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Steve Adkins

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
Phone:
(270) 809-3475

Steve Adkins is entering his third season as an Assistant Coach with Murray State baseball for the 2024-25 school year
Helped lead Cade Vernon to being drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2024 MLB Draft
Lowered team ERA from 5.71 to 4.74
2023 improvements in ERA, K/9, K/BB, AVG, SLG%, H/9
4.74 team ERA (3rd in MVC, 52nd nationally)
Lowest Murray State ERA (4.74) since 2009
Lowest opponent batting average (.262) since 1984
9.1 hits allowed per game (3rd in MVC)
.394 opponent SLG% (2nd in MVC)
4.0 BB/9 (3rd in MVC)
2.1 to 1 K/BB ratio (4th in MVC)
34-23 overall record, 5th place MVC finish (preseason 9th)
Jr. RHP Cade Vernon - 2023 MVC All-Tournament
In his first season with the Racers, Adkins helped guide the team to its third-straight 30-win season
Adkins first arrived at MSU in 2022-23 with six seasons of Division 1 coaching experience
The Elmhurst, Illinois native most recently coached at UMass for the 2021-22 season
While at UMass, Adkins helped lead the Minutemen to 22 wins, the most since 2012
The pitching staff at UMass gathered 373 strikeouts in 2022, the highest total in over a decade
The Minutemen also had two pitchers that picked up five saves last year under Adkins' leadership
Prior to UMass, Adkins served as the pitching coach at Fairleigh Dickinson for 2020-21
As the leader of the Knights pitching staff, he saw the staff ERA lowered in each of his two years with the program
Adkins also held a stay at Siena for three seasons for the 2017-19 campaigns
Under Adkins, the Saints pitching staff saw improvements in ERA, K/9, BB/9, and H/9 amongst others
In 2018 conference games, the Saints led the MAAC in ERA, Shutouts, BB/9, and strikeout-to-walk ratio
While at Siena, Adkins helped in the development of 2019 Detroit Tigers draft pick, Brendan White; White ranked second in the NCAA in complete games while setting Siena's single-season strikeout record with 93 in 2019
Adkins also helped develop 2019 Philadelphia Phillies Free Agent Signee, Tom Sutera
Adkins began his coaching career at NCAA Division II, Southwest Baptist in 2015-16
The Bearcats set the school's single-season strikeout record in 2016 with 304 strikeouts
While at SBU, Adkins played a key role in the development of Two-Time Division II All-American, Hunter Hisky
As a player, Adkins pitched at fellow Missouri Valley member Bradley University from 2011-15
While at Bradley, he was named to the Athletic Directors' honor roll four times while earning MVC honor roll twice
As a senior, Adkins was named All-MVC while posting a 6-2 record with a 2.87 ERA in 53.1 innings pitched
Adkins struck out 56 and walked just 19 while leading the Braves to a 2015 NCAA Regional appearance