Mike Swartzentruber

By tiwema | April 19, 2022 |

Coach Swartzentruber is entering his 9th year leading the Lake Central baseball program and his 28th overall as a head varsity baseball coach. Coach Swartzentruber has amassed over 400 varsity wins. While at Lake Central his teams have gone 170-50 while winning Sectional Championships in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, and 20024 and DAC Championships in 2018, 2021, 2022, and 2023. In 2024, Lake Central won their second Class 4A State Baseball Championship with a 2-1 win over Mooresville in 12 innings (longest game in IHSAA Baseball State Championship history). Coach Swartz earned his BS degree in Business Education at Oakland City University where he played collegiately earning Newcomer of the Year in 1991 and Most Outstanding Pitcher in 1993. Coach also earned his MS in Education from Indiana Wesleyan University.

Coach and his wife of 24 years, Misty, have two children…son Griffen (2021 LC Grad) and daughter Ryan (2023 LC Grad). They reside in the Lakes of the Four Seasons.

COACHING CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2A State Champions – 2005 & 2006
2A State Finalists – 2000, 2005 & 2006
4A State Champions – 2024
Indiana All-Star Coach – 2005
Southwestern Indiana Coach of the Year – 2000, 2005, & 2006
NW Indiana Times Coach of the Year – 2024
2A Indiana State Coach of the Year – 2005 & 2006
District Coach of the Year – 2018 & 2023
4A Indiana State Coach of the Year – 2024
2024 Nominee for NFHS Coach of the Year in Baseball – state of Indiana’s baseball nominee as both Sectional and National Coach of the Year
2025 IHSBCA Hall of Fame inductee
2025 Oakland City University Athletic Hall of Fame inductee