Baseball Coach Profiles

HEAD COACH:  CAP POHLMAN
pohlmanc@muskegoncc.edu

Coach Pohlman enters his 11th year as head coach of the “Jayhawks” with a record of  294-192 last years team was 33-13 and shared Muskegon's 1st conference championship.  The 2004-05  Muskegon Community College record of 38 wins.  Born and raised in Saginaw, Michigan, Coach Pohlman threw 7 no hitters at Saginaw Douglas MacArthur High School.  He then moved on to Central Michigan University, where he defeated South Carolina on a no-hitter and in the Regional Big Ten Champ Iowa on a 3-hitter.  He was drafted in the 9th round by the Milwaukee Brewers spending 2 years in the minors before ending his career with an arm injury. Coach Pohlman spent 1 season as a volunteer Coach at Central Michigan before becoming the Head Coach at Chesaning High School, with 7 of those teams wining the conference championship.  His best team was 32 & 7 and set many state records. He then left Chesaning to become the  Assistant Baseball Coach at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. His primary responsibility was working with the  pitchers.  Starting with an 8 man pitching staff Coach Pohlman built a pitching staff of 24 pitchers after 4 years with a pitching staff of 24.  Four of his pitchers were drafted, including Scott Sauerbeck and Dave Swartzbaugh.  

Coach Pohlman spent 12 years at Fruitport High School before retiring.  He spent 4 years as Varsity Baseball Coach.  3 out of 4 of his teams were conference champs.  His high school record over 18 years was 351 wins and 145 losses.   In 2002 Coach Pohlman was elected to the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.  His resume also includes coaching football, basketball and he was also a former athletic director.  He  has spoken at many clinics and camps.  He is supported by his wife of 34 years, Deb, a middle school math teacher,  his daughter, Karli, and son-in-law Jason Baldus both teachers in Muskegon and his son Carey, a teacher in Gastonia, North Carolina and a granddaughter, Karina.

 ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH  TOM HICKMAN

Coach Hickman has been an assistant coach at Muskegon Community College for 5 years.  Coach Hickman is retired from Spring Lake Schools with 40 years of service.  He coached baseball for 26 years, football for 10 years, and wrestling for 6 years.  He was the athletic director for 33 years.  His final record in baseball was 451-222.  Spring Lake won 10 conference titles, 6 district trophies, and 2 final-4 appearances with a runner-up finish in 1995.  Coach Hickman is a member of the Michigan High School Baseball Hall of Fame and a member of  The Michigan High School Coaches Hall of Fame.   He has been selected as a recipient of the highly prestigious Charles E. Forsythe Award for 2007 by the Michigan High School Athletic Association.   He has been married to Liz for 47 years and they have 3 daughters, Katie, Christie, and Laurie.

Coach Pohlman's comments:   "Coach Hickman has done an outstanding job as recruiting coordinator and as the person in charge of academics.  Our team had an over-all 2.9 G.P.A. the 1st semester.  He also is responsible for our infielders and bunting.  Coach Hickman is a major reason for our success!"
 

VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH : GREG GUZMAN
  Guzzy66@aol.com

Coach Guzman is entering his 5th season as an assistant coach with the Muskegon Community College Baseball Team.  Greg was born and raised in Muskegon and he graduated from Oakridge High School in 1990.   Coach Guzman then attended Muskegon Community College for two years where he was a member of the Jayhawk Baseball Team.

 His previous experience includes 1 year as a volunteer assistant with the Oakridge High School Baseball team, and for the pat 5 seasons has coached girl's basketball at the high school level. He also was a volunteer assistant for 2 years with  the Muskegon community College Women's Basketball team. Coach Guzman is employed by Eby-Brown as a business growth and development manager for the Western Michigan area.

Coach Pohlman's comments: "We are grateful to Coach Guzman for continuing in the program as a volunteer after work conflicts.  He has done an outstanding job helping our hitters, running most of our fundraisers and working with our outfields.