Todd Asalon is entering his ninth season as the baseball head coach at Northern Kentucky University. Asalon owns a 278-190-1 record in seven years as the Norse head coach and has led NKU to the NCAA Division II Tournament four times. His 176 wins in the Great Lakes Valley Conference are the most by any GLVC team over the last eight years.

During his tenure, seven players, including six pitchers, have been selected in the Major League Baseball Draft. Last season, Jake Shaffer became the first NKU field player to be drafted when he was selected in the 15th round by the Seattle Mariners.

Last season, Asalon led the Norse to a 38-24 record and their fourth Great Lakes Valley Conference title in the last seven years. He is the first coach in GLVC history to amass four titles so quickly into his tenure and only the second coach in GLVC history to amass four conference titles such a short span.

Legendary head coach Irish O’Reilly won four GLVC championships at Lewis between 1985 and 1990.

In 2007, the Norse finished 27-26 and claimed the GLVC Pitcher of the Year in Matt Marksbury. The Norse challenged themselves early, taking on the previous three national champions – Delta State, Florida Southern and Tampa – in the first three weeks of the season.

Asalon guided NKU to the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament championship last season and an appearance in the NCAA Division II Tournament. The Norse finished 42-20-1 overall, 36-11-1 in the GLVC. The 42 wins are the most for NKU since 1989, when the Norse finished 45-9.

Three years ago, Asalon led NKU to a 31-26 record. It marked the fourth time in the past five years that Asalon led the Norse to at least 30 victories.

In 2004, Asalon guided NKU to a 37-25 record and its second Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament championship in three years. The Norse also advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament and featured GLVC Pitcher of the Year Derrik Moeves, who was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2005.

In 2002, Asalon led NKU to a 37-24 record and guided the Norse to their first-ever GLVC Tournament championship. Asalon was named GLVC Coach of the Year in 2002, and he guided the Norse to the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time since 1990.

Asalon, who spent six years as the baseball head coach at Thomas More College prior to taking the NKU position in 2000, is a 1994 graduate of NKU. Asalon played baseball for the Norse from 1980-83, and he was a three-year starter at catcher.

Asalon earned All-Region honors in 1981 and served as team captain in both 1982 and '83.

He later was an assistant baseball coach for the Norse from 1991-94, before taking the Thomas More coaching job in 1994.

“This is a great opportunity to go back and coach where I played college baseball, and it is a dream come true to coach the baseball program at Northern Kentucky University,” said Asalon, who posted a 144-92 record in six years at Thomas More.

Asalon led Thomas More to a school-record 32 victories in 2000 and its first-ever NCAA Division III Tournament appearance. He was named Association of Mideast Colleges Conference Coach of the Year in 1995.

In addition to being the baseball coach, Asalon also served as Thomas More's athletic director for two years.