Augustana Baseball
Head Coach

Tim Huber
Head Coach

Tim Huber has taken Augustana’s baseball program to the national level in just three seasons as head coach. During that span, he has compiled an overall record of 91-69.

In 2011, the Vikings posted a 30-24 record. It was the program’s second consecutive 30-win season. In addition, the Vikings made their first-ever NCAA tournament appearance.

Augustana finished fifth in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference regular-season standings with a 20-12 record. The Vikings went 2-2 at the NSIC Tournament, including a 12-2 win over Winona State, which went on to finish second in the Division II World Series. The two wins were the first for the Vikings in NSIC Tournament play.

The Vikings were seeded sixth in the Central Region showdown, where they lost to No.1-seeded St. Cloud State and No. 2-seeded Mesa State.

Four Vikings were selected to the All-NSIC team and two to the NSIC All-Tournament team. Three Augustana players were named to the 2011 Rawlings/American Baseball Coaches Association and Daktronics All-Central Region teams.

Standout senior Nate Baumann, a two-time All-America selection, was chosen to the All-NSIC, NSIC All-Tournament and All-Central Region teams. He hit a team-high 13 home runs and ended his collegiate career with school records for slugging percentage, runs scored, hits, doubles, home runs, RBIs and total bases. At the conclusion of the 2011 season, he was chosen to the Daktronics All-America third team.

A well-known hitting technician, Huber’s squads have broken numerous school records and ranked at the top of the conference. Augustana led the NSIC in hitting in 2010 with a .352 average. In 2011, Augustana led the league in slugging percentage (.472), and was first in doubles and home runs. Baumann led the league in slugging percentage, home runs and total bases.

Huber's 2010 team rolled to 34 wins, notching the most victories in program history. His squad also picked up a laundry list of accolades. Baumann and Deryk Marks both earned All-America second team honors from both Rawlings/ABCA and Daktronics. The two also claimed All-Central Region honors from the same organizations. Additionally, Baumann was named Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Player of the Year, while Marks was tabbed conference’s Newcomer of the Year. Huber also had five players named All-NSIC in 2010.

Huber posted a 27-23 record in 2009, his inaugural season, after the Vikings won 27 games combined in the 2007 and 2008 seasons. Also in 2009, the Vikings were one of six teams to make the NSIC postseason tournament after being picked to finish 11th in the preseason coaches’ poll.

Huber came to Augustana after four successful years as the head coach at Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount, Minn. In his four seasons, Huber posted a 98-71-1 record. The Blue Knights’ record improved each season under Huber’s guidance. After inheriting a team that went 5-30 the season before his arrival, Huber led the Blue Knights to a 19-20-1 record in 2005. He followed that by directing DCTC to a 23-17 record in 2006. The team finished fourth in the Minnesota Community College Conference, and he was named the MCCC Southern Division Coach of the Year.

In 2007, Huber led DCTC to a 25-18 record before guiding the Blue Knights to another improved campaign, posting a 31-16 record in 2008. DCTC was in the top 15 in the national rankings, finished third at the state tournament and advanced to the regional tournament during the 2008 season. At regionals, the Blue Knights lost in the championship game and were one win shy of advancing to the Junior College World Series.

Prior to DCTC, Huber spent the 2003 and 2004 seasons as an assistant coach at Southwest Minnesota State in Marshall, Minn. Working with the hitters and outfielders, SMSU led the NSIC in batting average, hits, doubles, total bases and RBIs during the 2003 season. Those totals all ranked among the top three single-season totals in SMSU history. As a result, seven Mustang hitters were named All-NSIC.

Huber enjoyed a stellar playing career at Minnesota State from 1997 to 2001. The outfielder was a two-time All-North Central Conference selection (1999 and 2001) and was an All-Central Region first team selection in 2001. The Mavericks won NCC titles in 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2001. He still ranks high on many of the Mavericks’ career hitting charts.

A native of Belle Plaine, Minn., Huber graduated from MSU in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in sport management. He earned a master’s degree in educational leadership with a physical education emphasis from SMSU in 2004.