Danville Dans Baseball Hire Assistant Baseball Coach

(Danville Illinois)

Bret Simmermacher

The Danville Dans baseball club announced that Bret Simmermacher has been named as an assistant baseball coach for the 2011 season. 

Simmermacher is currently the head baseball coach at the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell New Mexico.  Bret is in his fifth season at New Mexico Military Academy and joins Danville head coach Mike Hutcheon for the summer season which begins on June 2nd.  Hutcheon coached for seven seasons at the Air Force Academy before resigning from the Academy in 2010.

Danville Dans Baseball Hires Mike Hutcheon as Field Manager

The Danville Dans have named former Dans and Air Force Academy Head Coach Mike Hutcheon as Field Manger for the 2011 season. 

Hutcheon was the Head Coach of the Dans from 1989 through 1993.  Hutcheon was also the Head Baseball Coach at Air Force Academy from 2004 through 2010 with an overall record of 78-287 and 15-156 in conference.  Hutcheon resigned from his Head Baseball Coaching position at the Air Force Academy at the end of the 2010 season.

 

Second Half Standings in the Prospect League

Final standings in the Prospect League for the second half - only the divisions with teams from Illinois are listed..

Western Division
Springfield Sliders 19-10
DeKalb County Liners 17-10
Quincy Gems 13-12
Hannibal Caveman 13-13
DuPage Dragons 8-20

Central Division
Nashville Outlaws 16-10
Danville Dans 17-12
Terre Haute Rex 15-11
Richmond River Rats 16-13
Dubois County Bombers 11-17

Prospect League Update - Illinois Summer Collegiate Baseball Teams

The Danville Dans and Springfield Sliders both captured first half division titles in the 2010 Prospect leage standings.

Danville captured the Central Division first half title by one game over the Richmond River Rats with a 15-12 record.

Springfield won the first half in the Western Division going 16-9 which was 1 and a half games ahead of Quincy.

First half records of Illinois teams in the Prospect Leage:

Springfield Sliders 16-9
Quincy Gems 16-12
Danville Dans 15-12
DeKalb County Liners 10-15
Dupage Dragons 9-14

The second half of the Prospect league started July 9th.

 

Talley Haines Named Pitching Coach for the Danville Dans

Baseball in Illinois News

Haines completed his college career at Southeast Missouri and Freed-Hardeman Universities and was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1998. During his 9 year tenure in pro ball, he pitched for the Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies, spending a portion of 7 years in Triple-A

Danville Dans Post 2010 Summer Pre-Season Roster

Baseball in Illinois News

The Danville Dans summer collegiate baseball team has posted their pre-season roster for 2010.  The Dans will carry 26 players this summer and are waiting for two commitments.  Below is the Dans 2010 pre-season roster:

Austin Green, RHP, So, San Diego

Jason Hamm, C, Jr, St. Leo
Mason Katz, IF/C, Fr, Louisiana State
Alex Edward, IF/OF, Fr, Louisiana State
Jake Huxtable, IF, So, University of Central Florida
Miles Silverstein, SS, So, Pepperdine
Bryan Haar, IF, So, San Diego
Tyler Brubaker, OF, So, Pepperdine
Floyd Given, OF, SO, Pepperdine
Sam Frost, IF/OF, Fr, Mississippi State
Cole Bieser, CF/util, Fr, SE Missouri
Harry Clark, IF/DH/C, Fr, UAB
Aaron Lambrix, RHP, So, Abilene Christian
Ryan Livingston, RHP, So, Chapman
JD Learnard, RHP, Fr, Ilinois State
Wil Browning, RHP, Jr, Louisiana-Monroe
Chad Girodo, LHP, Fr, Mississippi State
Donavan Drake, RHP, So, University of Indianapolis
Taylor Dennis, RHP, Jr, Southern IN
Brooks Oursler, RHP, Fr, Mississippi
Keven Inman, RHP, Jr, Pepperdine
Chris Stratton, RHP, Fr, Mississippi State
Aaron Brandt, RHP, So, St. Leo

Danville Dans Summer Baseball Schedule Announced

Baseball in Illinois News

The Danville Dans released their home schedule for the 2010 summer collegiate season.  You can view the home schedule by clicking on the following link.

2010 Danville Dans Home Schedule

FORMER MAJOR LEAGUER TO HEAD UP DANS

FORMER MAJOR LEAGUER TO HEAD UP DANS

Today, November 20, 2009, 5 hours ago
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DANVILLE, ILLINOIS. The Danville Dans have named former major leaguer, Steve Bieser, Dans Head Coach for the 2010 Prospect League Season.

Drafted as a catcher by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1989, Bieser played thirteen years of professional baseball for six different Major League organizations, two years at the Major League level with the Mets and the Pirates, and eight at the AAA level. In 1997 he was named New York Mets Rookie of the Year.

A graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, Coach Bieser is currently employed by St. John Vianney High School in Kirkwood, MO as an upper level math teacher and Head Baseball Coach. During his tenure, he has led Vianney to two State Championships and holds a career record of 120-34.

He is the founder and president of the Saint Genevieve Baseball Club and the Head Coach of American Legion Summer Teams with records that include two State Championships (2007, 2008) and a National Championship (2008).

Coach Bieser has coached five players selected in the first year major league player draft (1st, 5th, 22st, 22nd, & 42nd rounds). Over 80% of his high school players have gone on to play college ball with 12 playing at the Division 1 level, 4 attaining freshmen All-American status, and one named a two-time All-American.

Bieser will bring his experience, directing The Pro Edge Baseball Camps, to Danville Dans campers and individual players, sharing his expertise in the areas of hitting, fielding and pitching. He has had an excellent reputation of producing top notch catching prospects as well.

Coach Bieser is married to the former Diahann Lynn Dunlap. The couple has four children, Cole (18), Whitley (15), Briley (11), and Carley (3)