After leading the Millers to the regular season title, John Melvin University (LA) baseball coach Rocke Musgraves has been named NSAC Coach of the year by a panel of veteran sportswriters and sportscasters.

In just the program’s third season, Musgraves guided the Millers to a 26-23 record including a pair of wins over 16th-ranked South Arkansas Community College and a victory over #15 Houston-Victoria. JMU also posted a 15-2 (.882) record in league action, the best winning percentage in NSAC baseball history.

Before his stop at JMU, Rocke coached at the NCAA Division I, Division 2, NAIA, and NJCAA levels including stops at NCAA Division 2 Northwest Nazarene University, where he led the Warriors to the Northwest Athletic Conference championship in 2016. Prior to that, Musgraves built Louisiana State University – Shreveport into one of the premier baseball programs in the NAIA.

Congratulations to Rocke Musgraves, the 2025 NSAC Baseball Coach of the Year!

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