Rob Bishop, who has led college baseball teams to more than 500 victories, will return to South Dakota State University as head baseball coach, Director of Athletics Justin Sell announced Monday.
Overall, Bishop holds a 549-322-1 record (.630 winning percentage) as a collegiate head coach. He spent the last six years at NCAA Division II member Montana State University-Billings, where he led the Yellowjackets to back-to-back Great Northwest Athletic Conference regular season titles in 2015 and 2016, attaining the program’s first-ever 30-win season with a 30-20 record this past spring.
Bishop, who will begin his duties later this month, announced he will retain current assistant coach Brian Grunzke on the Jackrabbit staff. The remainder of his coaching staff will be determined at a later date.
Previously, Bishop spent 10 years at Miles City Community College in Montana, where his teams won MonDak conference championships every year. His squads also claimed five consecutive junior college region titles and a Northwest District championship in 2007 to advance to the NJCAA Division II College World Series. He also served as athletic director the last five years of his tenure at Miles City.
Bishop served as a graduate assistant at SDSU under head coach Mark Ekeland during the 1998 and 1999 seasons. In his first season as a head coach, Bishop led Huron University to the South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference title in 2000.
