Monmouth College Men's Baseball

Betourne (05) returns to his college home as head coach of Monmouths oldest sport.   Coach Betourne took over the reins of the baseball program in 2016, then in it's 140th year.   A left-handed hitting first baseman in his playing days with the Fighting Scots, Betourne hit .344 during his 96-game, four-year career, leading the team in hitting in 2004 and 2005 with .373 and .388 averages, respectively. Betourne was on the roster when Monmouth won their last of 15 Midwest Conference titles. He then spent two years playing professional baseball in McKinney, Texas, helping the team to a league championship in 2007, the same year he was selected to play in the Continental League All-Star game.   A member of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), Betourne entered the college coaching ranks following his professional career as the top assistant at NCAA Division II Alderson-Broaddus College. In his first year with the Battlers, the team led their conference with the fewest errors (48) and were second in fielding percentage (.960).    After a stint coaching high school ball in which his team set the school record for wins while posting an unbelievable .368 team batting average, Betourne reentered the college ranks at Bethany College working extensively with hitters and infielders.   In the summer months Betourne spent time coaching in the Mountain Collegiate Baseball League, developing NCAA Division I and II and NAIA players.    The Washington, Ill., native graduated from Monmouth in 2005 with a degree in physical education and earned his Masters in The Art of Teaching from Bethany College in 2015. He and his wife, Lisa, reside in Monmouth with their infant daughter Ava Grace.