Scott Ballinger was named the head baseball coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University at the end of the 2014 season replacing Bill Fagler who retired at the end of the year.
Ballinger spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach for the NWU program. His primary coaching responsibilities the past three years have been working with the outfielders and assisting with the pitching staff
He has provided more than 10 years of coaching service in the Lincoln community, including Babe Ruth Baseball and American Legion Baseball. Most recently, he was the varsity assistant coach for the Lincoln East H.S. baseball program from 2006-10.
Ballinger is a product of the Wakefield American Legion baseball program. After High School, he pitched for Des Moines Area Community College from 1994-95. He completed his collegiate career at Wayne State College in 1996-97. At Wayne State he primarily played in the outfield and at first base.
He earned his bachelor's degree in education and humanity sciences from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2007 and a Masters in Arts in historical studies from Nebraska Wesleyan in 2013.
Ballinger, a native of Pender, Neb., is currently a Transition Program Teacher at Lincoln High School. He and his wife Kathy have three boys, Jarrett (9), Parker (6) and Camden (3).
