Illinois Baseball Report

Illinois names Dillon Napoleon as pitching coach

Illinois takes 11th seed in Big Ten Baseball Tournament!

Illinois baseball to host Valpo this weekend!

RIP Legendary coach Richard C. “Itch” Jones

Record crowd hears tales from Sean Casey at 2025 Hot Stove Banquet

Illinois names Dillon Napoleon as pitching coach

Last week, Illinois baseball named Dillon Napoleon as their new permanent pitching coach. Napoleon takes over for Zach Luevanos who was in the interim role after Coach Mark Allen's passing.

Illinois takes 11th seed in Big Ten Baseball Tournament!

Illinois is heading to the 2025 Big Ten Baseball Tournament!Yes, despite a rough stretch losing seven conference games in a row, Illinois (29-23, 14-16) battled to win their last weekend series against Ohio State two games to one.

Illinois baseball to host Valpo this weekend!

At 8-6, Illinois hopes to improve their overall record even more during a non-conference weekend starting Friday. The Valparaiso Beacons are coming to town.

RIP Legendary coach Richard C. “Itch” Jones

The Illinois baseball community received some sad news this week. Legendary college baseball coach "Itch" Jones passed away at the age of 87 on Monday.

Record crowd hears tales from Sean Casey at 2025 Hot Stove Banquet

Last Saturday, Illinois baseball fans packed the Illinois Conference Center for the 2025 Hot Stove Banquet. In a lot of ways, the Hot Stove Banquet has traditionally been the kickoff event for the Illinois baseball season.

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Illinois wins one in first weekend of NCAA baseball

One weekend down. The Illinois baseball team took the first game of the season then drop the last two of the weekend down in the warmer climes of Winston-Salem. I’m sure the Illini wish they could have pulled at least one more win out but we saw some good play…

Illini Baseball to open season in Winston-Salem this weekend!

February 14th is Valentine’s Day. What better way to spend it with your loved one than to follow your favorite baseball team during their season opener? This weekend, Illinois will be taking on Milwaukee, Seton Hall and Wake Forest. It’s been a long off-season and we’re all ready for some…

DIA Facilities Attendant Matt Wright: “It’s a family”

From time to time, I like to interview those people who are involved with the Illinois Baseball program. Recently, I interviewed former Illini catcher and current Marketing Coordinator David Craan. I’ve also had the pleasure to chat with photographers, sports information directors (actually twice), and other former players who made…

Illini baseball “Happy to back” for 2020

On the heels of the announcement that they were chosen to place fourth in the Big Ten by Perfect Game, the Illinois Baseball team held Media Day on Friday afternoon. Local sports pundits heard from Coach Hartleb, Garrett Acton and others at the Irwin Practice Facility. Acton who chose to…

Buck Showalter speaks at 2020 Illinois Baseball Hot Stove Banquet

On Saturday night, the Chancellor Ballroom at the iHotel was filled to capacity with loyal Illinois Baseball fans for the 2020 First Federal Hot Stove Banquet. Three-time Manager of the Year Buck Showalter was the keynote speaker and Mike Namoff facilitated a successful live and silent auction for Illinois Baseball. …

A little bit about the Illinois Baseball Report

Hi Illinois baseball fans, In the spirit of the new year and new season, I thought I would write up a quick article about “What is the Illinois Baseball Report?” Many of you see my posts and photos and might wonder, “who is the guy behind the Illinois Baseball Report?” …

Folks are paying attention to Garrett Acton

In all the hoopla of Coach Hartleb’s Big Ten Coach of the Decade award early this week, one announcement might have been overlooked. Illini reliever Garrett Acton notched another award. On Tuesday, Acton was named to the Perfect Game Preseason All-American second team. This award adds to his Collegiate Baseball…

Dan Hartleb named best B1G coach of the decade

Illinois baseball is starting out the year right. D1baseball.com has named Coach Dan Hartleb the Big Ten Coach of the Decade! According to D1Baseball.com’s All Decade award-laden post: There’s plenty of competition for this honor. Former Indiana coach Tracy Smith has a good argument but only coached half the decade…

Happy Holidays from IBR!

Happy Holidays to all Illini baseball fans!

I hope every player, parent, coach and fan out there has a pleasant, safe, and stress-free holiday season.

We’ll see you at the ballpark in the year 2020!

Closer Acton receives preseason honor

You know we’re getting close to the college baseball season when the pundits begin naming pre-season honors. Such is the case with Illini closer Garrett Acton. The senior righty was just named to the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper All-America second team. The honor is well deserved. Acton set the Illinois AND…