Rob Bishop (baseball)

Rob Bishop is an American college baseball coach and former player. Bishop is the head coach of the South Dakota State Jackrabbits baseball team.

Rob Bishop
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamSouth Dakota State
ConferenceSummit League
Record138–173
Playing career
1991–1994Jamestown College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998–1999South Dakota State (GA)
2000Huron
2001–2010Miles Community College
2011–2016Montana State Billings
2017–presentSouth Dakota State
Head coaching record
Overall310–326–1 (NCAA) 38–18 (NAIA)
TournamentsSummit: 7–10
NCAA: 0–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • SDIC champions (2000)
Awards
  • SDIC Coach of the Year (2000)

Playing career

Bishop enrolled at Jamestown College, to play college baseball for the Knights baseball team. As a senior in 1994, Bishop hit .439.[1] As a sophomore in 1992 and as a senior in 1994, Bishop was named a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) All-American.[2]

Coaching career

Bishop began his coaching career a graduate assistant for the South Dakota State Jackrabbits baseball team.[3] In 2000, Bishop received his first head coaching job at Huron University. In Bishop's lone season at Huron, he led the Screaming Eagles to a South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (SDIC) title as well as was named the Coach of the Year.[4] Bishop then moved on to Miles Community College, who was reviving their baseball program. Bishop led Miles to a Mon-Dak Conference championship every season he was at Miles (2001–2010).[5] In the Fall 2010, Bishop was hired as the head baseball coach at the Montana State University Billings.[6]

On August 1, 2016, Bishop was named the head coach at South Dakota State.[7]

Head coaching record

The following is a record of Bishop's record at 4-year institutions.

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Huron Screaming Eagles (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (2000)
2000 Huron 38–18–1st
Huron NAIA: 38–18–
Montana State Billings Yellowjackets (Great Northwest Athletic Conference) (2011–2016)
2011 Montana State Billings 18–299–234th
2012 Montana State Billings 22–2413–193rdGreat Northwest Tournament
2013 Montana State Billings 21–27–117–143rdGreat Northwest Tournament
2014 Montana State Billings 16–3013–195th
2015 Montana State Billings 27–2322–101stGreat Northwest Tournament
2016 Montana State Billings 30–2023–15T-1stGreat Northwest Tournament
Montana State Billings: 172–153–197–100
South Dakota State Jackrabbits (Summit League) (2017–present)
2017 South Dakota State 26–2418–123rdSummit League Tournament
2018 South Dakota State 18–3214–134thSummit League Tournament
2019 South Dakota State 28–2219–102ndSummit League Tournament
2020 South Dakota State 5–120–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 South Dakota State 15–329–194thSummit League Tournament
2022 South Dakota State 22–2313–93rd
2023 South Dakota State 24–2813–113rdSummit League Tournament
South Dakota State: 138–17386–74
Total:310–326–1

      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

See also

References
  1. "Jimmie Baseball Records" (PDF). www.jimmieathletics.com. University of Jamestown. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  2. "Rob Bishop('94) to Head SDSU Baseball". www.uj.edu. University of Jamestown. August 9, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  3. Matt Zimmer (August 1, 2016). "SDSU hires new baseball coach". www.argusleader.com. Argus Leader. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  4. James D. Cimburek (May 9, 2000). "Four Lancers Earn All-SDIC Honors". www.yankton.net. yankton.net. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  5. "MSU-B hires Bishop as new baseball coach". www.missoulian.com. Missoulian. August 7, 2010. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  6. "Yellowjackets Hire Miles Community College's Rob Bishop for Head Baseball Position". msubillings.edu. Montana State University Billings. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  7. "Bishop Hired As Baseball Coach". www.gojacks.com. South Dakota State University. August 1, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
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