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Sports
The Clarion \ January 22, 2020
BC baseball adds Steve
Hucke to coaching staff
By Joseph Marvin
Assistant Sports Information Director
BREVARD, N.C. - Steve Hucke has joined
the Brevard College Baseball staff as the
Volunteer Assistant Coach, announced Head
Coach Mike Victory.
Hucke joins the Brevard coaching staff
after 17 successful years as the Head Baseball
Coach at Rochester Community and Technical
College in Rochester, Minnesota where he
amassed a coaching record of 339-282-1. At
RCTC, Hucke coached and developed six
All-American players along with numerous
All-Conference, All-Division, and All-Region
selections in addition to one Rawlings Gold
Glove winner. Many of Hucke's players
transferred to Dl, DIE Dill and NAIA schools,
as well as having four former players play
Independent Professional Baseball.
“Adding Coach Hucke to our staff was a
no brainer,” commented Coach Victory. “His
experience in the baseball community will be
invaluable for our staff and for our players.
Coach Hucke knows what it takes to build a
winning culture and a winning program. He
has integrated himself seamlessly to our beliefs
and team philosophies and we are excited for
where he can help us take this program going
forward.”
Hucke holds a 353-306-1 career record, as
Hucke served one season as the Head Baseball
at the University of Wisconsin at River Falls.
All told, Hucke has 23 total years of collegiate
baseball coaching experience.
Over the course of his illustrious career,
Hucke's teams participated in the Regional
Tournament 14-out-of-17 seasons at RCTC.
Hucke led RCTC to a Regional Championship
in 2011, where the Yellow Jackets went on to
be NJCAA Dill World Series participants.
The seasoned veteran has been honored with
numerous Coach of the Year awards over the
course of his career.
In addition to coaching baseball, Hucke also
served as the Head Women's Basketball Coach
at Rochester over the past 17 years. At the helm,
Hucke compiled a career record of 294-170,
highlighted with an NJCAA Dill National
Championship in 2009 with a flawless 34-0
record. Hucke coached nine All-Americans,
numerous All-Region, All-State, All-Division
players as the women's basketball head coach,
and had many players transfer to play at DI,
DII, Dill, and NAIA institutions.
Alongside his duties as Volunteer Assistant
Coach at Brevard, Hucke serves as an instructor
at D-Bat Asheville where he conducts mini
camps and small group instruction.
Hucke played collegiately for two seasons
at Ellsworth Community College before
transferring to Coe College to complete his
playing career. At Coe, Hucke was selected
First-Team All-Midwest Conference, All-
Region, Team MVP, Team Captain, Gold
Glove, and Mr. Hustle.
The Tornados will open their 2020 campaign
with a road series from February 8-9 at the
USA Baseball National Training Complex
in Cary, North Carolina against William
Peace University, with a season-opening
doubleheader scheduled for February 8 at 2
and 5 p.m. Brevard will kick off its home and
conference schedule with a Friday, February 21
matchup with Piedmont College at Gil Coan
Field, with first pitch slated for 2 p.m.
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