Rich Maloney

Rich Maloney
	Maloney in 2011
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Ball State
Conference	Mid-American
Biographical details
Born	September 23, 1964; Roseville, Michigan, U.S.
Playing career
1984–1986	Western Michigan
1986	Pulaski Braves
1987	Sumter Braves
1987–1990	Durham Bulls
1990–1991	Greenville Braves
Positions	Shortstop, Second Baseman, Third Baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–1995	Western Michigan (AHC)
1996–2002	Ball State
2003–2012	Michigan
2013–present	Ball State
Head coaching record
Overall	1,031–676–2 (.604)
Tournaments	NCAA: 6–11
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	3x Big Ten Conference Regular Season; 2x Big Ten Conference Tournament; 5x Mid-American Conference Regular Season; 1x Mid-American ConferenceTournament; 6x Mid-American Conference West Division; 5x NCAA Regional Appearances; 1x Regional Championship;
Awards
	4x Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year (1998, 2001, 2014, 2022); 2x Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year (2007, 2008); 2x Region Coach of the Year (2007, 2008); ABCA/Dave Keilitz Ethics in Coaching Award (2022); FCA Jerry Kindall Award (2017); Winningest Baseball Coach in Ball State History; As Player 2x First-team All-MAC; 2x All-district Squad; Third team All-American; Western Michigan Hall of Fame; Roseville Michigan High School Hall of Fame; Roseville Michigan High School No.1 Retired;

Richard Allen Maloney (born September 23, 1964) is an American college baseball coach and the current head coach at Ball State, a position he has held since the 2013 season. He previously served as the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines, where he compiled a 341–244 record over ten seasons (2003–2012). During his tenure at Michigan, he secured three Big Ten regular-season titles and two Big Ten tournament titles. Maloney led the Wolverines to four consecutive NCAA tournament appearances from 2005 to 2008 and was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year in both 2007 and 2008.

Prior to his time at Michigan, Maloney served as the head coach at Ball State from 1996 to 2002. He was named the MAC Coach of the Year in 1998 and 2001, as the Cardinals finished first in the MAC West for four consecutive seasons (1998–2001) and captured three regular-season titles. Following his return to Ball State in 2013, he has led the program to two additional MAC West titles, two regular-season titles, and earned Coach of the Year honors in 2014 and 2022. In 2023, he guided the Cardinals to their first MAC tournament title since 2006.