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