Dave Schrage
{{Short description|American college baseball coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
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| player_years1 = 1980–1983
| player_team1 = Creighton
| player_positions = OF
| coach_years1 = 1984
| coach_team1 = St. Thomas (FL) (Asst.)
| coach_years2 = 1985–1986
| coach_team2 = Creighton (Asst.)
| coach_years3 = 1988–1990
| coach_team3 = Waldorf
| coach_years4 = 1991–1999
| coach_team4 = Northern Iowa
| coach_years5 = 2000–2002
| coach_team5 = Northern Illinois
| coach_years6 = 2003–2006
| coach_team6 = Evansville
| coach_years7 = 2007–2010
| coach_team7 = Notre Dame
| coach_years8 = 2012–2016
| coach_team8 = South Dakota State
| coach_years9 = 2017–2022
| coach_team9 = Butler
| overall_record = 804–870–3 (NCAA) 61-66 (NAIA)
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| awards = MVC Coach of the Year: 1995, 1997
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Dave Schrage is an American baseball coach and former outfielder. He played college baseball at Creighton University for head coach Dave Underwood from 1980 to 1983. He then served as the head coach of the Waldorf Warriors (1988–1990), Northern Iowa Panthers (1991–1999), Northern Illinois Huskies (2000–2002), Evansville Purple Aces (2003–2006), Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2007–2010){{cite web|url=http://www.und.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/schrage_dave00.html|publisher=Notre Dame Fighting Irish|title=Dave Schrage Bio|accessdate=November 12, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://collegebaseball360.com/?p=11250|publisher=College Baseball 360|title=Schrage Fired At Notre Dame|author=Sean Stires|date=June 14, 2010|accessdate=November 12, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.und.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/061410aaa.html|publisher=Notre Dame Fighting Irish|title=Dave Schrage Will Not Be Retained As Notre Dame Head Baseball Coach|date=June 14, 2010|accessdate=November 12, 2013}} South Dakota State Jackrabbits (2012–2016) and the Butler Bulldogs (2017–2022).{{cite web|url=http://www.gojacks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205244478|publisher=South Dakota State Jackrabbits|title=Dave Schrage Bio|accessdate=November 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113022046/http://www.gojacks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205244478|archive-date=November 13, 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.brookingsregister.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=77&story_id=11850|newspaper=Brookings Register|title=SDSU hires former Notre Dame baseball coach Dave Schrage|date=August 11, 2011|location=Brookings, SD|accessdate=November 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113022120/http://www.brookingsregister.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=77&story_id=11850|archive-date=November 13, 2013|url-status=dead}}
Playing career
Schrage played four seasons as an outfielder at Creighton from 1980 to 1983, earning all-conference and Academic All-American honors. He hit .400 or higher in both his junior and senior seasons.
Coaching career
After completing his degree at Creighton, Schrage accepted a position as a graduate assistant at St. Thomas, working for Paul Mainieri in 1984. The following season, he returned to Creighton as an assistant coach before coaching the Queensland Rams club team in Australia. He earned his first head coaching job at Waldorf, then a junior college in 1987. After three seasons and a 61–66 record, Schrage moved to Northern Iowa. He would remain with the Panthers for nine seasons, improving the team's win totals from 2 to 18 during his tenure and earning a pair of Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year awards. He would be honored as the only person to be named All-Conference and Coach of the Year in baseball by the MVC at their Centennial Celebration. From 2000 to 2002, Schrage served as head coach at Northern Illinois. He took over a team that recorded only 4 wins the previous season and guided them to 24 wins in his first year and a winning season in his second. He was named runner-up for the National Coach of the Year Award by Collegiate Baseball. Schrage then moved to Evansville, where he led the Purple Aces to 130 wins and a regional final in the 2006 NCAA tournament. Schrage then earned what he called his dream job, succeeding Mainieri as head coach at Notre Dame. Prior to coaching a game, his wife Jody died from cancer. Schrage was not able to continue Mainieri's success with the Irish, and was fired after four years. He was hired to coach the Jackrabbits in the summer of 2011. After coaching the Jackrabbits to a 136–144–1 record over the past 5 seasons, on July 5, 2016 he was hired to be the head coach of Butler University within the Big East conference.{{Cite web|url=http://www.butlersports.com/news/2016/7/5/-butlerubaseball-tabs-dave-schrage-to-lead-program.aspx|title=Tabs Dave Schrage to Lead Program}} Retired from coaching on 5/21/22
Head coaching record
Below is a table of Schrage's yearly records as a head baseball coach.{{cite web|title=Yearly College Baseball Standings|url=http://boydsworld.com/data/|website=BoydsWorld.com|publisher=Boyd Nation|accessdate=June 9, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625120627/http://boydsworld.com/data/|url-status=live|archivedate=June 25, 2014}}{{cite web|title=MAC Tournament History |url=http://www.mac-sports.com/Portals/20/MACTournamentHistory.pdf |website=MAC-Sports.com |accessdate=June 9, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009160850/http://www.mac-sports.com/Portals/20/MACTournamentHistory.pdf |archivedate=October 9, 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=2014 The Summit League Baseball Record Book |url=http://www.thesummitleague.org/RecordBook/Baseball.pdf |website=TheSummitLeague.org |accessdate=June 9, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409034803/http://thesummitleague.org/RecordBook/Baseball.pdf |archivedate=April 9, 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=2014 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Record Book |url=http://mvc.org/baseball/baseballrecords.pdf |website=MVC.org |accessdate=June 9, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714125756/http://mvc.org/baseball/baseballrecords.pdf |archivedate=July 14, 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=2014 The Summit League Baseball Standings |url=http://www.d1baseball.com/conferences/standings_summit.htm |website=D1Baseball.com |publisher=Jeremy and Cynthia Mills |accessdate=June 9, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330141315/http://www.d1baseball.com/conferences/standings_summit.htm |archivedate=March 30, 2014 |url-status=dead }}
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=Waldorf Warriors|conference=Iowa Community College Athletic Conference|startyear=1988|endyear=1990}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal|name=Waldorf|overall= 61–66|confrecord=}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=Northern Iowa|conference=Mid-Continent Conference|startyear=1991|endyear=single}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1991
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 13–44
| conference = 1–9
| confstanding = 3rd (Gray)
| postseason = Mid-Con Tournament
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=Northern Iowa Panthers|conference=Missouri Valley Conference|startyear=1992|endyear=1999}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1992
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 22–34
| conference = 2–17
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1993
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 12–39
| conference = 1–20
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1994
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 24–32
| conference = 5–16
| confstanding = T-7th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1995
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 24–32
| conference = 12–20
| confstanding = T-7th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1996
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 26–32
| conference = 13–19
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason = MVC Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1997
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 32–23
| conference = 18–8
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = MVC Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1998
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 26–30
| conference = 9–22
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1999
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 28–26
| conference = 13–17
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal|name=Northern Iowa|overall=211–292|confrecord=74–148}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=Northern Illinois Huskies|conference=Mid-American Conference|startyear=2000|endyear=2002}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2000
| name = Northern Illinois
| overall = 24–33
| conference = 11–15
| confstanding = 3rd (West)
| postseason = MAC Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2001
| name = Northern Illinois
| overall = 28–27
| conference = 10–17
| confstanding = T-5th (West)
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2002
| name = Northern Illinois
| overall = 23–32
| conference = 11–14
| confstanding = 5th (West)
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal|name=Northern Illinois|overall=75–92|confrecord=32–46}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=Evansville Purple Aces|conference=Missouri Valley Conference|startyear=2003|endyear=2006}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2003
| name = Evansville
| overall = 24–31
| conference = 12–20
| confstanding = 9th
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2004
| name = Evansville
| overall = 28–32
| conference = 12–20
| confstanding = T-5th
| postseason = MVC Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2005
| name = Evansville
| overall = 35–22
| conference = 12–12
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = MVC Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2006
| name = Evansville
| overall = 43–22
| conference = 16–8
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal|name=Evansville|overall=130–108|confrecord=52–60}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=Notre Dame Fighting Irish|conference=Big East Conference|startyear=2007|endyear=2010}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2007
| name = Notre Dame
| overall = 28–28
| conference = 11–15
| confstanding = 7th (12)
| postseason = Big East tournament{{efn|The top 8 finishers of the Big East's 12 teams qualified for the tournament in 2007.}}
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2008
| name = Notre Dame
| overall = 33–21–1
| conference = 16–10
| confstanding = 3rd (12)
| postseason = Big East tournament{{efn|The top 8 finishers of the Big East's 12 teams qualified for the tournament in 2008.}}
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2009
| name = Notre Dame
| overall = 36–23
| conference = 15–12
| confstanding = 5th (12)
| postseason = Big East tournament{{efn|The top 8 finishers of the Big East's 12 teams qualified for the tournament in 2009.}}
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2010
| name = Notre Dame
| overall = 22–32
| conference = 10–17
| confstanding = 9th (12)
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal|name=Notre Dame|overall=119–104–1|confrecord=52–54}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=South Dakota State Jackrabbits|conference=Summit League|startyear=2012|endyear=2016}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2012
| name = South Dakota State
| overall = 18–33–1
| conference = 7–14
| confstanding = 6th (7)
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2013
| name = South Dakota State
| overall = 35–24
| conference = 16–10
| confstanding = 2nd (6)
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2014
| name = South Dakota State
| overall = 28–29
| conference = 11–11
| confstanding = 2nd (5)
| postseason = Summit tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2015
| name = South Dakota State
| overall = 33–23
| conference = 17–11
| confstanding = 2nd (6)
| postseason = Summit tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2016
| name = South Dakota State
| overall = 22–35
| conference = 13–17
| confstanding = 4th (6)
| postseason = Summit tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal|name=South Dakota State|overall=136–144-1|confrecord=64–63}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=Butler Bulldogs|conference=Big East Conference|startyear=2017|endyear=2022}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2017
| name = Butler
| overall = 31–20
| conference = 7–10
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2018
| name = Butler
| overall = 34–20
| conference = 9–8
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2019
| name = Butler
| overall = 26–26
| conference = 6–11
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2020
| name = Butler
| overall = 8–6
| conference = 0–0
| confstanding =
| postseason = Season canceled due to COVID-19
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2021
| name = Butler
| overall = 14–23
| conference = 8–13
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2022
| name = Butler
| overall = 20–35–1
| conference = 4–16–1
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal|name=Butler|overall=133–130-1 |confrecord=34–58-1}}
{{CBB yearly record end|overall=804–870–3}}
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Personal
Schrage's wife Jody passed away on January 9, 2007.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/news/story?id=2725735|publisher=ESPN|title=Notre Dame baseball coach's wife dies|date=January 9, 2007|access-date=November 14, 2013}} They had two daughters, Kaitlyn and Brianne.{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/baseball/2007-05-09-notre-dame-schrage_N.htm|newspaper=USA Today|title=Notre Dame coach Dave Schrage stays strong|date=May 10, 2007|author=Marlen Garcia|accessdate=November 12, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/7-29-2008/Baseball-in-the-blood/|title=Baseball in the blood|date=July 29, 2008|author=Jacob Boyer|newspaper=Wednesday Journal|accessdate=November 12, 2013}}
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