Bio

Josh Merrill begins his second season as the head baseball coach at NIACC in the 2023-24 season.

Merrill, who was an assistant coach at the University of Southern Indiana in 2022, was hired in June of 2022.

Merrill's first NIACC squad was 24-29 overall and 19-14 in the ICCAC.

In the 2023 season, the Trojans had two players earn first-team all-region honors (Adam Berghult and Ben Rosin), one second-team selection (Jacob Crissinger) and five players earned honorable mention all-region honors.

Berghult was selected as a third-team all-American designated hitter by the NJCAA.

Before Merrill's one season at Southern Indiana, he spent a year as an assistant coach at Neosho County Community College in Chanute, Kan.

At Southern Indiana, Merrill worked with hitters, catchers, outfielders, as well as recruiting. He also worked with hitters, catchers and outfielders at Neosho County.

Merrill, a Wichita, Kan. native, was a right-handed pitcher in his collegiate days at Neosho County CC, Arkansas-Little Rock and King University.

Merrill graduated from King with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice in 2015 and from Oklahoma State University with a master's degree in Healthcare Administration in 2019.