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Jeff Hetzer - Assistant Athletic Director/Head Coach
Email: jeff.hetzer@thomasmore.edu
Office Number: 859-344-3532
Coach Jeff Hetzer enters his 12th season at the helm of the Thomas More College Baseball Program in 2012 as the program's all-time winningest coach with a career record of 277-152-3. He is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio and a graduate of Northern Kentucky University. Thomas More has had excellent success with their baseball program and Hetzer has continued that tradition. The Saints have had 15 consecutive winning seasons and have won 20 plus games in 14 of the past 15 seasons, including the 2011 squad which finished 29-9.
The 2011 squad won the team's second straight Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Tournament title and advanced ot hte National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Regional Semifinals. The 2010 team tied the school record for wins (33-16) and won the PAC Tournament for the first time in school history, while advancing to the NCAA Regional Semi-Finals. In 11 seasons, Hetzer has had his teams ranked nine times and six times in the final Mideast regional poll. In 2008, Thomas More finished the regular season fifth in the Mideast Regional poll and won the PAC regular season by three games. In 2004, the Saints had a preseason ranking of No. 14 in the country, the highest in the program's history. In 2003 the Saints made it to the NCAA Regional Finals, losing 2-1 in 11 innings. Thomas More finished that season 33-10 and ranked No. 18 in the final poll.
Hetzer has had 40 players named all-conference, including 16 named first team since joining the PAC in 2006. He has had two PAC Player of the Year as well as one PAC Pitcher of the Year. During his tenure, Hetzer has had 22 Saints named all-region (ABCA), one Pitcher of the Year in the region (ABCA) and five All-American (ABCA and D3baseball.com). Hetzer has had two post-graduate scholarship recipients as well as 13 all-district academic players and six Capital One Academic All-Americans.
Hetzer expects excellence both in the classroom and on the field. In the classroom his teams have had a Grade Point Average of 3.0 or better in 20 of his 22 semesters. As for baseball his goals each season for the team are to earn the No. 1 seed in the PAC Tournament, win the PAC tournament and be invited to the NCAA Tournament. To achieve these goals, Hetzer's team will be marked by aggressive play and excellent fundamentals. He insists that his players be in top condition and play disciplined baseball.
Coach Hetzer graduated from Elder High School and then continued his academic and athletic endeavors at Wittenberg University. While at Wittenberg, Hetzer was an all-conference and all-region performer. He also helped lead the team to its first regional final and eclipsed the school record for team wins in a season. After two years at Wittenberg he transferred to Northern Kentucky University (NKU). At NKU Hetzer played for the late Bill Aker and was a team captain and once again an all-conference and all-region performer. He was also named to the conference all-academic team. Hetzer earned his degree in physical education with a minor in health and also earned his master's degree in education while at NKU. After graduating from NKU, Hetzer served as an assistant coach for four years at his alma mater, while also being the athletic facilities coordinator before being named head coach at Thomas More in the fall of 2000. Early in his tenure at Thomas More, Hetzer was an Assistant Men's Basketball Coach where he helped turn around a program which had won five games during the 2001-2002 season to 12 games during the 2002-2003 season. Then in 2004, Hetzer also was named the Interim Head Women's Basketball Coach, and led the team to the NCAA Sweet 16. Hetzer became the first coach in TMC history to win an NCAA tournament game for two different teams. In the summer of 2004, Hetzer was named the Assistant Athletic Director.
Hetzer resides in Taylor Mill, Kentucky, with his wife Rebecca and their son, Ryan and daughter, Olivia.
Assistants
| TITLE | NAME | |
| Pitching Coach | Jeremy Martin | jeremy.martin@thomasmore.edu |
| Assistant Coach | Pat Eagan | patrick.eagan@thomasmore.edu |
| Assistant Coach | Jamie Doxsey | jamie.doxsey@thomasmore.edu |
| Assistant Coach | David Schmeltzer |
