NCAA DI Baseball Program
Western Michigan University Baseball - MI
Western Michigan University baseball competes at the NCAA DI level in Mid-American Conference and is based in Kalamazoo, MI. Campus enrollment is about 12,568 students. The published acceptance rate is 85%. Recent baseball results include 2026: 27-25. Listed coaches include Josh Rebandt, Billy Gernon, Zach Putnam, Glenn Miller, and Jake Gernon.
Western Michigan bounced back to 27–25 overall and 20–13 in Mid-American Conference play for a fifth-place finish and a No. 5 MAC Tournament seed after a 19–32 rebuild year. Billy Gernon steered the Kalamazoo, Michigan, NCAA Division I Broncos to a tournament win before elimination by Kent State, and publicly reached his 200th MAC victory during the spring. Families weighing a 32-player 2027 roster should expect another mid-20s win floor and a return MAC tournament look.
Program Snapshot
- Location: Kalamazoo, MI
- Division: NCAA DI
- Conference: Mid-American Conference
- School type: Public
- Campus setting: City: Small (population less than 100,000)
- Enrollment: 12,568 students
- Enrollment by sex: 48% men / 52% women
- Acceptance rate: 85%
- Source: U.S. Dept. of Education
- Average annual cost: $15,273
- In-state tuition: $15,252
- Out-of-state tuition: $19,034
Coaching Staff
- Josh Rebandt, Associate Head Coach
- Billy Gernon, Head Coach
- Zach Putnam, Assistant Coach
- Glenn Miller, Assistant Coach
- Jake Gernon, Director of Operations
Recent Baseball Results
- 2026: 27-25 (5th)
- 2025: 19-32
- 2024: 32-23
- 2023: 21-31
- 2022: 18-36
Members-only details for Western Michigan University
Members see direct contact details for the coaching staff: 5 email addresses, 1 phone number, and 4 X accounts.
The 2026-27 roster breakdown is available to members, including class makeup, position depth by class, expected openings after this season, handedness, average height and weight by position, and where players come from.
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Conference: Mid-American Conference
Other schools in the MAC
- Ball State University Muncie, IN
- Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH
- Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI
- Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI
- Kent State University Kent, OH
- Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH
- Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL
- Ohio University Athens, OH
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