Cole Morozek’s entire baseball career has been a microcosm of hard work, hustle and accountability, and that’s what he brings to the table along with more than 650 victories as a coach. His baseball IQ has led him to establish the Ohio Tigers 18u travel baseball program, along with the Tigers Den Academy---one of the biggest baseball travel organizations in the State of Ohio.

As a player, Cole attracted the attention of 56 colleges/universities who subsequently offered him baseball scholarships. He accepted a scholarship to play at LSU, but his career there was short after suffering an ACL tear. He eventually signed a scholarship to play for Mercyhurst College on a full ride scholarship, but he lost his scholarship again by tearing his ACL for a second time. He ended up at Herkimer CC who finished third in the NJCAA national tournament without Morozek’s services as another ACL tear finally ended his playing career.

Coach Morozek then focused on completing degrees from Grand Canyon University, Mercyhurst, and Kent State in early childhood, history and sports management. He is currently pursuing a degree in psychology with emphasis on performance and sport psychology.

He started his own travel ball organization called the Summit County Gamecocks who won 151 games in four years. The team won several league championships along with five tournament championships and six semifinal appearances. As a two-year coach at Cuyahoga Falls High Schools, his team won the schools first-ever sectional title and four of his players earned college scholarships.

In 2016 he put together a new summer travel team called the Ohio Tigers 18u who earned two tournament semifinal finishes along with a second place finish in the Ohio Prospects League. The team finished as Ohio Prospects League champions in 2017 with eight players moving on to play college baseball.

Morozek was then hired as the coach of Ohio State University Mansfield and in four years there, he went from associate head coach to varsity head coach. While recruiting, his program attrached three All Ohio players and numerous all conference and district award players. Under his tutelage the Mavericks finished with stellar team averages of .345 batting as a team, a .961 fielding percentage, hitting 23 homeruns and stealing 64 bases in one season.

He also coached the Rome (NY) Generals, an NCAA sanctioned team who played in the New York Collegiate Baseball League. It is considered a top college summer league by Baseball Digest magazine. The team consists of players from NCAA D1 to junior college players from all over the United States.

His vast coaching experience as well as his skills in maintaining baseball fields, preparing budgets, fundraising, running youth camps, keeping stats and assigning players housing will all lend themselves well to running our baseball program within budget and facility constraints.

Coach Morozek brings a lot of passion and confidence to the game. His philosophies are simple because he wants his players to remain relaxed and focused. His drive to complete his degrees is admirable because he has made baseball and coaching a career, not just a passing fancy. He instills trust in his players and I believe that The University and campus community will be served well by presence. He resides in Canton, OH, with his two daughters Bella and Lyla.