Baseball Coaching Staff
Head Coach Howard Jenter
Phone: 330.569.5348
Email: jenterhe@hiram.edu
Video Message from Coach Jenter
Howard Jenter enters his 20th season as Hiram College's head baseball coach in the spring of 2011. In addition to his coaching duties, Jenter also serves as the Coordinator of Event Management.
In his previous 19 seasons, Jenter has compiled over 250 wins to rank second on the school's all-time wins list. In four of the past nine seasons, Jenter's teams have won 20 or more games. In 2000, Jenter's squad set a school record for victories in a single season with 27.
Jenter has coached three players- Jason Tangi, Kurt Kaufman, and Brian Frasco- who have gone on to professional careers. He has also had several players selected to the All-Region team and numerous Terriers have earned all-conference honors during his tenure.
While a student-athlete at Hiram, Jenter earned All-President's Athletic Conference honors twice in baseball and once in football. He was also named baseball's Most Valuable Player and team captain. He lettered four times in baseball and three times in football. He was also the starting free safety of Hiram's 1982 PAC Championship football team.
Jenter is a 1985 graduate of Hiram and also holds a master's degree in sports administration from Kent State University.
Jenter and his wife, Mary, reside in Champion, Ohio and have two children Brad and Beth.
Assistant Coach John Love
Phone: 330.569.5349
Email: lovejr@hiram.edu
John Love will begin his collegiate coaching career with his first season as an assistant coach at Hiram in 2012 and will serve as pitching coach.
Love comes to Hiram from Juniata (Pa.) College where he earned a degree in sport management and education in the spring of 2011.
Love was a four-year letterwinner at Juniata as a pitcher and was a team captain his senior year. He appeared in 36 games during his career and pitched a total of 170 and two-thirds innings. During his junior season, Love pitched 63 innings which ranks eighth all-time in Juniata program history in a single season. In four seasons, Love tallied 95 strikeouts and had a 5.09 earned run average.
Love currently resides in Hiram.