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Jordan Bischel recently concluded his second season at Cincinnati in 2025, bringing the Bearcats to the postseason for the first time since 2019.
UC ended the 2025 season with a 33-26 overall record and earned an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament, the seventh tournament trip in program history and the first at-large berth since 1974. The Bearcats were the No. 3 seed in the Knoxville Regional and won their opening game against No. 2 seed Wake Forest, 11-6.
Cincinnati reached the 30-win plateau for the second straight season, the first time the program had won at least 30 games in consecutive seasons since doing it three straight years from 1999-2001. UC also captured six ranked wins, the most in a season in school history.
Under his watch, Bischel’s Bearcats have reclaimed a home field advantage that is hard to ignore. UC is 38-14 at home under Bischel since he took over the program has won eight of 10 Big 12 series at home since the start of the 2024 season.
Bischel’s preferred style of play has become a calling card for Cincinnati, which led all Power Four programs in bunt hits and ranked second in stolen bases. UC was one of the most successful teams on the bases, posting a 90.5% success rate on stolen bases (134-for-148). The 134 stolen bases broke the previous single-season school record set in 2008, and the pitching staff tallied 496 strikeouts, breaking the single-season mark from 2019.
Individually, Bischel helped mentor 2025 Big 12 Player of the Year and Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy semifinalist Kerrington Cross to one of the best seasons ever by a Bearcat. Cross was one of six players to earn all-conference honors, joining second-team selection Jack Natili, all-freshman team pick Quinton Coats, and honorable mention winners Landyn Vidourek, Kellen O’Connor, and Nathan Taylor.
His overall record as an NCAA head coach stands at 379-207 (.647) as of the end of the 2025 season.
The 2024 season was Bischel’s first at Cincinnati, and he led the Bearcats to a terrific year in their inaugural Big 12 campaign. UC posted a 32-25 overall record and a 17-13 mark in conference play, the program’s first 30-win season since 2019. Cincinnati finished the regular season in fifth place in the Big 12 after being picked to finish in last in the preseason coaches poll.
The Bearcats claimed six series wins in conference play including series vs. TCU, West Virginia, and UCF, and also posted an 18-8 record at home.
Bischel helped coach seven All-Big 12 players in 2024, including first-team selection Josh Kross. Christian Mitchelle was named to the second team while Nathan Taylor, Lauden Brooks, Kerrington Cross, Josh Hegemann, and Tommy O’Connor were all honorable mention.
In his first year at UC, Bischel successfully implemented his style of play and saw his players buy in as well. The Bearcats were among the national leaders in walks (320, most in school history) and stolen bases (109) and ranked atop the league in HBP (91). Cincinnati’s ability to get on base and take extra bases led to an average of 7.4 runs per game, which ranked fourth in the league.
Bischel was announced as the 33rd head coach in program history on June 18, 2023.
The Green Bay, Wis., native came to UC from Central Michigan, where he served as head coach for five seasons. He also spent four seasons as head coach of Northwood, an NCAA Division II program in Midland, Mich., and two seasons at the helm of NAIA program Midland University in Fremont, Neb.
He has previously won eight conference championships: four at Central Michigan, four at Northwood.
"Jordan Bischel is the perfect fit to lead the University of Cincinnati baseball program and we are thrilled to welcome he and his family to UC," Cunningham said. "As a head coach, he has won conference championships and consistently guided his teams to the postseason. He's a proven program builder and winner who has found success at every level. He is a leader who will demand the best on and off the field of our student-athletes. We couldn't be happier to have him as our head coach."
Bischel led the Chippewas to four Mid-American Conference (MAC) championships -- two regular season and two tournament -- and three NCAA Regionals. The Chippewas went 177-80 (.689) during Bischel's tenure.
"I couldn't be happier and more excited to be the head baseball coach at the University of Cincinnati," Bischel said. "I'm honored to be part of this incredible athletic department. I'm looking forward to building this program and contending for championships in the Big 12. I was impressed right away by John Cunningham's overall vision and have always loved everything about this city. It was going to take an incredibly special opportunity for our family to leave Central Michigan. This is that opportunity.
"I can't wait to get started working with our student-athletes on and off the field."
In five seasons as head coach at CMU, Bischel had a 102-32 MAC record and posted three consecutive 40-win full seasons for the first time since 1986-88. Bischel's teams won a combined 132 games in 2019, '21 and '22, marking the winningest three-year stretch in program history.
Bischel's CMU teams went a combined 31-8 against the five other Michigan Division I programs, Michigan, Michigan State, Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan and Oakland, and Bischel led his Chippewas to 12 victories over opponents from Power 5 conferences.
In 2022, the Chippewas finished 43-19, including 30-7 and in second place in the MAC. They made a remarkable run to the league tournament crown, starting 1-1 and then winning three consecutive elimination games, the final two against host and regular season champion Ball State.
That put the Chippewas in the NCAA Tournament for the third straight season, where they went 1-2 and bowed to No. 13-ranked Florida in the Gators' home stadium in Gainesville.
The Chippewas posted a 42-18 ledger in 2021, capped by a 2-2 finish in the NCAA Regional in South Bend, Ind. The Chippewas were the No. 4 seed in the four-team tournament and posted victories over No. 2 Michigan and No. 3 UConn.
Bischel electrified CMU baseball from the word go in 2019, leading it to its first MAC Tournament championship and its first NCAA Tournament berth since 1995. The 2019 squad posted a 47-14 mark – an 18-win improvement over the 2018 squad – and a dramatic 6-5 victory over Miami (Fla.) in an NCAA Regional game in Starkville, Miss. It was CMU's first NCAA Tournament victory since 1988.
The Chippewas earned their first MAC regular season title since 2015, tied the program record for victories in a season (47), and its .770-win percentage was fifth best in the nation.
Prior to his time at CMU, Bischel was the head coach of Northwood from 2014 to 2018. The Timberwolves posted a combined 137-76 record and won two Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Championships as well as two GLIAC Tournament titles. Over his last two seasons, Northwood won 84 games – the best two-year stretch prior to Bischel's arrival featured 55 wins (1989-90).
Before Northwood, Bischel coached at Midland University in Fremont, Neb., for two seasons, leading the Warriors to a combined 74-45 record. In his first year at Midland, the Warriors won 31 games, an 18-victory improvement over the previous year.
Bischel also coached in the Northwoods League for five seasons, four with the Green Bay Bullfrogs and one with the Wisconsin Woodchucks. He also served as the pitching coach for three seasons at Northwest Missouri State and was an assistant coach at John Carroll University in Ohio and at St. Norbert College in Wisconsin.
Bischel was an academic all-conference first baseman and pitcher at St. Norbert from 2000 to 2003. He earned all-conference honors and served as the team captain as a senior.
Bischel and his wife Katie have three sons, twins Luke and Parker, and Chase.
UC ended the 2025 season with a 33-26 overall record and earned an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament, the seventh tournament trip in program history and the first at-large berth since 1974. The Bearcats were the No. 3 seed in the Knoxville Regional and won their opening game against No. 2 seed Wake Forest, 11-6.
Cincinnati reached the 30-win plateau for the second straight season, the first time the program had won at least 30 games in consecutive seasons since doing it three straight years from 1999-2001. UC also captured six ranked wins, the most in a season in school history.
Under his watch, Bischel’s Bearcats have reclaimed a home field advantage that is hard to ignore. UC is 38-14 at home under Bischel since he took over the program has won eight of 10 Big 12 series at home since the start of the 2024 season.
Bischel’s preferred style of play has become a calling card for Cincinnati, which led all Power Four programs in bunt hits and ranked second in stolen bases. UC was one of the most successful teams on the bases, posting a 90.5% success rate on stolen bases (134-for-148). The 134 stolen bases broke the previous single-season school record set in 2008, and the pitching staff tallied 496 strikeouts, breaking the single-season mark from 2019.
Individually, Bischel helped mentor 2025 Big 12 Player of the Year and Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy semifinalist Kerrington Cross to one of the best seasons ever by a Bearcat. Cross was one of six players to earn all-conference honors, joining second-team selection Jack Natili, all-freshman team pick Quinton Coats, and honorable mention winners Landyn Vidourek, Kellen O’Connor, and Nathan Taylor.
His overall record as an NCAA head coach stands at 379-207 (.647) as of the end of the 2025 season.
The 2024 season was Bischel’s first at Cincinnati, and he led the Bearcats to a terrific year in their inaugural Big 12 campaign. UC posted a 32-25 overall record and a 17-13 mark in conference play, the program’s first 30-win season since 2019. Cincinnati finished the regular season in fifth place in the Big 12 after being picked to finish in last in the preseason coaches poll.
The Bearcats claimed six series wins in conference play including series vs. TCU, West Virginia, and UCF, and also posted an 18-8 record at home.
Bischel helped coach seven All-Big 12 players in 2024, including first-team selection Josh Kross. Christian Mitchelle was named to the second team while Nathan Taylor, Lauden Brooks, Kerrington Cross, Josh Hegemann, and Tommy O’Connor were all honorable mention.
In his first year at UC, Bischel successfully implemented his style of play and saw his players buy in as well. The Bearcats were among the national leaders in walks (320, most in school history) and stolen bases (109) and ranked atop the league in HBP (91). Cincinnati’s ability to get on base and take extra bases led to an average of 7.4 runs per game, which ranked fourth in the league.
Bischel was announced as the 33rd head coach in program history on June 18, 2023.
The Green Bay, Wis., native came to UC from Central Michigan, where he served as head coach for five seasons. He also spent four seasons as head coach of Northwood, an NCAA Division II program in Midland, Mich., and two seasons at the helm of NAIA program Midland University in Fremont, Neb.
He has previously won eight conference championships: four at Central Michigan, four at Northwood.
"Jordan Bischel is the perfect fit to lead the University of Cincinnati baseball program and we are thrilled to welcome he and his family to UC," Cunningham said. "As a head coach, he has won conference championships and consistently guided his teams to the postseason. He's a proven program builder and winner who has found success at every level. He is a leader who will demand the best on and off the field of our student-athletes. We couldn't be happier to have him as our head coach."
Bischel led the Chippewas to four Mid-American Conference (MAC) championships -- two regular season and two tournament -- and three NCAA Regionals. The Chippewas went 177-80 (.689) during Bischel's tenure.
"I couldn't be happier and more excited to be the head baseball coach at the University of Cincinnati," Bischel said. "I'm honored to be part of this incredible athletic department. I'm looking forward to building this program and contending for championships in the Big 12. I was impressed right away by John Cunningham's overall vision and have always loved everything about this city. It was going to take an incredibly special opportunity for our family to leave Central Michigan. This is that opportunity.
"I can't wait to get started working with our student-athletes on and off the field."
In five seasons as head coach at CMU, Bischel had a 102-32 MAC record and posted three consecutive 40-win full seasons for the first time since 1986-88. Bischel's teams won a combined 132 games in 2019, '21 and '22, marking the winningest three-year stretch in program history.
Bischel's CMU teams went a combined 31-8 against the five other Michigan Division I programs, Michigan, Michigan State, Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan and Oakland, and Bischel led his Chippewas to 12 victories over opponents from Power 5 conferences.
In 2022, the Chippewas finished 43-19, including 30-7 and in second place in the MAC. They made a remarkable run to the league tournament crown, starting 1-1 and then winning three consecutive elimination games, the final two against host and regular season champion Ball State.
That put the Chippewas in the NCAA Tournament for the third straight season, where they went 1-2 and bowed to No. 13-ranked Florida in the Gators' home stadium in Gainesville.
The Chippewas posted a 42-18 ledger in 2021, capped by a 2-2 finish in the NCAA Regional in South Bend, Ind. The Chippewas were the No. 4 seed in the four-team tournament and posted victories over No. 2 Michigan and No. 3 UConn.
Bischel electrified CMU baseball from the word go in 2019, leading it to its first MAC Tournament championship and its first NCAA Tournament berth since 1995. The 2019 squad posted a 47-14 mark – an 18-win improvement over the 2018 squad – and a dramatic 6-5 victory over Miami (Fla.) in an NCAA Regional game in Starkville, Miss. It was CMU's first NCAA Tournament victory since 1988.
The Chippewas earned their first MAC regular season title since 2015, tied the program record for victories in a season (47), and its .770-win percentage was fifth best in the nation.
Prior to his time at CMU, Bischel was the head coach of Northwood from 2014 to 2018. The Timberwolves posted a combined 137-76 record and won two Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Championships as well as two GLIAC Tournament titles. Over his last two seasons, Northwood won 84 games – the best two-year stretch prior to Bischel's arrival featured 55 wins (1989-90).
Before Northwood, Bischel coached at Midland University in Fremont, Neb., for two seasons, leading the Warriors to a combined 74-45 record. In his first year at Midland, the Warriors won 31 games, an 18-victory improvement over the previous year.
Bischel also coached in the Northwoods League for five seasons, four with the Green Bay Bullfrogs and one with the Wisconsin Woodchucks. He also served as the pitching coach for three seasons at Northwest Missouri State and was an assistant coach at John Carroll University in Ohio and at St. Norbert College in Wisconsin.
Bischel was an academic all-conference first baseman and pitcher at St. Norbert from 2000 to 2003. He earned all-conference honors and served as the team captain as a senior.
Bischel and his wife Katie have three sons, twins Luke and Parker, and Chase.