Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils baseball explained

Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils
Current:2024 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils baseball team
University:Mississippi Valley State University
Coach:CJ Bilbrey
Tenure:1st
Conference:SWAC
Division:East
Location:Itta Bena, Mississippi
Stadium:Magnolia Field
Capacity:200
Nickname:Delta Devils
Conference Champion:2005, 2006

The Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States.[1] The team is a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Magnolia Field in Itta Bena, Mississippi. CJ Bilbrey is the team's head coach starting in the 2024 season.

History

Fourteen-year head coach Doug Shanks retired on November 12, 2014.[2] After serving as an assistant to Shanks for all 14 seasons, Aaron Stevens was promoted to head coach on December 2, 2014.[3] On the heels of back-to-back win-less seasons in 2020 and 2021, Stevens was not retained for the 2022 season.[4] On July 27, 2021, Stanley Stubbs was named the head coach of the Delta Devils.[5] With the Delta Devils improving by 10 wins over the previous season, Stubbs had done a good job helping turn around the Delta Devils fortunes, but on June 15, 2022, head coach he resigned due to health concerns.[6] On August 11, 2022, Milton Barney Jr. was named the head coach of the Delta Devils.[7]

Head coaches

1975–1977 Clinton Vasser 3 33–34–1
1978–2000 Cleotha Wilson 23 276–575–5
2001–2014 14 253–471
2015–2021 7 39–183–1
2022 1 10–31–1
Totals5 coaches48 seasons611–1,294–8

Major League Baseball

Mississippi Valley State has had 15 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.[8]

Notable players

Signed free agent contract with Boston Red Sox 1987. Son of Former MLB All-Star George “Boomer” Scott. MVP Empire State League 1987

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils. d1baseball.com. 2014-01-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20140321222647/http://www.d1baseball.com/schools/missvalley.htm. 2014-03-21. dead.
  2. Web site: Mississippi Valley State's Doug Shanks Retires. College Baseball Daily. November 12, 2014. November 12, 2014.
  3. Web site: Stevens named MVSU head baseball coach . December 2, 2014 . Mississippi Valley State University . www.mvsusports.com . September 6, 2018.
  4. Web site: Mississippi Valley State Head Baseball Coach Relieved of Duties . Michael Coker . May 23, 2021 . Black College Nines . www.blackcollegenines.com . December 15, 2021.
  5. Web site: Stanley Stubbs Becomes New Mississippi Valley State University Baseball Head Coach . Michael Coker . July 27, 2021 . Black College Nines . www.blackcollegenines.com . December 15, 2021.
  6. Web site: Mississippi Valley State Head Baseball Coach Stanley Stubbs Steps Down . June 15, 2022 . Michael Coker . Black College Nines . www.blackcollegenines.com . August 15, 2022.
  7. Web site: Milton Barney Tabbed To Lead MVSU Baseball Program . August 11, 2022 . Mississippi Valley State University . www.mvsusports.com . August 18, 2022.
  8. Web site: MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Mississippi Valley State University (Itta Bena, MS)". Baseball-Reference.com. 2015-06-14.

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