The Copperhead’s Board of Directors announced the appointment of Shawnee State University Head Baseball Coach Ted Tom as Head Coach for their 2008 season.

Coach Tom was an outfielder for Shawnee State (2001–2004) and was a red-shirt member of the 2000 team that finished 5th in the NAIA World Series.  He was a career .283 hitter with 21 doubles and 52 RBI. He graduated with a degree in Sport Management.  Ted spent the following two seasons on the coaching staff at Indiana University while also obtaining a Master’s Degree in Athletic Administration.   In 2006 he was named the outfield instructor at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL.  While there, he also served as an assistant coach at the Pendleton School and head coach in the Florida Collegiate Instructional League.  A native of Lancaster (OH), Tom and his wife Lisa reside in Portsmouth, Ohio.

This is not Coach Tom’s first head coaching job with a wooden bat summer collegiate team, he was head coach of the Outer Banks Daredevils in the Coastal Plain League during the summer of 2006.

Coach Tom can be reached via email (ttom@shawnee.edu) or cell phone (740-503-9892).