University of Illinois Men's Baseball

Hartleb completed his 11th season as head coach at Illinois and 26th season on the Illini coaching staff in 2016. Hartleb ranks among the winningest coaches in school history, as he is currently third with 354 career victories. He has won a pair of Big Ten titles (2011, 2015) and owns a conference record of 163-120. Dan Hartleb

Christ is in his second season as an assistant coach for the Fighting Illini, working with the hitters and serviing as the third base coach. He joined the staff in July 2015 after spending seven seasons at Minnesota State. In his first season at Illinois, the Fighting Illini went 28-23 with four draft picks, including one position player and another MLB free agent signing. Senior catcher Jason Goldstein was picked in the 9th round, an improvement from his 17th round selection from the year before, and shortstop Adam Walton was picked up by the Arizona Diamondbacks.  Named an assistant coach at Minnesota State in the summer of 2008, Christ was promoted to associate head coach in 2012. During his time with the Mavericks, Minnesota State accrued a 306-86 overall record for a .781 winning percentage. In his seven seasons in Mankato, Minnesota State made seven NCAA postseason tournament appearances, won four Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference regular-season titles, four NSIC tournament titles, claimed four NCAA regional titles and posted NCAA DII National Championship tournament finishes of seventh (2010), third (2012), second (2013) and third (2014). The Waseca, Minnesota, native spent three years with the Ripken Academy in Aberdeen, Maryland prior to becoming an assistant coach at Minnesota State. A graduate assistant coach with the Maverick baseball program for two years (he earned his master's degree from Minnesota State in 2008), Christ is a 2003 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee graduate where he was middle infielder with the Panthers. Christ also spent a season with the baseball program at Iowa State (2000-01) where he was the starting shortstop and earned a scholar-athlete award with the Cyclones. He also logged two years at Des Moines Area Community College (1998-99 and 1999-2000) where he was a two-time all-conference selection. Christ and his wife, Amanda, have two kids, Coryn and Bo.