2013 Media Guide - University of North Dakota Athletics

J.C. FIELD
Assistant Coach
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North Dakota aoa
2013 NORTH DAKOTA BASEBALL
BRIAN DEVILLERS
Assistant Coach
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Year: Fifth
Alma Mater: Missouri, ‘06
Year: Sixth
Alma Mater: North Dakota, ‘03
The 2013 season will be J.C. Field’s h as the head assistant coach for the University
of North Dakota baseball program. Field serves as the primary hing and
catching coach for the program, as well as the team’s third base coach. He currently
oversees the team’s west coast recruing and assists in recruing in the
midwest region.
Last season, UND had ve regulars hit over .300, including freshman Tyler Follis
who recorded a new UND mark for hits in a season (74). Fellow freshman Je
Campbell clubbed 12 homers en route to being named the rst Freshman All-
American for UND in the Division I era.
In 2011, four UND regulars hit over .300 with centerelder Andy Sadler leading
the way with a .385 clip. That was good for third among Great West Conference
hiers. Righielder Josh Ray earned rst team All-GWC honors aer bang .440
in league play (.354 overall) and set a school-record with seven triples in a season.
Field also helped sophomore Kris Kwak increase his bang average 147 points
from his freshman season en route to earning All-GWC second team honors.
Kwak led the team with 25 extra-base hits and led all GWC second baseman with
ve home runs.
During his second season, Field helped ve of his pupils hit .300 or beer -- a
number that increased from three during his rst season. First baseman Jake
Magner earned rst team All-Great West honors aer seng school records with
21 home runs and 73 hits. Magner earned all-independent honors under Field’s
watch as a sophomore.
Prior to joining the UND coaching sta, Field served with current UND head coach
Je Dodson at Southeast Missouri State as a volunteer assistant. He coached
ouielders and was the Redhawks’ rst base coach. He was also involved with
the development of catchers and hiers, as well as recruing.
Before his move into the coaching ranks, Field played professionally for the
Evansville Oers of the Froner League. With the Oers, he started 46 games
at catcher. He also spent a season as the baseball color commentator for ESPN
Radio 1580 KTGR, where he covered his alma mater -- the University of Missouri.
During his collegiate and professional playing career, Field caught many current
Major League and high-dra pick pitchers. Among those who are or have pitched
in the big leagues are Max Scherzer (Detroit Tigers/Arizona Diamondbacks), Doug
Mathis (Texas Rangers), Jamie Vermelyea (Boston Red Sox) and Tim Wood (Florida
Marlins).
A nave of Tucson, Ariz., Field graduated in 2006 from the University of Missouri
where he received a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis
in communicaons, sports management and sociology. While at Mizzou, he
played two years as a catcher with 96 starts. The Tigers made back-to-back NCAA
tournament appearances (2005 and 2006) and were the Malibu Regional Champions
in 2006 when Field was named to the All-Malibu Regional Team.
Field also played two years at Pima Community College, where he was an all conference
catcher both years and received an associates degree in liberal arts in
2004.
Former UND standout Brian DeVillers is in his sixth season as an assistant
coach at his alma mater. DeVillers’ primary role is serving as the ineld
coach, as well as assisng with hiers, acng as the club’s rst base coach,
and as the primary contact in Midwest recruing.
In 2011, rst baseman Jake Magner concluded his career as one of the top
defenders in school history. He made only three errors over his past two
seasons in 764 chances. Magner also climbed the all-me charts in career
home runs (second; 39). DeVillers was also instrumental in the development
of sophomore second baseman Kris Kwak, who earned All-Great
West second team honors aer raising his bang average 143 points from
his freshman season.
The 2010 season was another banner one for the UND inelders under
DeVillers’ tutelage. Shortstop Josh Nelson set the program’s single-season
assist record with 168 and second baseman Jabby Bakhit put together the
second-highest total with 164. First baseman Jake Magner established
himself as the top all-around rst baseman in the Great West as he took
home rst team all-league honors aer boasng a .996 elding percentage
(two errors in 453 chances) and seng a single-season school record
with 21 home runs.
Nelson broke the assist record he set in 2009 and Magner backed up
his all-independent honors as a sophomore with a brilliant campaign in
the team’s rst in Great West play. During the 2008 season, the Fighng
Sioux’s last in NCAA Division II, a pair of his inelders took home the only
two All-NCC awards on the squad as rst baseman Chris Gulsvig and second
baseman Jabby Bakhit were both honored.
Prior to joining the Fighng Sioux coaching sta he served as the assistant
coach at Grand Forks Red River High School from 2004-2007. During his
four years there the team made two state tournament appearances.
DeVillers, a former third baseman and graduate of UND with a bachelor’s
degree in social sciences, was a two-me All-NCC selecon (‘01 and ‘03)
during his playing days. He ranks in the top 10 in on UND’s all-me list in
runs (10th, 127), triples (seventh, 5), home runs (ed for sixth, 31), runs
baed in (seventh, 136), total bases (sixth, 297), and walks (sixth, 84).
A Grand Forks nave and Red River High School graduate, he was an
honorable menon USA Today All-American in 1999. That same year he
helped lead the Grand Forks Royals to the State American Legion Championship,
while seng single season and career records in home runs and
runs baed in, and also being named North Dakota Non-School Athlete of
the Year by the North Dakota Associated Press.
BRYCE NUGENT
Volunteer Coach
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Year: First
Alma Mater: Marist, ‘12
ASSISTANT COACHES J.C. FIELD AND BRIAN DEVILLERS
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