Kalamazoo College Men's Baseball

Mike Ott was named Kalamazoo College's head baseball coach in June of 2012. The 2023 D3baseball.com Region 7 Coach of the Year is Kalamazoo's winningest coach with 316 career wins. Ott has led the Hornets to MIAA regular season and tournament championships and three NCAA Regionals. Career at Kalamazoo College Named head coach on June 14, 2012 Led Kalamazoo to the MIAA regular season championship in 2023, the program's first since 1927 Led Kalamazoo to a second consecutive MIAA regular season championship in 2024, the program's first back-to-back titles since 1919-1920 D3baseball.com Region 7 Coach of the Year (2023) Led the program to its first NCAA Regional appearances (2016, 2022, 2026) First NCAA Regional win in 2022 (8-7 in 10 innings over Mt. Aloysious) First NCAA Regional final appearance and multiple wins at Regional in 2026 (at Denison) Four 30-win seasons, including the first in program history (2017) Won 25 or more games in each of the last six seasons (2021-2026) Ten 20-win seasons Became Kalamazoo's all-time winningest coach in 2022 Won 300th game in 2026 (at Trine) Won 200th game in 2023 (vs. Williams) Won 100th game in 2017 (vs. Hope) Under Coach Ott Kalamazoo's first All-Region, All-American and Academic All-American in program history D3baseball.com National Rookie of the Year (Ryar Rinehart, 2023) Two MIAA MVP's (Ryar Rinehart, 2023; Ryan Orr, 2017) Regularly placed players on the national stage in some of the most prestigious summer collegiate leagues, including the Cape Cod League Multiple players earned all-star bids in summer collegiate leagues Five players played professionally after K MIAA Team GPA Award seven consecutive years (2017-23), an MIAA record Program recognized multiple times for its volunteer work in the community Broke most individual and team records Previous Coaching Experience Kalamazoo Growlers Associate Head Coach/Pitching Coach (2014) Holland Christian High School Head Coach (2005-12) - Led the Maroons to conference championships (2005, 2008), district championships (2006, 2011), and the school's first regional championship and state quarterfinal appearance (2006) - Ranked in the state seven consecutive seasons, including the first No. 1 ranking (2007) - Program's first 30-win season (2011) - Six 20-win seasons Calvin College Assistant/Pitching Coach (2002-04) Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Assistant (2011-12) UNLV Assistant (2006-07)  Playing Career Pitcher and two-year captain at Calvin College (1999-2002), helping the Knights to MIAA championships in 2000 and 2002 Pitched professionally in the Frontier & Northern Leagues before retiring after two shoulder surgeries Personal Graduated from Calvin College in 2002 with a degree in elementary education Earned a master's degree in athletic administration/sports studies from Western Michigan University in 2006 Resides in Portage with his wife, Lynsey, and their children, Payton and Addison Coach Ott's Record at Kalamazoo College 2026: 33-13 2025: 28-16 2024: 30-11 2023: 31-11 2022: 27-13 2021: 25-15 2020: 5-2 2019: 15-22 2018: 20-19 2017: 31-14 2016: 24-20-1 2015: 20-22 2014: 17-25 2013: 10-30 Total: 316-233-1

Dylan Cooper joined the Kalamazoo College baseball staff as an assistant for the 2024-2025 season. A native of Watchung, New Jersey, Cooper previously served as the Head Coach of Zoned Sports Academy’s 17u Elite Team. With experience coaching ages 10-18, Cooper has developed players of all age and skill levels, while playing against top competition in the Northeast. A graduate of Rutgers University, Cooper played collegiately at Raritan Valley where he helped the Lions reach their first playoff berth in over 20 years as a starting outfielder.

Matt Rehfeldt returned to Kalamazoo College in June of 2025 as an assistant coach - pitching coach. Rehfeldt previously assisted with the Hornet pitchers during the 2024 season. Kalamazoo won an MIAA championship that season with a 30-11 overall record (16-5 MIAA). Rehfeldt was an assistant coach at Earlham College in 2024-25. Before coaching collegiately, Rehfeldt was the varsity pitching coach at South Lyon East High School, assistant coach in travel baseball for Team Elite, and a private instructor at EL1 Clinton Township. Rehfeldt graduated from Olivet College (now known as The University of Olivet) in 2020 where he pitched for the Comets.