Marc Rardin

Biography

For media inquiries, please contact Seth-Patrick Holman at seth-patrick.holman@wku.edu. 2025 ABCA/ATEC Midwest Region Co-Coach of the Year 2025 Conference USA Keith LeClair Coach of the Year Marc Rardin enters his fourth season on The Hill after being named the WKU baseball head coach on June 15, 2022. Rardin holds a 115-62 overall record in three years as the head coach of the Hilltoppers, the second-best record of Division I teams that made head coaching hires ahead of the 2023 season, only trailing Clemson (133-53). The 115 victories are the most in a three-year span the program has seen since 1980-82. WKU has improved its win total every season under Rardin. The 2025 campaign will go down as arguably the greatest season in Hilltopper Baseball history, as the team finished the season with a 46-14 (18-9 CUSA) record - the second-most wins in a season in program history and the most in 45 years. WKU won its first conference tournament title in 17 years and first Conference USA Championship in program history. The Hilltoppers earned an NCAA Regional berth as CUSA's automatic qualifier, returning to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time in program history and first time in 16 years. Following the completion of the regular season, Rardin was named CUSA's Keith LeClair Coach of the Year. He became the seventh Conference Coach of the Year in program history, the first CUSA Coach of the Year in program history and the first in 16 years. WKU got off to a fast start in 2025, winnin