Travis Janssen | |
Birth Date: | 5 July 1974 |
Birth Place: | Manhattan, Kansas |
Player Years1: | 1993–1996 |
Player Team1: | Butler C. C. |
Player Years2: | 1995–1996 |
Player Team2: | New Mexico State |
Player Years3: | 1996 |
Player Team3: | Adirondack Lumberjacks |
Player Positions: | Second baseman |
Coach Years1: | 1997 |
Coach Team1: | Kansas State (GA) |
Coach Years2: | 1998 |
Coach Team2: | Butler C. C. (asst.) |
Coach Years3: | 1999–2001 |
Coach Team3: | Arkansas (asst.) |
Coach Years4: | 2002–2003 |
Coach Team4: | Northwestern State (asst.) |
Coach Years5: | 2004–2005 |
Coach Team5: | Hawaii (asst.) |
Coach Years6: | 2006–2011 |
Coach Team6: | Jacksonville State (asst.) |
Coach Years7: | 2012–2015 |
Coach Team7: | Northeastern State |
Coach Years8: | 2016–2022 |
Coach Team8: | Austin Peay |
Overall Record: | 269–272 |
Tournament Record: | OVC: 6–10 NCAA: 0–0 |
Travis Janssen is an American college baseball coach and former second baseman who is the head baseball coach at Oxford High School. Janssen played college baseball at New Mexico State from 1995 to 1996, before playing professionally. He then served as the head coach of the Northeastern State (2012–2015) and the Austin Peay Governors (2016–2022).
Janssen attended Manhattan High School in Manhattan, Kansas. Janssen was on the second ever Manhattan baseball team, and helped lead the team to a state championship as a senior in 1992.[1] Janssen then committed to Butler Community College, where he was a member of the Butler Grizzles baseball team. After two seasons at Butler, Janssen transferred to New Mexico State University where he continued his baseball career. In 1995, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[2]
Janssen served as a graduate assistant with the Kansas State Wildcats baseball program in 1997. In 1998, he moved on to Butler where he spent a season. In 1999, he joined the Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team as an assistant.
On June 29, 2011, Janssen was named the head coach of the Northeastern State University baseball team.[3]
On September 16, 2015, Janssen was named the head coach of the Austin Peay Governors baseball program.[4] On April 25, 2022, Janssen was relieved of his duties as head coach of the Governors.[5]