University of Cincinnati baseball head coach Jordan Bischel announced the addition of Chris Krepline to his coaching staff on Monday. Krepline will serve as the Bearcats’ Director of Pitching Development.
Krepline comes to Cincinnati following a successful stint as the head coach at Lawrence University. From 2019-24, he earned two Midwest Conference Coach of the Year awards and held Lawrence to two conference titles (2022 and 2024).
This past season, Krepline’s squad posted a 31-11 record, the most wins in a season in school history, and four of his student-athletes earned All-America recognitions. Outfielder Jacob Charon was named the league’s player of the year and pitcher Quinn Berglin was named the pitcher of the year.
His 2022 team also won the Midwest Conference and took the conference tournament crown as well, earning the school’s first trip to the NCAA Division III Tournament since 1979. He earned D3Basebal and ABCA Region 9 Coach of the Year accolades that season.
Overall, Krepline coached 21 all-conference players and had 12 all-region selections during his time at Lawrence.
Krepline, who also had a stint as an assistant coach at Lawrence in 2013 and 2014, was an assistant coach at St. Norbert college from 2015-18. During that time, he coached six All-Midwest Conference and four All-Central Region pitchers. St. Norbert also won three Midwest Conference North Division titles, a Midwest Conference championship and played in the NCAA Division III Regional Tournament.
His previous experience also includes coaching the Green Bay Rockets of the Northwoods League and a stint at Reedsville High School from 2011-13.
Krepline is a 2009 graduate of Carthage College, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise and sport science. He received a master’s degree in applied exercise science from Concordia University in 2015.
He was a pitcher at Carthage, helping lead his team to the finals of the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship in 2007. A two-sport star, Krepline was also a wide receiver on the football team and won a CCIW Championship in 2004.
Krepline played professional baseball for two years with stints on the Lake County Fielders, Macon Pinetoppers, Saskatchewan Silver Sox and Rockford River Hawks.
Krepline and his wife, Bri, have two sons, Boe and Crewe, and a daughter, Sadie.
