Tim DeJohn - Volunteer Assistant Coach - Baseball Coaches

Tim DeJohn

Title:
Volunteer Assistant Coach
Email:
tsdejohn@memphis.edu
Phone:
901-678-5041

Tim DeJohn joined the University of Memphis baseball program as an assistant coach and camps coordinator for the 2018 season. DeJohn, who spent the last two seasons at the University of Hartford, will primarily coach the Tigers infielders.

DeJohn’s tenure at Hartford saw the Hawks set numerous defensive records, while also posting a program record 37 wins in 2016. That season Hartford finished second in program history with 1,413 putouts and committed the third-fewest errors (53) in a single season.

In 2017, the Hawks set the program record for the fewest errors in a season, with 45, and the team’s No. 1 all-time fielding percentage (.975), topping the team’s previous record of .974, set in 2016.

Three of the Hawks' four starting infielders also achieved career-high fielding percentages during DeJohn's first year in 2016, led by first baseman David MacKinnon (.993), shortstop Ben Bengtson (.955) and third baseman TJ Ward (.944). MacKinnon collected an armful of individual awards in 2016, including America East Player of the Year, All-Conference First Team, All-New England Second Team and All-Region First Team. In 2017 MacKinnon set the Hawks’ single-season fielding percentage record at .998, committing just one error in 461 chances.

DeJohn’s move to Hartford came after working as the associate head coach at Southington (Conn.) High School, with responsibilities as the infield, first base, and catcher’s coach. In his five seasons at Southington, DeJohn helped lead the team to four CCC Conference championships, five consecutive state semifinals appearances, and three state finals appearances in 2011, 2013, and 2014. The program achieved a .760 winning percentage, while producing 20 collegiate players and two Major League Baseball draft picks.

He gained his first high school coaching experience when he took an assistant coaching position at Plainville (Conn.) High School for three seasons. There he helped lead the squad to a state championship and the number one overall ranking, in 2008. As a head coach, DeJohn led the Plainville Junior League team to a state championship and an appearance in the 2008 eastern regionals. During the summers, he served as a head coach for the Team Connecticut Baseball organization.

After a four-year playing career at Western Connecticut State University, which saw him place second all-time in single-season pitching appearances with 20 in 2006, DeJohn served as an assistant coach at his alma mater in the Spring of 2007.

DeJohn is a graduate of Western Connecticut State University with a B.S. in History, and he earned his M.A. in Education from the University of Bridgeport.