Billy Gernon

Billy Gernon is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Western Michigan Broncos baseball team. He was named to that position prior to the 2011 season. He previously served as head coach of the IPFW Mastodons baseball team during their transition from Division II to Division I.[1][2][3][4][5]

Billy Gernon
Gernon with Western Michigan in 2014
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamWestern Michigan
ConferenceMid-American
Record273–377
Playing career
1986–1988Indiana–Southeast
1990Indiana
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996Indiana (Asst.)
1997–1998IPFW (Asst.)
2000–2008IPFW
2009–2010Michigan State (Asst.)
2011–presentWestern Michigan
Head coaching record
Overall429–644–3
TournamentsMAC: 3–8
NCAA: 0–0

Gernon played three seasons at Indiana–Southeast before transferring to Indiana for his final season. In his senior season, he served as the Hoosiers closer. He later served as a student assistant coach with the Hoosiers. During that 1996 season, Indiana claimed the Big Ten baseball tournament championship and earned a berth in the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. He then served two seasons as pitching coach at IPFW while completing an education degree. He became head coach of the Mastodons prior to the 2000 season. Gernon guided the team from Division II to Division I and entry into The Summit League in 2008. He then served two seasons as an assistant at Michigan State before earning the head coaching job at Western Michigan.

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
IPFW Mastodons (D2) (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (2000–2001)
2000 IPFW 21–2512–155th (North)
2001 IPFW 11–34–16–226th (North)
IPFW (DII): 32–59–118–37
IPFW Mastodons (DI) (Independent) (2002–2007)
2002 IPFW 19–24
2003 IPFW 17–31–1
2004 IPFW 20–28
2005 IPFW 24–24
2006 IPFW 21–28
2007 IPFW 9–37
IPFW Mastodons (Summit League) (2008)
2008 IPFW 14–36–110–176th
IPFW (DI): 124–208–210–17
IPFW (total): 156–267–3
Western Michigan Broncos (Mid-American Conference) (2011–present)
2011 Western Michigan 26–3112–145th (West)MAC tournament[lower-alpha 1]
2012 Western Michigan 26–2914–123rd (West)MAC tournament[lower-alpha 2]
2013 Western Michigan 16–388–196th (West)
2014 Western Michigan 24–3111–163rd (West)
2015 Western Michigan 22–3013–144th (West)
2016 Western Michigan 22–3411–135th (West)NCAA Regional
2017 Western Michigan 24–2912–124th (West)MAC tournament
2018 Western Michigan 23–2512–137th
2019 Western Michigan 18–3111–147th
2020 Western Michigan 9–60–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Western Michigan 24–2623–17T-3rd
2022 Western Michigan 18–3615–248th
2023 Western Michigan 21–3118–114th (West)MAC tournament
Western Michigan: 273–377160–179
Total:429–644–3

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

  1. The two division winners and next six best finishers, regardless of division, qualified for the Tournament in 2011. 12 teams competed in the MAC.
  2. The two division winners and next six best finishers, regardless of division, qualified for the Tournament in 2011. 12 teams competed in the MAC.

See also

References
  1. "Billy Gernon". WMU Broncos. Archived from the original on December 30, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  2. "Billy Gernon profile". Michigan State Spartans. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  3. David Drew (February 15, 2012). "WMU baseball team comfortable, confident in coach Billy Gernon's second season". MLive. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  4. Scott DeCamp (June 22, 2010). "Billy Gernon introduced as Western Michigan's new baseball coach". MLive.com. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  5. Brian Foley (June 22, 2010). "Western Michigan hires Billy Gernon as Head Coach". College Baseball Daily. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  • Billy Gernon Head Coach, Western Michigan University Broncos
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