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2009 Baseball Coaches
Boyd Pitkin - Head Coach
The 2009 season will be Pitkin's 12th year as the Chargers' head coach. The Sioux City native has helped the Chargers become one of the premiere programs in the region. Under his direction, the Chargers have produced a 302-249 record and have qualified for ten regional tournaments. In 2008 Pitkin's Chargers finished as the runner-up in the GPAC standings and advanced to the Region III tournament.
 

Pitkin's Chargers have been a model of consistency since entering the GPAC in 2003. The Chargers have compiled a 96-48 conference record over the six years they have been in the league. The GPAC is a highly competitive conference. The Chargers have stood their ground by finishing in the top two - all but one year. 

            2003    GPAC Runner-up          
                        Conference Tournament Champion

            2004    GPAC Co-Champion

            2005    GPAC Runner-up

            2007    GPAC Co-Champion

            2008    GPAC Runner-up
 

The Chargers in 2005 won both the regional and super regional finals advancing to their very first NAIA World Series. The Chargers won a share of the regular season GPAC title in 2004 and captured the conference tournament crown in 2003.

Pitkin was named the Rawlings Region III and the Diamond Sports ABCA Region III Coach of the Year in 2002. Pitkin was also named Sectional Coach of the Year in 1997.

Pitkin has been involved with Charger baseball since 1986. He was a three-year starter on the BC baseball team. He graduated from Briar Cliff in 1988 with a degree in HPER and a teaching endorsement for grades K-12. He served as an assistant baseball coach at Sioux City North High School from 1990-91 and was the program's head coach from 1992-93. Pitkin then left Sioux City for two years as he served as the head coach at Mount Mercy College, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for the 1994 (28-18) and 1995 (18-33) seasons. His Mustang squads reached the district tournament both seasons and finished second in 1994. Pitkin returned to Briar Cliff as an assistant for the 1995 and 1996 season before taking over the program in 1997.

Pitkin and his wife, Annette, have two children, Faythe (15) and Brody (13).

Justin Malenosky - Associate Head Coach
Justin Malenosky returns for his fifth year as an assistant coach at Briar Cliff. Malenosky works as the infielders coach and also serves as the hitting coach. Along with his coaching duties Malenosky also serves as the Recruiting Coordinator.
 

Malenosky was an assistant coach for the chargers in 2003, following a remarkable playing career with the Chargers. He was a four-year starter and three-time NAIA Honorable Mention All-American and all-region selection. He finished his career with a batting average of .394, third-highest in BC history.

As a hitter he compiled a contact percentage of .941, only striking out 37 times in 632 career at bats. Malenosky finished his career with 15 homeruns and 122 runs scored. He also had a career slugging percentage of .555. He is tied atop the career doubles chart with 57. He is fourth in career hits (249) and RBI'S (168). Malenosky was a two-time baseball letter winner for the Raiders of Sioux City East High School.

Bobby Post - Assistant Coach

Coach Post will be joining the staff as the Pitching coach. Prior to his time at Briar Cliff he served three seasons as the Pitching Coach at Barstow Community College. Post played collegiately at Cerritos Junior College in California and then went on to the University of Nevada. While at Division I Nevada, Post finished with 18 wins and only 5 losses. After college Post went on to play 7 years of professional baseball where he went 52 (w) and 16 (L), and recorded 20 saves. Post finished his career playing two seasons for the Sioux City Explorers. He now also works with other college and professional players on pitching mechanics and bio-mechanics.

Coach Post resides in Sergeant Bluff with his wife Jennifer, and their three girls. Alyssa, Emily and Jayden.

Mike Malenosky - Assistant Coach

Mike Malenosky will be in his third year as a BCU assistant, his first being in 2002. Malenosky will serve as the Chargers bench coach and will also work with the outfielders.

Coach Malenosky came to BCU with 26 years of baseball experience. Within those 26 years he was a little league coach for 19 years. He was the manager of numerous district all star teams that advanced to the Iowa State Little League baseball tournaments. During these years he was alsoappointed the manager role of the Iowa Stars 12 year old select team. He carried the team on for 13 years. During those 13 years the Stars competed annually in the National Baseball Congress World Series. The team won the National title in 2004 and finished in the top five on three other occasions.

Mike serves as the Iowa District Six Little League administrator, andhas served a four year term as the Iowa State coordinator. Currently he serves on the Morningside Little League board as the vice president of the majors division.Mike also served as the National Baseball Congress, State of Iowa coordinator for 13 years.

He currently is a journeyman electrician employed by TEC Corp as their chief estimator. He resides in Sioux City with his wife Val. They have six children, four boys and two girls. Two of their sons (Justin & Joshua) are also assistant coaches with BCU.

Josh Malenosky - Assistant Coach
Josh Malenosky enters his second year as a Chargers Assistant Coach. He will serve as the Chargers outfielders coach.
 
Malenosky joins the Chargers staff following a career in which he was the Chargers starting left fielder for four years. Malenosky was a member of the 2005 Charger team that qualified for the NAIA World Series
 
A player of consistency is what Malenosky proved to be. He attained a fielding percentage of .963, while roaming the BCU outfield. Malenosky, at the plate, was a steady switch hitter, compiling a contact percentage of .907, only striking out 53 times in 573 at bats.
 
In his four years he recorded a .291 career batting average while collecting 171 hits with 17 doubles. Malenosky also scored 94 times and had 75 runs batted in making him a massive contributor, batting most of his career in the nine hole. He also collected 49 base on balls and 10 hit by pitches to give him an on base percentage of .356. Malenosky was a three-time baseball letter winner for the Raiders of Sioux City East High School.
 
He resides in Sioux City with his wife Megan. He is employed by the Sioux City Community School District as a teacher at West High.
Tyler Tasker - Student Assistant