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Head Coach

Blake Allen

Blake Allen was named the DePauw University head baseball coach in August 2016.

Career Highlights

A former DePauw student-athlete and assistant coach, he was most recently a baseball assistant at Vanderbilt University

Served two stints (2004-08 and 2015-16) for a total of five seasons with the Commodores

  • Allen's responsibilities included first base coach, assistant hitting coach, bullpen coach and catching coach.
  • With Vanderbilt the team appeared in four NCAA regionals with a 210-101 overall record including a Southeastern Conference championship.
  • 45 student-athletes were selected in the MLB draft including two MLB All-Stars and 12 total players currently or previously competing in the majors
  • Vanderbilt players earned 50 All-SEC Academic accolades and 10 all-America honors during that time
  • Allen was an assistant baseball coach and recruiting coordinator for seven seasons (2009-15) at Western Kentucky
    • Oversaw the Hilltoppers' as its hitting, pitching, and catching coach
    • The team was ranked in the NCAA Division I Top 25 three different seasons and made one NCAA regional appearance with one Sun Belt Conference title
    • The team posted 10 consecutive semesters of at least a 3.0 grade point average with six Academic All-America® honorees.
    • A total of 21 student-athletes were selected in the MLB draft and Hilltoppers players garnered seven All-America honors and 22 all-conference accolades during those seven seasons.
  • For two seasons (2001-2003) came back to DePauw to serve as an assistant baseball couch and for one season coached football
  • Was an assistant coach for both baseball and football at Franklin College for the 2003-04 year and served as recruiting coordinator

Academic and Athletic Highlights

  • Earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Blackburn College ('01)
  • Earned a Master of Science degree from Indiana State University 
  • The St. Louis, Mo., native attended DePauw for two years and was an outfielder for the Tigers during the 1996 and 1997 seasons as well as a defensive back on the 1997 football team
  • Transferred to Blackburn College where he played both sports and set several of the Beavers' receiving records in football.
    • Allen was an honorable mention all-conference choice in baseball.