Greg Berkemeier

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Greg Berkemeier is in his fifth year as the head baseball coach at Florida Tech after serving as the assistant coach from 2002-07.

In his first year at the helm, he led Tech to its first postseason appearance in 16 years in 2008 as the Panthers finished the year with a 35-20-1 scorecard and 13-11 mark in the Sunshine State Conference, advancing to the South Regional in Tampa after a thrilling 2-1 series win over Lynn University to cap off the regular season.

In addition to stellar offensive play, Florida Tech’s defensive fielding percentage has ranked in the top 30 nationally from 2004-06 during Berkemeier’s tenure, finishing as high as ninth. He has coached two All-Americans and numerous All-South Region and All-Sunshine State Conference team members. In the past three years, two players from his first recruiting class were drafted to the Toronto Blue Jays. Outfielder Jon Baksh was a 7th round pick in 2006 and short stop Steve Condotta was a 12th round pick in 2007. Berkemeier has also been involved with facility improvement at Florida Tech including a new hitting facility and dugout expansion and is currently working with the softball and soccer coaches to add lights to the F.W. Olin Sports Complex.

Before joining Florida Tech, Berkemeier was the assistant baseball coach at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, for the 2001 season. At Wright State he directed the summer and winter baseball camps, assisted with strength and conditioning programs and organized team study tables which lead the team to raise its overall grade point average.

In his college days, Berkemeier spent four years as an undergraduate and graduate assistant coach at Bowling Green State University. While at BGSU, he was the assistant hitting coach and first base coach. Bowling Green players lead the nation with a .362 batting average in 2001 and he recorded three Mid-America Conference Championships. In addition, Berkemeier coordinated the defensive placement for all the games and developed new outfield drills that led to an overall increase in fielding percentage each year. Bowling Green State was selected to the NCAA Regional Series in 1998 and 1999.

Berkemeier graduated from BGSU with a bachelor of education in sports management in 1999 and a master of education in the same area of study in 2001. He resides in Melbourne with his wife Nicole and daughter Ashley.