Mitch Schmidt is in his second season as Director of Baseball Operations and Assistant Baseball Coach for the Bruins. Coach Schmidt brings an extensive playing and coaching background to the Bruins Baseball Program. He has been involved in all aspects of coaching on and off the field during his past appointments. For the Bruins Baseball Team, Coach Schmidt’s off field responsibilities as the Director of Baseball Operation include: Budget, Scheduling, Travel Coordination, Fundraising, and Recruiting. Coach Schmidt’s on field responsibilities include: Outfielders and Hitters

The Billings, MT native graduated from Billings West High School in 1987. He was a standout baseball athlete in the legendary Billings Scarlets American Legion Baseball Program for Coach Dennis Maggert. In 1995 after concluding a playing career at the higher levels of college and professional baseball in North America Coach Schmidt made his first full time coaching stop in his hometown for the Montana State University-Billings Yellowjacket Club Program as Head Coach (1996 & 1998 Big Sky Conference Champions, 1995 & 1998 Big Sky Conference Tournament Champions). Between stints at MSU-Billings Coach Schmidt helped Minot State University’s 1997 team to a season Team Batting Average of .402 that was #2 in the nation for all NAIA baseball programs as an Assistant Coach before eventually taking the reins as Head Coach in the fall of 1997. While at Minot State Coach Schmidt served as an Assistant Coach for the Minot, ND American Legion Baseball Program under Coach Todd Larson. Upon the opening of the Head Coach position for the Billings Scarlets American Legion Baseball Program, Coach Schmidt returned to Billings to coach in the program he once played in while resuming the duties as the Head Coach for the Montana State University-Billings Yellowjacket Club Program.

In 2000 Coach Schmidt moved from Billings, MT to Fremont, NE to take the Assistant Coach position at Midland Lutheran College before moving on in 2001 to Valley High School, in Valley, NE as the Head Coach while serving as the Head Coach for the CNBL Fremont National Bank SP Baseball Team (2000 & 2001 Central Nebraska Baseball League Champions, 2000 & 2002 Central Nebraska Baseball League Playoff Champions) under General Manager Bob Griffiths. In 2004 Coach Schmidt moved back to the College Coaching ranks when he took on the responsibilities as an Assistant Coach at Dana College (2004 Great Plains Athletic Conference Champions and NAIA National Tournament Qualifier) for the three seasons previous to becoming a part of the Bruins Baseball Family.

Mitch and his wife Jennifer (Janecek - Dodge, NE) became proud first time parents on October 22, 2006 to Lauren Ann Schmidt. In addition to his family, Baseball and Student Accounts Coordinator duties at Bellevue University, Nebraska Baseball Academy as Director and CTA duties for Visinet Inc. Coach Schmidt is in the process of completing a Master's degree in Pedagogy at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, were he earned his Bachelor’s degree in General Studies with an emphasis in Physical Education, Health Education and Art in 2002 with a 3.50 overall GPA.

Contact Information:	Mailing Address:
Mitch Schmidt Director of Baseball Operations/Asst. Baseball Coach Work Phone: (402) 557-7091 Cell Phone: (402) 720-5523 E-mail: mitch.schmidt@bellevue.edu	Mitch Schmidt Bellevue University 1000 Galvin Road South Bellevue, NE 68005