Southeast Missouri State Hires Sawyers As Coach
Southeast Missouri State announced Friday it has hired Andy Sawyers to be its head coach. Sawyers comes to Southeast Missouri State after spending the last two years as an assistant coach at Kansas State.
Sawyers said in a statement that he is thankful for the opportunity to take over the Redhawks.
“SEMO is a program on the rise,” he said. “The conference championships, regional appearance, and upcoming facility enhancements speak volumes about the administration’s commitment to baseball.”
Sawyers, 41, takes over at SEMO from Steve Bieser, who left last month to become the head coach at Missouri. The Redhawks went 39-21 this spring and advanced to regionals for the first time since 2002. They have won at least 35 straight games in each of the last three seasons. SEMO was led by All-American lefthander Joey Lucchesi, who went 10-5, 2.19 and led the country with 149 strikeouts in 111 innings.
Sawyers has spent the last 14 years as an assistant coach in the Big 12 Conference and Southeastern Conference, coaching at Kansas State, Texas A&M and Nebraska. He was also the head coach of Hutchinson (Kan.) CC from 2001-2002.
Sawyers graduated from Nebraska, where he played for Dave Van Horn. He began his coaching career the next year as a volunteer assistant coach at Northwestern State, before returning to his alma mater in the same capacity in 2000.
| 2016 COACHING CHANGES | ||
| School | Departures | Arrivals |
| Alabama | Mitch Gaspard | Greg Goff |
| Alabama State | Mervyl Melendez | Jose Vazquez |
| Appalachian State | Billy Jones | Kermit Smith |
| Army | Matt Reid | Jim Foster |
| Butler | Steve Farley | Dave Schrage |
| Central Florida | Terry Rooney | Greg Lovelady |
| Florida International | Turtle Thomas | Mervyl Melendez |
| Furman | Ron Smith | Brett Harker |
| Jacksonville | Tim Montez | Chris Hayes |
| Kentucky | Gary Henderson | Nick Mingione |
| Lamar | Jim Gilligan (ret.) | Will Davis |
| Liberty | Jim Toman | Scott Jackson |
| LIU-Brooklyn | Alex Trezza | |
| Louisiana Tech | Greg Goff | Lane Burroughs |
| Missouri | Tim Jamieson | Steve Bieser |
| Nebraska-Omaha | Bob Herold | |
| Northwestern State | Lane Burroughs | Bobby Barbier |
| Oakland | John Musachio | Jacke Heale, Colin Kaline |
| Purdue | Doug Schreiber | Mark Wasikowski |
| San Jose State | Dave Nakama | Jason Hawkins |
| South Dakota State | Dave Schrage | |
| SIU-Edwardsville | Tony Stoecklin | Sean Lyons |
| Southeast Missouri State | Steve Bieser | Andy Sawyers |
| Texas | Augie Garrido | David Pierce |
| Tulane | David Pierce | Travis Jewett |
| Villanova | Joe Godri | Kevin Mulvey |
| Wright State | Greg Lovelady | Jeff Mercer |
| Youngstown State | Steve Gillispie | Dan Bertolini |
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