After serving as the Iowa Hawkeyes’ volunteer assistant coach for the 2023 season, Mitch Boe is moving on up in the coaching ranks.
Iowa head baseball coach Rick Heller announced the elevation of Boe from volunteer assistant to one of the Hawkeyes’ full-time assistant coaches for the 2024 season.
In 2023, Boe served as the team’s outfield coach and hitting assistant. He also set defensive alignment and coached first base for the Hawkeyes.
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 to Mitch Boe who has been elevated to assistant coach! 👏
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— Iowa Baseball (@UIBaseball) August 2, 2023
Of course, the Iowa Hawkeyes enjoyed a historic season, tying the all-time single-season wins record with a 44-16 campaign. Iowa finished third in the Big Ten with its 15-8 league mark and the Hawkeyes and advanced to the Big Ten Tournament championship game.
The Hawkeyes made their sixth all-time NCAA Tournament appearance and their first since 2017. Iowa won a pair of games before falling in the Terre Haute Regional final to host Indiana State.
A native of Naperville, Ill., Boe was actually a part of Iowa’s previous NCAA Tournament squad in 2017 as an infielder for the Hawkeyes. That 2017 team won the Big Ten Tournament championship.
Boe played for Iowa from 2016-19 where he tallied 144 hits, 28 doubles, 72 RBIs and 21 stolen bases for the Hawkeyes in 193 career games. His 193 career games are tied for the ninth-most all-time in school history.
Before returning to Iowa City as a volunteer assistant last season, Boe spent two seasons as an assistant coach for Valparaiso, where he was the team’s infield and baserunning instructor while also coaching third base for the Beacons.
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