Tyler Shipley is in his first season as the Pitching Coach at Nicholls State University. Shipley
came to Nicholls from Dallas Baptist University where he spent the 2025 season as the Director
of Pitching Development. At DBU Shipley aided in the development of a pitching staff that won
the 2025 Conference USA Championship, produced 2 All- Conference pitching selections, as
well as 3 pitchers selected in the 2025 Major League Baseball Draft.
Prior to DBU Shipley spent the 2023 and 2024 seasons at the University of Evansville as the
Pitching Coach. During his time at Evansville, Shipley helped lead a Purple Aces team that won
the 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Championship and Greenville Regional before falling one
game short of reaching the College World Series at the Knoxville Super Regional. Under
Shipley’s direction, Evansville produced 4 All-MVC selections on the mound, an MVC Freshman
of the Year, an All-Region performer, and a Freshman All-American.
Before Evansville, Shipley spent the 2022 season as the Pitching Coach at Eastern Illinois
University, helping guide the Panthers to a 33-20 record. Shipley’s staff finished the 2022
season ranked nationally in five statistical categories, led the Ohio Valley Conference in
numerous categories, and produced a pair of All-Conference selections. Shipley also helped to
develop Hayden Birdsong, a sixth-round selection of the San Francisco Giants in the 2022
Major League Baseball Draft.
Prior to his stint at Eastern Illinois, Shipley was the Director of Pitching and Player Development
at Oral Roberts University from 2019-21. With the Golden Eagles, Shipley coached the pitching
staff and aided their development, producing 13 All-Conference selections, including 4 All-
Conference pitching selections, the Conference Pitcher of the Year, and produced multiple
Major League Baseball draft picks.
Before his time at ORU, Shipley made stops at Ecclesia College (2014-15), Concordia
University Chicago (2015-17), Wheaton College (2017-18), and Dayton University (2018-19).
Shipley has also worked with USA Baseball, the Rawlings Arkansas Prospects, and Cangelosi
Sparks Travel organizations, as well as serving as an instructor at Bo Jackson Elite Sports in
the Chicago area. During that time, he coached over 130 players who went on to play collegiate
and/or professional baseball.
Shipley played at Drury University and graduated with a Bachelors degree in Exercise Science
and Sports Management. He later earned his Masters Degree in Leadership in Sport at
Concordia University-Chicago.
