Baseball
- Title:
- Assistant Baseball Coach
- Email:
- mitchmormann@creighton.edu
Mitch Mormann joined the Creighton staff in the fall of 2021 after three seasons as the recruiting coordinator and pitching coach at Ohio (2019-2021).Â
Mormann made an instant impact for the Bluejays pitching staff as Creighton closed the 2022 season ranked 37th in the NCAA with an ERA of 4.33. The Bluejays also held opponents to a .259 average with a 418 strikeouts. In the regular season (46 games), the Bluejays posted a team ERA of just 3.79, which would have placed them seventh in the country.
Mormann’s influence helped Bluejay Tommy Steier set the Creighton single season record with a 1.62 ERA over 55.2 innings in 2022. Steier had a 4.02 ERA over 15.2 frames in his first full season with Creighton in 2021.
Another hurler that benefited from Mormann’s guidance was Dylan Tebrake in the spring of 2022. The Minnesota native repeated as the 2022 BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year, after claiming the honor in 2021. Tebrake notched 115 strikeouts over 93 innings in 2022, helping him get drafted in the eighth round by the New York Mets (239th overall pick). In 2022 Tebrake finished 44th in the NCAA with a 2.71 ERA. Mormann called the pitches in Tebrake’s May 13 performance against Butler where he set the Creighton record for single-game strikeouts with 15.
In 2020 at Ohio, Mormann was the pitching coach for LHP Joe Rock, who was drafted with the 68th pick in the competitive balance B Round of the 2021 MLB First-Year Player Draft. Rock was 8-3 with a 2.33 ERA, striking out 117 batters over 88.2 innings of work. Rock was First Team All-MAC and a member of Collegiate Baseball’s 2021 NCAA Division I All-American Second Team.
Mormann joined Ohio from South Dakota State (2016-19). While at SDSU, Mormann coached two First Team All-Summit League closers, three Second Team All-Summit League pitchers and two Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-Americans. Mormann’s squad led the Summit League in pitching in 2019. Prior to SDSU, Mormann helped mold North Dakota’s Zach Muckenhirn into the program’s highest-ever draft pick (11th Round, 331st overall selection).
Mormann was a key member of the Ohio coaching staff in 2015, when the Bobcats won the 2015 Mid-American Conference championship and made an NCAA Regional. His college coaching career began at Des Moines Area Community College, where Mormann coached the 2014 NJCAA Division II National Player of the Year and won the ICCAC.
Mormann played at Des Moines Area Community College, LSU and Wichita State during his collegiate career. He was drafted three times in college and played in the San Francisco Giants organization.
