| Coaching History |
| 2015- Present |
Indiana, Pitching Coach |
| 2012-14 |
East Tennessee St., Assistant Coach |
| 2010 |
Alabama, Assistant Coach |
| 2008-09 |
Clemson, Assistant Coach |
| 2002-07 |
Ole Miss, Assistant Coach |
| 2001 |
Jefferson Davis C.C., Assistant Coach |
| Coaching Highlights |
| 54 Pitchers Selected in MLB Draft |
| 15 Pitchers Drafted in First Five Rounds |
| 10 NCAA Regional Appearances |
| Five NCAA Super Regional Appearances |
| NCAA Postseason Experience |
| Year |
School |
Postseason |
| 2017 |
Indiana |
NCAA Regional |
| 2015 |
Indiana |
NCAA Regional |
| 2013 |
ETSU |
NCAA Regional |
| 2010 |
Alabama |
NCAA Super Regional |
| 2009 |
Clemson |
NCAA Super Regional |
| 2007 |
Ole Miss |
NCAA Super Regional |
| 2006 |
Ole Miss |
NCAA Super Regional |
| 2005 |
Ole Miss |
NCAA Super Regional |
| 2004 |
Ole Miss |
NCAA Regional |
| 2003 |
Ole Miss |
NCAA Regional |
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Kyle Bunn enters his fourth season in 2018 as Indiana’s pitching coach and 16th year overall coaching Division I baseball. On Aug. 22, 2016, head coach Chris Lemonis elevated Bunn to the program’s Associate Head Coach.
Bunn has been known nationally for developing his pitchers as 54 of them have gone on to play professional baseball. Overall, a total of nine of his pitchers have reached the Major Leagues. Bunn has been part of coaching staffs that have developed a total of 98 players to go on and play professionally and 20 players who have made the big leagues. Those staffs have poured out three first round draft picks and 22 top five round draft picks.
During his 15-year stint as an assistant at Ole Miss (2002-07), Clemson (2008-09), Alabama (2010), East Tennessee State (2012-14) and Indiana (2015-present), Bunn has tutored a National Freshman of the Year (two-way player), a Conference Player of the Year (two-way player), a Conference Pitcher of the Year and two Conference Freshman of the Year. In total, coaching staffs he has been a part of have produced eight All-Americans, 10 Freshman All-Americans, 35 All-Conference Players and 94 Academic All-Conference Players. He has been a part of 12 NCAA Regional teams (two as a player, 10 as a coach) and five NCAA Super-Regional teams (all as a coach).
With a young pitching staff in 2017, Bunn and the Hoosiers posted a 34-24-2 overall record and a 14-9-1 mark in Big Ten play, as they were selected to the 2017 NCAA Baseball Tournament field. Indiana finished the regular season just one game out of third place in the Big Ten and only two games out of first place in the conference. Sophomore Pauly Milto earned second team All-Big Ten honors, while Cal Krueger, who worked his way into the weekend rotation midyear, earned a spot on the All-Big Ten Freshman team. Indiana’s Friday night starter Jonathan Stiever finished second in the Big Ten and 11th nationally in walks allowed per nine innings (1.05), while finishing first in the Big Ten and 14th nationally in strikeout-to-walk ratio (6.33)
During the 2016 campaign, Bunn tutored one of the top pitching staffs in the country, led by First Team All-Conference selection Kyle Hart. Hart, along with Caleb Baragar, Jake Kelzer, and Evan Bell all inked professional contracts with MLB organizations. The pitching staff as a whole in 2016 ranked second in the country in walks allowed per nine innings (2.31), fifth in WHIP (1.15) and 11th in team ERA (3.09). Indiana led the Big Ten in walks per nine innings, WHIP, strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.17), was second in team ERA and second in hits allowed per nine innings (8.02).
In his first season leading the Hoosier pitchers in 2015, Bunn's staff ranked in the top five in the Big Ten in nine different statistical categories, including third in batters struck out (493), as Indiana made the program’s third consecutive regional. Five of his pitchers, including Scott Effross, Ryan Halstead, Luke Harrison, Christian Morris and Kelzer were selected in the MLB Draft.
Prior to arriving in Bloomington, Bunn was the pitching coach at East Tennessee State (2012-14), Alabama (2009-10), Clemson (2007-09), and Mississippi (2001-07). From 2007-10, Bunn’s pitching staffs helped guide three different Universities to the NCAA Super-Regionals. This feat has been unmatched by any other college baseball pitching coach in the country.
In 2013 at ETSU, the Bucs won the Atlantic Sun Championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1981. Bunn's staff was led by First Team Louisville Slugger All-American and A-Sun Pitcher of the Year, Kerry Doane, who was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the MLB Draft. Doane broke the ETSU single-season record for complete games (12) and innings (147.0), tied the ETSU single-season record for wins (13) and shutouts (4), while registering the second-lowest ERA in program history at 2.14.
In Bunn’s first season at ETSU (2012), the Buccaneer staff set school marks in fewest walks allowed (149), while the .278 opponents’ batting average was 20 points lower than any other in school history.
While in Tuscaloosa, Alabama won the 2010 NCAA Atlanta Regional and was the runner-up in the SEC Tournament. Bunn coached Nathan Kilcrease, who was the MVP of the NCAA Atlanta Regional. Kilcrease was later drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2011 MLB Draft after etching his named into the Alabama record books in several categories. In addition, current Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jimmy Nelson finished second in the SEC in strikeouts, while also being named SEC Pitcher of the Week five times.
Prior to arriving at Alabama, Bunn spent two seasons as the pitching coach at Clemson. In 2009, Bunn helped lead the Tigers to the NCAA Super-Regionals, as the pitching staff ranked fifth nationally with an earned-run average of 3.68. The ERA was more than a run less per game (4.74) than Clemson's 2008 mark.
The Tigers also ranked 11th nationally in fewest hits (8.62) allowed per nine innings, 25th in strikeouts (8.3) per nine innings and 26th in walks (3.07) per nine innings in 2009. In addition, the Tigers had five pitchers selected in the 2009 MLB Draft, which were the most in the ACC.
Before his arrival at Clemson, Bunn spent six years at Ole Miss under head coach Mike Bianco. During his tenure in Oxford, Bunn saw 16 of his pitchers taken in the MLB Draft, eight of which had not been drafted previously. He tutored some of the finest pitching talent in the nation as the Rebels posted three top-20 finishes and five top-30 finishes among the national ERA leaders.
In 2007, Ole Miss reached the Tempe Super Regional, while Bunn’s pitching staff led the SEC with a team ERA of 3.37 – putting the Rebels 10th overall in the country. Nathan Baker, a left-hander, was named a Freshman All-American, whereas, Cody Satterwhite and Lance Lynn were both named All-SEC pitchers and selected to the USA Baseball National Team.
During the 2006 season, Ole Miss won the 2006 SEC Tournament and advanced to another Super Regional.
Bunn’s pitching staff helped set a record for wins at Ole Miss in 2005 as the Rebels won 48 games, while four players were drafted in the top 100 and six in the first seven rounds – all of whom pitched – marking the most by any Division I program. The staff set a school record with 562 strikeouts in 2005, while all three weekend starters had over 100 K’s.
The 2004 Ole Miss team made history by hosting the NCAA Regional for the first time, while Bunn’s staff set a school mark with 39.2 consecutive scoreless innings pitched. Bunn coached Mark Holliman to All-SEC honors.
In 2003, Bunn directed a young staff to the lowest ERA (3.45) in the SEC. Following the 2003 campaign, former Major League pitcher T.J. Beam, was selected in the 10th round of the MLB Draft.
Prior to Mississippi, Bunn spent the 2001 season as an assistant coach at Jefferson Davis Community College in Brewton, Ala., where he worked as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator under then head Coach Keith Griffen. Bunn also helped coach Jefferson Davis Community College to the NJCAA Division II Region 22 Southern Division Championship. One of his star pupils was right-hander Ehren Wassermann, who later signed with Samford and has pitched in the big leagues for the Chicago White Sox.
A 1999 graduate of The Citadel with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and minor in Law & Legal Processes, Bunn was a three-year letter winner for the Bulldogs, earning the team's Ace Pitching Award in 1999. He helped The Citadel to back-to-back Southern Conference Tournament titles in both 1998 and 1999, and a regular season championship in 2000.
