Hall of Fame
Bob Warn served as head coach of the Sycamore baseball program for 31 seasons, posting a 1,070-745-9 record in his tenure. The three-time Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year (1979, 1983, 1984) is a member of numerous Hall of Fame organizations: Indiana Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame (1990), Iowa Western College Hall of Fame (2000), and American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2003); and Indiana State’s Hall of Fame (2011).
Warn ranks top 30 all-time in wins among of Division I coaches, and his teams earned MVC Tournament titles six times (1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1995) and seven NCAA Tournament appearances (1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1995). In 1986, ISU was Mideast Regional Champion and advance to the College World Series that year.
A total of 126 players were recognized as All-Missouri Valley Conference during his tenure along with 72 players named to the All-MVC Tournament teams, four named MVC Tournament MVP, 97 players being named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete team, 90 players advancing to the professional ranks including 21 in the Major Leagues, 11 players were named All-Americans, and 30 players earned All-Region recognition.
Warn’s 1986 team was inducted into ISU Athletics Hall of Fame (2002), and he served as President of the American Baseball Coaches’ Association (1997). Warn compiled a head coaching record of 1,174-783-9 in 34 seasons.
Warn played collegiately at Southern Illinois University where the Salukis advanced to the 1968 College World Series. He began his coaching career as a player-coach with the U.S. Army at Fort Polk, La. Warn returned to the college ranks as a graduate assistant and as the junior varsity coach at Western Illinois before becoming the head coach at Iowa Western where his teams were 104-38 in three seasons.
At the conclusion of the 2009 season, ISU’s home venue was renovated and renamed Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium in his honor.