{"id":1764,"date":"2025-04-30T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/?p=1764"},"modified":"2025-04-30T10:36:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T14:36:45","slug":"jmus-musgraves-named-nsac-coach-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/2025\/04\/30\/jmus-musgraves-named-nsac-coach-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"JMU&#8217;s Musgraves Named NSAC Coach of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Coach-Of-The-Year-Rocke-Musgraves-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1765\" style=\"width:326px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Coach-Of-The-Year-Rocke-Musgraves-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Coach-Of-The-Year-Rocke-Musgraves-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Coach-Of-The-Year-Rocke-Musgraves-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Coach-Of-The-Year-Rocke-Musgraves-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Coach-Of-The-Year-Rocke-Musgraves-128x128.jpg 128w, https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Coach-Of-The-Year-Rocke-Musgraves-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Coach-Of-The-Year-Rocke-Musgraves.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In just the program&#8217;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 &#8211; Shreveport into one of the premier baseball programs in the NAIA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to Rocke Musgraves, the 2025 NSAC Baseball Coach of the Year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image courtesy Carla Walker\/SportsPicsByCarla; WildCard Entertainment<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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