Nick Short
Nick Short
Title: Athletic Director/Head Coach
Phone: 618-395-7777 ext. 2223
Email: shortn@iecc.edu
Previous College: Eastern Illinois University

Coach Short enters his 16th year as head coach at Olney Central for the 2023-24 season, and his 18th year teaching at OCC.  His teams have averaged over 30 wins a year in his tenure with an overall record of 435-336-1.  

Additionally, every team he has coached has been an NJCAA Academic All-American Team, carrying at least a 3.0 team GPA. The 2023 squad had a team GPA of 3.52.

OCC softball has produced: 70 Academic All-Americans, 47 All-GRAC players, 37 All-Region players, 6 NFCA Midwest Region players, and 2 NFCA All-Americans. 

Coach Short earned his master's degree in molecular biology at Eastern Illinois University.  His course load includes general biology, anatomy and physiology, and microbiology.

Yearly Records:

2009: 22-23

2010: 39-22

2011: 34-16

2012: 30-24

2013: 32-23

2014: 32-25

2015: 30-20

2016: 41-24-1

2017: 30-24

2018: 30-25

2019: 32-21

2020: 7-4 (COVID)

2021: 25-25

2022: 31-29

2023: 20-31

Notable wins:

1: 6-4 at Volunteer St. CC, 2/15/09

100: 5-3 in 9 innings against CCBC-Catonsville in Myrtle Beach, 3-6-12

200: 5-2 against Lincoln Trail College, 3-19-15

300: 9-1 in 6 innings against Lincoln Trail College, 3-23-18

400: 6-5 vs. Shawnee Community College, 3-21-22