Doug Schreiber Hometown: La Porte, Ind. Position: Head Coach Birthdate: 08/25/1963 Career Record: 253-252 (9 years)

Since Doug Schreiber was named Purdue's head baseball coach on May 29, 1998, the Boilermakers have become a major force in the Big Ten Conference and have made big strides on a national level.

Entering his 12th year as the head coach at Purdue, Schreiber has posted a 310-304 overall record and a 164-156 Big Ten mark through his first 11 seasons. His overall win total ranks second in Purdue history, while his conference victories stand alone in first. In 2007, Schreiber became the third head coach in Purdue baseball history to surpass the 500-games mark as the Boilermakers' head man. Dave Alexander, whom Schreiber played for from 1983 to 1986, owns the record for most games coached at Purdue with 792 over 14 seasons, while Joe Sexson guided the Boilermakers for 527 games over 18 years.

Despite battling numerous injuries and bad weather during the 2009 spring, Schreiber's squad earned their fifth Big Ten Tournament berth in the past six years. The Boilers were 5-2-1 in their conference series, winning two out of three games against Iowa, Penn State, Indiana, Michigan State, and Illinois while splitting their weather-shortened series at Northwestern. The Boilermakers defeated Michigan State before being eliminated from the Big Ten Tournament in the third round. Highlighted by the unanimous first team selection of Brandon Haveman to the All-Big Ten Team, five Boilermakers were feted with league honors, including third team selections of Matt Bischoff, Eric Charles, John Cummins and Alex Jaffee. Charles also garnered Freshman All-American honors from Collegiate Baseball, while Dan Black, Haveman and Matt Jansen were all selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

The 2008 campaign marked the third time in eight seasons that Schreiber's Boilermakers were on the verge of winning a Big Ten championship. Purdue finished second in the Big Ten regular season as the Boilers won a school-record 21 conference games. The Old Gold and Black also finished second at the Big Ten Tournament, losing a nail-biting 3-2 game to host Michigan in the championship round. Six Boilermakers were recognized by the league office with All-Big Ten honors at the end of the year, including first-team members Ben Wolgamot and Matt Bischoff, while Josh Lindblom became the second highest drafted player in Schreiber's tenure at Purdue when he was selected in the second round of the June MLB First-Year Player Draft.

The 2005 Boilermakers narrowly missed claiming its first conference title since 1909, finishing second in the conference and one game out of first place for the second time under Schreiber. Purdue continued its trend of playing one of the best schedules in the nation - one that was ranked as the toughest in the country through their spring break trip. After opening the season at Florida Atlantic, Purdue played Texas, the eventual national champion, and NCAA Super Regional qualifiers Mississippi and Rice.

In 2001, Schreiber and his Boilermakers were on the brink of winning the school's first baseball conference championship since 1909. The Boilermakers finished the Big Ten season in second place at 19-7, just half a game behind champion Ohio State and its 20-7 record. The 2001 Boilermakers ended the season with a 32-24 mark and set a school record for most conference wins (19) and had the highest finish of any Purdue baseball team since 1928. The Boilermakers had the top pitching staff and defense in the Big Ten in 2001, leading the conference with a team ERA of 3.67 in conference games and a .977 fielding percentage in all games. A staple in Schreiber baseball, the Boilermakers led the Big Ten in fielding three years in a row, from 2001 to 2003.

Purdue finished the 2000 season in third place in the Big Ten with a 17-11 record, which included a dominating 9-3 mark against the other top three teams in the conference. The Boilermakers had a four-game series sweep against then-league-leader and No. 25 Illinois and finished the Big Ten regular season winning three out of four games at No. 25 and conference champion Minnesota. The 2000 Boilermakers earned road wins at No. 6 Alabama, No. 16 East Carolina and No. 24 Notre Dame, helping Purdue finish the year with an RPI ranking of 45th in the country. That RPI ranking was the second-best in the Big Ten that season, just one spot behind conference champion Minnesota (44th). The Boilermakers ended the season with a 35-23 overall record and owned the top pitching staff in the Big Ten, with a team ERA of 4.12 in all games.

Two of Schreiber's 11 Purdue teams have been ranked in the top 25 in the country. Baseball America ranked Purdue No. 25 in the nation after the Boilermakers opened the 2001 season with upset wins over No. 1 Rice and No. 24 Wake Forest while capturing the championship of the Coca-Cola Classic, held in Houston, Texas. It was the baseball program's first national ranking since 1993. Later that season, after posting a 13-game winning streak, the Boilermakers were ranked No. 29 by Collegiate Baseball. The 13-game streak was the nation's longest winning streak at that point in the season. The 2002 squad entered the season ranked No. 24 in the country by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and No. 27 by Collegiate Baseball. It was the first time in school history that the baseball program started a season nationally ranked.

Schreiber believes in playing a challenging non-conference schedule each year against some of the nation's elite baseball programs. Since 2000, Purdue has faced national powers Alabama, Auburn, Baylor, Central Florida, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, East Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Long Beach State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Rice, San Diego, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, UCLA, Vanderbilt and Wake Forest.

In 2001, Baseball America named Schreiber as one of the nation's top young Division I head coaches on the rise.

Schreiber has coached 47 All-Big Ten Conference selections, including 15 who were named to the conference's first team, and has had players selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on 21 occasions. One of Schreiber's Boilermakers has led the Big Ten in hitting in four out of the last five years.

Prior to becoming the head coach at Purdue, Schreiber spent four seasons (1995-98) as the top assistant coach and recruiting coordinator under Pat Murphy at Arizona State University. Schreiber helped guide Arizona State to the College World Series and the national championship game in 1998. A year earlier, the Sun Devils finished as regional runners-up to Miami, and were two outs away from going to the College World Series. All four of Schreiber's recruiting classes at ASU were nationally ranked, including the 1995 class which was ranked No. 1 in the country and the 1996 class, which was tabbed the third best in the nation.

Before going to ASU, Schreiber served as an assistant coach for Murphy at the University of Notre Dame in 1994. That season, the Fighting Irish finished 46-16 and ended the season just two wins shy of Omaha, finishing as regional runners-up to Auburn.

Schreiber began his coaching career as a graduate assistant under Pat Quinn at Ball State University for two seasons (1991-92) and spent one year (1993) as an assistant at Butler University.

A native of LaPorte, Ind., Schreiber was a four-year starter (1983-86) at second base for the Boilermakers. During his career, Purdue posted a 120-112-2 mark and established a school-record 37 victories his senior season when he was a second-team All-Big Ten selection. Schreiber still ranks among Purdue's career leaders in a variety of categories, including top-six ranking in four categories. Schreiber ranks first all-time in walks (132), fourth in runs scored (159), tied for third in games played (220) and tied for sixth in triples (9). He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and has completed some course work towards a master's in education.

Schreiber played for the Adray Sound of the Detroit Adray Summer League in 1983, where he started in the infield alongside future Major Leaguers Barry Larkin (shortstop) and Jim Leyritz (third base). Schreiber also played for the Cotuit Kettleers of the prestigious Cape Cod League, helping the team win the league championship in the summer of 1985.

Born Aug. 25, 1963, Schreiber is the son of legendary LaPorte High School baseball coach Ken Schreiber, a three-time National Prep Coach of the Year who retired in 1998. The elder Schreiber guided LaPorte to an Indiana-record seven state championships, including the 1982 season when Doug was a senior co-captain and starting shortstop. Schreiber was also named the recipient of the prestigious L.V. Phillips Mental Attitude Award presented by the IHSAA following his team's state championship run.

Schreiber and his wife, the former Sarah Piper, reside in Lafayette.

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