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Baseball Coaching Staff Head Coach Joe Rodden
Joe Rodden is interim head baseball coach at Earlham College, taking over the reigns after spending last season as the assistant coach, when he served as the hitting instructor and recruiting coordinator. In 2007, Rodden coached two of the nation’s top hitters, one of whom won the North Coast Athletic Conference batting title and finished in the top ten of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Div. III, while setting a school-record by hitting .464. Rodden’s impact raised the team batting average 54 points from .256 to .310 and four hitters were recognized on the All-NCAC baseball team. Rodden came to Earlham from East Texas Baptist University, where he served as the recruiting coordinator, varsity assistant, and head junior varsity coach. While at ETBU, he coached five players who were honored as ABCA All-West Region and one ABCA first-team All-American. The 2005 team he helped direct finished 34-11, was ranked as high as No. 8 nationally in the ABCA Div. III poll, and finished in the top of the national rankings in several offensive categories. At 34-11, it was the winningest season in the history of ETBU’s storied program. Before ETBU, Rodden spent the fall of 2004 working abroad for the Turkish National Baseball and Softball Federation. He served as a consultant, clinician, and coach and remains a key figure in the burgeoning development of baseball and softball in the nation of Turkey. His duties included traveling the country and presenting clinics, and was the first head baseball coach of Bogazici University, the pioneer university program in the nation of Turkey. Rodden played at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas. He was a member of the 1997 American Southwest Conference championship team, the All-ASC Academic team, and the 1997 and 1998 squads that were nationally ranked. He hit .375 during his career as a utility player for the Yellow Jackets, and had the distinction of hitting homeruns in both his first and last collegiate starts. Rodden spent the 2000 fall season as a student coach for HPU. He also has over ten years experience coaching children and teenagers in baseball and softball, through camps and private lessons. His summers are spent directing the baseball program at Camp Lenox, a co-ed sleep-away sports camp in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts. Rodden received his Master of Arts degree in human communication from Abilene Christian University as well as a graduate certification in conflict mediation. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Howard Payne in sport and recreation management. Rodden was a four-sport athlete in high school, receiving all-district and all-region honors in baseball, football, track, and golf. Rodden and his wife Lindsay, an elementary teacher, reside in Richmond. Contact: Assistant Coach Chris Ebright
Chris Ebright enters his first season with the Quakers, after spending the past four years playing professionally and coaching at the collegiate level. In 2004, Ebright played one season professionally in Perth, Australia for the Vic Park Reds and then again in 2007 for the Wembley Magpies where was a catcher for both teams. Between his professional playing stints, Ebright served as an assistant coach for Alma College in 2005-06. Ebright played at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan graduating with an accounting degree in 2003. He was a member of the 2000 and 2001 conference championship teams that were nationally ranked and participated in the NCAA tournament. The catcher-outfielder had a career batting average of .319. Contact: |
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Earlham College · 801 National Road West · Richmond,
Indiana 47374-4095 |