CC names two new coaches

Clarendon College has hired two new head coaches to lead teams this year.

Chris Joblin has been named head baseball coach and Casey Kreger was named cross country head coach.

Joblin most recently served as assistant baseball coach at CC and was promoted to head coach after Mike Silva took a job in Galveston this summer.

“Coach Joblin has showed the character and knowledge of the game to be able to take over a highly competitive and successful Clarendon College Baseball program,” CC Athletic Director John Green said.  “He hit the ground running to finish up recruiting and taking over the last minute details in preparation for the upcoming season.”

Coach Joblin will be in his second year at Clarendon College, and his first as head coach. Joblin is a graduate of  University of Central Missouri and was with UCM for three seasons during which the Mules compiled a 143-45 record.  The team won the MIAA regular season title once, the MIAA Tournament once, appeared in the regional championship game three times, won one Regional Championship, and had a fourth place finish at the 2008 NCAA Division II World Series.

Prior to his time at UCM, Joblin played for two years at Lamar Community College where his team had a record of 94-27-1. Joblin helped the team to two Empire Conference Championships, two Region IX Tournament Championships, and two Western District Playoff appearances. Both years the Lopes finished in the top 15 of the final national ranking, 4th in 2005.

Joblin is from Eagle, ID, where he graduated from Eagle High School in 2003.

Casey Kreger begins his first year with Clarendon College.

“I am thrilled to have attracted this young outstanding cross country talent to Clarendon College,” Green said. “He has a wealth of knowledge and success in cross country.”

Kreger is a graduate on Cameron University with his Bachelor’s Degree and East Central University with his Master’s Degree is Sports Administration.

He has had a successful cross country career which includes being a graduate assistant coach at Cameron University last year and running cross country at Cameron from 2007-2010.

Previously Kreger ran cross country and track at Virginia Intermont College from 2005-2007, earning NAIA Cross Country Champions in 2005 and 2006 and NAIA All American Indoor Track in 2006 and 2007.

Kreger is a native of Richmond, VA.