North Georgia - Tom Cantrell (Age 51)
Tom Cantrell is entering his 18th season as Head Coach of the University of North Georgia baseball program. In 2016, Cantrell was inducted into the Georgia Dugout Club's Baseball Hall of Fame after receiving the club's NCAA Division II Coach of the Year honor for guiding the 2015 Nighthawks to the Peach Belt Conference Championship and a NCAA Southeast Region Runner-up finish. In his 17 years at North Georgia, Cantrell, who re-launched the baseball program from the ground up in 2000, has formed a consistent winner in Dahlonega with a 609-377 (.618) record, with an impressive 14 30-win seasons. During his time at North Georgia, Cantrell has coached eight All-Americans, 22 All-Conference players, and 24 All-region players along with eight Gold Glove Award winners. He has also mentored three Players of the Year, a Freshman of the Year, and a pair of North Georgia Male Scholar-Athletes of the Year.

Mercyhurst - Joe Spano (Age ~45)
Joe Spano enters his 18th season at the helm of Mercyhurst's baseball program after leading the team to its highest win total in program history (43) in 2016.
Under Spano's leadership, the 2016 sqaud won its second-straight Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West-Division Title and qualified for its third-straight Atlantic Regional and finished runners-up. Mercyhurst also had 23 wins in the PSAC, its highest win total since joining the PSAC back in 2009. The Lakers completed their season ranked tenth in the final Collegiate Baseball Newspaper coaches' poll.

Southern New Hampshire - Scott Loiseau (Age 37)
Scott Loiseau was named the sixth head coach in SNHU baseball history on June 18, 2008. He returned to that post in June, 2015 after departing in January of that year for a stint as an assistant coach at the University of Oklahoma. During Loiseau's tenure, the Penmen have been transformed into one of the top programs in the region and the country under Loiseau's watch. He owns a 176-121-2 (.592) career record, including a 119-48 (.713) mark from 2012-14. Southern New Hampshire has qualified for the NCAA tournament in each of the past four seasons. Loiseau's last season at the helm (2014), the Penmen finished 41-14 and captured the Northeast-10 Northeast Division regular season title, as well as the NE-10 tournament crown with a 4-0 run through the championship. SNHU qualified for and hosted the NCAA East Regional for the third straight season, and Loiseau was named the NCBWA East Region and Northeast-10 Coach of the Year.