When Spencer Allen was hired as Northwestern’s newest baseball coach in the summer of 2015, he inherited a program that looked much different than today’s.
Joe Hoscheit, who hit .356/.436/.557 this year, was a two-way player battling through a knee injury. No one on the team had heard of Cooper Wetherbee, because Wetherbee had just wrapped up his second year with the club baseball team and wouldn’t walk on until the fall. The team struggled through an 18-36 campaign.
Allen came to Northwestern without any head coaching experience, but with a promise to bring trust, passion, and development, as reported by the Chicago Tribune.