, ripping off a late-season run that culminated in a regular season and postseason conference title with junior Jake Brosius earning a pair of all-American honors. 2025 was another strong year for Coe, winning 20-plus games for the eighth season in a row while Ethan O'Donnell and Jack Walsh earned all-region honors.  Coach Cook resides in Mount Vernon with his wife Shannon and daughters Callie, Shelby, Lilly, Maggie, Lucy and Elsie. Steve Cook Year-By-Year Overall IIAC/A-R-C Year Won Loss Tie Pct. Won Loss Pct. Place Postseason 1997 10 22 1 .318 8* 7 .533 6th 1998 11 28 0 .282 5 13 .278 10th 1999 15 25 0 .375 7 12 .368 9th 2000 18 25 0 .419 6 14 .300 10th 2001 22 21 0 .512 12 12 .500 3rd 2002 21 20 0 .512 14 7 .667 4th 2003 17 21 0 .447 7 11 .389 t-7th 2004 26 18 0 .591 7 9 .438 5th 2005 20 23 0 .465 10 6 .625 t-2nd 2006 27 19 0 .587 10 6 .625 4th IIAC Tournament Champs NCAA Regional 2007 17 22 0 .436 7 17 .292 t-8th 2008 22 20 0 .524 13 10 .565 3rd 2009 25 19 0 .568 14 8 .636 3rd 2010 25 18 0 .581 15 9 .625 4th 2011 32 12 0 .727 18 6 .750 1st IIAC Regular Season Champs IIAC Tournament Champs NCAA Regional IIAC Coach of the Year 2012 29 17 0 .630 15 9 .625 2nd IIAC Tournament Champs NCAA Regional Semifinals 2013 28 14 0 .667 19 7 .731 2nd 2014 15 24 0 .385 11 17 .393 6th 2015 34 14 0 .708 17 11 .607 2nd IIAC Tournament Champs NCAA Regional Finals 2016 18 22 0 .450 12 16 .429 t-4th 2017 24 18 0 .571 13 11 .542 5th 2018 24 18 0 .571 14 8 .636 3rd 2019 37 8 0 .822 22 2 .917 1st A-R-C Regular Season Champs NCAA Super Regionals A-R-C Coach of the Year 2020 3 3 0 .500 0 0 .000 N/A *Season Canceled Due to COVID-19 2021    36 7 0 .837 28 4 .875 1st A-R-C Regular Season Champs 2022 22 21 0 .512 12 12 .500 5th A-R-C Tournament Champs NCAA Regional Tournament 2023 23 17 0 .575 14 10 .583 4th 2024 31 16 0 .600 18 6 .750 1st  A-R-C Regular Season Champs A-R-C Tournament Champs NCAA Regional Tournament A-R-C Coach of the Year 2025 28 13 0 .683 17 7 .708 2nd *MWC 8 7 .533 Career 660 525 1 .557 357 267 .572 Four Regular Season Conference Titles Six Conference Tournament Titles  Seven NCAA Regional Appearances One NCAA Super Regional Appearance Four Conference Coach of the Year Honors *Midwest Conference

Reuter joined the Kohawk baseball staff before the 2019 season as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator after a standout four-year career at Coe as a pitcher and first basemen where he earned three All-Conference honors and and three All-Region nominations from 2012-2015. As a player he appeared in two NCAA regionals, earning all-tournament accolades in the 2015 Midwest regional while also being named a Coe Coe College Barron Bremner Award nominee in 2014.  During his time at Coe, he had a career batting average of .353 (11th All-Time) in 467 at-bats (17th All-Time). At the plate, AJ racked up 165 hits (11th All-Time), 101 RBI (9th All-Time), 88 runs (20th All-Time) and 39 doubles (6th All-Time). On the mound, Reuter, made 44 appearances (10th All-Time) while pitching 180.0 total innings (13th All-Time). He posted six career saves (5th All-Time), 14 total wins (14th All-Time) and 112 strikeouts (19th All-Time) while finishing with an ERA of 3.35 (11th All-Time).  Reuter, a Cedar Rapids resident, is a 2015 graduate of Coe College with a degree in Biology and Environmental Science. He remained at Coe after graduation and worked as an admissions counselor for two years.

Coach Heald has been with Coach Cook for his entire run at Coe.  Heald was a 4 year starter in the infield for Cook's first teams at Coe and a 2000 graduate.  Upon graduation he was the Coe career leader in games played, hits and doubles.  After graduation he joined the Kohawk baseball staff and has been with it ever since.  Heald also coached 20 years of high school baseball and was a part of two state qualifying teams.  Coach Heald is a Physical Education teacher at Taft Middle School in Cedar Rapids and resides in Marion with his wife Jeanne ('01) and three daughters Abby, Natalie and Tenley.  Heald coaches the infielders and assists with hitting instruction.