Hall of Fame
Dave Van Horn
Mules Baseball Coach 1994
Van Horn had just a six-month tenure at CMSU, but led the Mules' baseball team to its greatest triumph, the 1994 NCAA Division II national championship. Hired in December of 1993 after Dennis Woody had resigned to take a scouting position with the Kansas City Royals, Van Horn brought with him a proven track record of success as a player and a coach and quickly continued that success with the Mules. He guided them to a school-record 51 wins, en route to the national championship that came over seven-time Division II champion Florida Southern College. His accomplishment earned him the Division II coach-of-the-year honor.
Shortly after guiding the Mules to the national title, he took the head baseball coach's job at Northwestern State University of Louisiana, where he won two conference titles in three seasons. He is currently the head baseball coach at the University of Nebraska. In just his second season last year, he led the Huskers to a 42-18 record, a Big 12 Conference Tournament crown and the school's first NCAA baseball bid since 1985.
