Illinois baseball coach Dan Hartleb led the team to a program-best 50 wins and its first ever NCAA regional championship in his 10th season as head coach. He was also named Big Ten Coach of the Year and was one of eight finalists — and one of just two from Division I — for the Skip Bertman Award given to the nation’s top coach.
Memorable moment
Boy, one moment? I would say probably the two most memorable moments of the year were clinching the outright Big Ten title and then also getting the No. 6 seed and being selected to host the regionals.