Philip Middleton enters his fourth season at the helm of TAMIU Baseball.
He was named the fifth head coach of Dustdevil Baseball in October of 2020.
Middleton brings with him over a decade of coaching experience at NCAA Division I, II, and III levels. His history of recruiting and developing talent is impressive, including numerous All-Conference honorees, All-Region selections and conference Players of the Year.
The Dustdevil baseball program has achieved new heights under Middleton’s direction, both on and off the field.
Academically, the team has sported a 3.0 GPA or better each year, cumulating in a 3.28 team GPA in the spring 2023 semester. For their efforts, the team has been awarded the ABCA Team Academic Excellence award in 2021 and 2022. Collectively, his student athletes have been placed on the LSC Commissioner’s Honor roll more than 75 times.
On the field, the Dustdevils have made their presence known as they have picked up wins over multiple top 25 and NCAA postseason opponents. Most notably, they defeated #5 West Texas A&M on April 15, 2022 by a score of 10-8, and #1 Angelo State on April 7, 2023 with a final of 2-1. Both of those top 5 victories came on the road.
Middleton comes to TAMIU after seven successful years at fellow Lone Star Conference (LSC) member Texas A&M-Kingsville (TAMUK), where he served as assistant coach, recruiting coordinator and pitching coach. At TAMUK, he helped lead the Javelinas to over 200 wins, two LSC Championships and three NCAA Regional Tournament appearances.
In 2018, he helped coached the Javelinas to their first College World Series appearance in school history, finishing with 42 wins, a top six finish nationally, eight All-LSC players, the LSC Freshman of the Year and the first MLB Draft pick since 2012.
Since his arrival in Kingsville in the fall of 2013, Middleton recruited and signed over 90 new student-athletes. All of this led to the baseball program holding the best male team GPA in the athletic department, higher graduation rates and increased professional baseball opportunities.
Prior to his time at TAMUK, he served as an assistant coach at NCAA Division III Southwestern University and the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, as well as a graduate assistant coach at NCAA Division I Sam Houston State University.
A native of College Station, Texas, Middleton earned a bachelor's degree from Concordia University Texas and a master's degree from Sam Houston State University.
He and his wife, Sara, were married in 2012 and have one daughter, Sally. The Middleton's are avid supporters of Christus Children's Hospital in San Antonio and Ronald McDonald House Charities to honor the memory of their late son, Peter.
