Mount Vernon Nazarene University Men's Baseball

Veale has led the Cougars to an 888-439 overall record (.669), nine conference titles, five National Christian College Athletic Association national championships, and the schools only two berths in the NAIA World Series in 1997 and 2004.  MVNU has also won 30 or more games 20 times under Veale, and topped the 40-win mark during six of those years. In 2015, Veale guided the Cougars to a 37-12 record as they advanced to the Crossroads League Tournament championship game and earned a berth in the NAIA National Championship Opening Round for the sixth straight year. Veale has been selected as the NCCAA National Coach of the Year six times and conference Coach of the Year nine times, and he was tabbed as the NAIA Region Coach of the Year in 1996, 1997, and 2007.  He has seen his teams qualify for postseason play in the NAIA in 25 of his 26 years at the helm, and he has also had 12 players sign professional baseball contracts during his tenure at MVNU. In 1996, Veale led the Cougars to a 43-3 overall record, setting the NAIA record for best winning percentage in a season (.935).  That team also put together a school-record 24-game winning streak at one point. To show that 1996 was not a fluke, Veale and the Cougars posted a program-best 47-8 overall record in 1997.  The team also went 17-1 in the conference and advanced to the NAIA World Series in Sioux City, Iowa, for the first time in school history.  MVNUs other NAIA World Series berth came in 2004 in Lewiston, Idaho, with a fifth-place finish. A native of Owosso, Michigan, Veale graduated from John Wesley (Mich.) College in 1979 after playing baseball for four years, tennis for two years, and soccer for a year.  He came to MVNU after graduation, and in addition to coaching baseball, he has served as the womens volleyball coach (1983), the mens soccer coach (1988), the womens softball coach (1987-1989), and the intramural director (1979-1988).  Veale was inducted into the Cougar Wall of Fame in October 2007. Veale, who is also MVNUs athletic director, resides in Mount Vernon with his wife, Toni.  The couple has two grown children, Elyia and Kodi. To contact Coach Veale, you can e-mail him at . Justin Brown is entering his third year as the assistant coach for the Cougars after posting a 15-10 record and a 3.80 ERA during his four years on the mound for MVNU from 2010-2013. In 56 games that included 26 starts, he tossed 12 complete games and struck out 157 batters in 199 innings.  He was named Mid-Central College Pitcher of the week once, and was the Cougar Award Recipient as a Junior in 2012. As a Senior, Brown was named Crossroads League Pitcher of the Week twice, as well as being named to the Crossroads League and the NCCAA East Region Team. Brown began his career with the Cougars in the bullpen before starting 24 of the final 25 games in which he pitched. Aside from his duties as the assistant baseball coach for MVNU, Brown serves as a pitching coach for the Ohio Elite organization, as well as working alongside Prep Baseball Report.  Brown's wife Ashley, who he married in July of 2014, is a 2013 Graduate of Mount Vernon Nazarene University and a former Cross-Country runner for the Cougars.  Brown is a 2013 graduate of Mount Vernon Nazarene University where he achieved a Bachelor of Arts in Sports Management and Psychology. He is curently working on a Master's In Education.