:Mike Bath

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1977)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|9|11|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Celina, Ohio, U.S.

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| player_years1 = 1997–2000

| player_team1 = Miami (OH)

| player_positions = Quarterback

| coach_years1 = 2004–2005

| coach_team1 = Miami (OH) (GA)

| coach_years2 = 2006–2008

| coach_team2 = Miami (OH) (TE)

| coach_years3 = 2009–2010

| coach_team3 = Ashland (OC/QB/WR)

| coach_years4 = 2011

| coach_team4 = Miami (OH) (WR/TE)

| coach_years5 = 2012

| coach_team5 = Miami (OH) (QB)

| coach_years6 = 2013

| coach_team6 = Miami (OH) (QB/WR)

| coach_years7 = 2013

| coach_team7 = Miami (OH) (interim HC)

| coach_years8 = 2014–2017

| coach_team8 = Wyoming (co-ST/RB/FB)

| coach_years9 = 2018

| coach_team9 = Wyoming (co-ST/FB/TE)

| coach_years10 = 2019–2020

| coach_team10 = Western Michigan (RB)

| coach_years11 = 2021

| coach_team11 = Western Michigan (co-OC/RB)

| coach_years12 = 2022–2024

| coach_team12= Indiana State (OC/QB)

| overall_record = 0–7

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Mike Bath (born September 11, 1977) is an American college football coach and former player. He was most recently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Indiana State University, a position he held from 2022 to 2024. He served as interim head football coach at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio for the final seven games of the 2013 season, replacing the fired Don Treadwell.{{cite web |url=http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20131006/SPT0103/310060073/?nclick_check=1 |title=Miami RedHawks football coach Don Treadwell fired |last=Glynn |first=Rory |date=October 6, 2013 |work=Cincinnati.com |publisher=The Cincinnati Enquirer |access-date=October 8, 2013 }} Prior to his promotion, he was in the third year of his second stint as an assistant coach with the program.

Playing career

Bath played football at Miami as a quarterback from 1997 to 2000. He was a three year starter at Miami, and finished his career with 7,010 passing yards and 49 passing touchdowns.

Coaching career

After a two year stint as a high school assistant coach in Celina, OH, he began his college coaching career at his alma mater in 2004, serving as a graduate assistant for two years before being elevated to a full-time position for three more. In between his two coaching stints at Miami, he was the offensive coordinator, quarterbacks, and wide receivers coach at Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio, from 2009 to 2010. Bath was an assistant coach at the University of Wyoming from 2014 to 2018 and Western Michigan University from 2019 to 2021.

Head coaching record

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| name = Miami RedHawks

| conf = Mid-American Conference

| startyear = 2013

| endyear = single

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| year = 2013

| name = Miami

| overall = 0–7{{#tag:ref|Don Treadwell served as Miami's head coach for the first five games of the season 2011 season before he was fired. Bath was appointed interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Miami finished the year with an overall record of 0–12 and a mark of 0–8 in conference play.|group=n|name=2013season}}

| conference = 0–7

| confstanding = 7th (East)

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| ranking = no

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| name = Miami

| overall = 0–7

| confrecord = 0–7

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| overall = 0–7

| bowls = no

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Notes

References

External links

[https://gosycamores.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/mike-bath/993 Indiana State profile]
[https://wmubroncos.com/coaches.aspx?rc=2168&path=football Western Michigan profile]
[https://gowyo.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/mike-bath/108 Wyoming profile]

Category:1977 births

Category:Living people

Category:American football quarterbacks

Category:Ashland Eagles football coaches

Category:Indiana State Sycamores football coaches

Category:Miami RedHawks football coaches

Category:Miami RedHawks football players

Category:Wyoming Cowboys football coaches

Category:People from Celina, Ohio

Category:Sportspeople from Mercer County, Ohio

Category:Coaches of American football from Ohio

Category:Players of American football from Ohio