Yellowjackets Hire Miles Community College’s Rob Bishop for Head Baseball Position

BILLINGS, Mont. – Montana State Billings Director of Athletics, Dr. Gary Gray, announced Friday that Rob Bishop, former head baseball coach and athletic director at Miles Community College, has been hired to the head baseball coaching position at MSUB.  He replaces Chris Brown who is not returning for the 2010-11 season. 

“We’re very excited that Coach Bishop has accepted our offer to become our head baseball coach at MSUB,” Gray said.

Bishop has been the head baseball coach for the Pioneers for 10 seasons and the athletic director for the past five, helping put MCC on the map both regionally and nationally.  He has led the team to 10 conference championships, five consecutive regional championships (2006-2010) and qualified for the NJCAA College World Series in 2007.

“I am excited to be a part of Yellowjacket athletics,” Bishop said.  “Leading Yellowjacket baseball is a terrific opportunity for me, and I am looking forward to working with the student-athletes currently in the program as well as bringing in quality players from around the region.”

He has won an impressive 71 percent of his games as a head coach (414-169) and has earned NJCAA Region IX Coach of the Year honors for four consecutive years (2007-2010).  He also was the Mon-Dak Athletic Conference Coach of the Year each of his 10 years at Miles.  Bishop took over the athletic director position in July of 2005.

“His many years of success at Miles Community College will serve our current and future student-athletes well as he becomes the new leader of Yellowjacket baseball,” Gray added.  “Rob’s experience recruiting across Montana and beyond should significantly strengthen our baseball program and help it grow and flourish in the future.”

Prior to Miles, he was the head coach at Huron University in Huron, South Dakota, from 1999-2000, after serving as a graduate assistant coach at South Dakota State from 1997-1999.

He graduated with his bachelor’s degree in history/political science with a minor in secondary teaching from Jamestown College in 1994 and earned his master’s degree in sports pedagogy with a teaching emphasis from South Dakota State in 1999.

Bishop is the second baseball coach to be hired at MSUB since the sport was reinstated six years ago.  The Yellowjackets began play in the Heartland Conference in 2006 for two years before joining the Great Northwest Athletic Conference for the past three years. 

“He (Bishop) is a proven coach who is dedicated to developing his student-athletes in every way possible,” Gray said.  “It’s an honor to welcome Coach Bishop as our newest Yellowjacket coach.”