Tyler Shipley is in his first season as DBU’s Director of Pitching Development. Shipley came to DBU from the University of Evansville, where he spent the 2023 and 2024 seasons as the Pitching Coach. During his time at Evansville, Shipley helped lead a Purple Aces team that won the 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Championship and Greenville Regional before falling one game short of reaching the College World Series at the Knoxville Super Regional. Under Shipley’s direction, Evansville produced four All-MVC selections on the mound, an MVC Freshman of the Year, an All-Region performer, and a Freshman All-American.
Before Evansville, Shipley spent the 2022 season as the Pitching Coach at Eastern Illinois University, helping guide the Panthers to a 33-20 record. Shipley’s staff finished the 2022 season ranked nationally in five statistical categories, led the Ohio Valley Conference in numerous categories, and produced a pair of All-Conference selections. Shipley also helped to develop Hayden Birdsong, a sixth-round selection of the San Francisco Giants in the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft.
Prior to his stint at Eastern Illinois, Shipley was the Director of Pitching and Player Development at Oral Roberts University from 2019-21. With the Golden Eagles, Shipley coached the pitching staff and aided their development, producing 13 All-Conference selections, including four All-Conference pitching selections, the Conference Pitcher of the Year, and produced multiple Major League Baseball draft picks.
Before his time at ORU, Shipley made stops at Ecclesia College (2014-15), Concordia University Chicago (2015-17), Wheaton College (2017-18), and Dayton University (2018-19).
Shipley has also worked with USA Baseball, the Rawlings Arkansas Prospects, and Cangelosi Sparks Travel organizations, as well as serving as an instructor at Bo Jackson Elite Sports in the Chicago area. During that time, he coached over 130 players who went on to play collegiate and/or professional baseball.
Shipley played at Drury University and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Exercise Science and Sports Management. He later earned his Master's Degree in Leadership in Sport at Concordia University-Chicago.
