Coaching Staff

VARSITY HEAD COACH – Chris Hawkins

Head Coach Chris Hawkins  took over the Normal West baseball program in the Spring of 2000, and has continued the winning tradition for Wildcat Baseball.

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VARSITY ASSISTANT COACH – Stan Lewis

Coach Lewis has coached baseball for over a decade in addition to his career as an Athletic Director.   Coach Lewis returned to the Wildcats in 2021 as an assistant coach.

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VARSITY ASSISTANT COACH – Peyton Dillingham

Coach Dillingham was a very successful player at Normal West before going on to play college baseball at Heartland, Morehead State, McKendree, and University of Illinois-Springfield.

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VARSITY ASSISTANT COACH – Noah Sadler

Coach Sadler had a highly successful playing career at Heartland and Illinois State before moving into coaching at Kingsley Junior High and K’s Academy.

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JV HEAD COACH – Jon Klix

Coach Klix joined the staff at West in 2025 as the head coach of the JV team.  Prior to that he had a successful college playing career at St. Lawrence where he was a 4 year starter.  Since moving to Bloomington-Normal, he has been a coach for Pony, Renegades, and Parkside teams.

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FRESHMAN HEAD COACH – Shawn Beaty

Coach Beaty joined the staff at Normal West in 2001 where he has been the head coach for the Freshman team.  During the fall, Coach Beaty can be found coaching the baseball team at Parkside Junior High.

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FRESHMAN ASSISTANT COACH – Jeremy Fischer

Coach Fischer had a very successful playing career at Normal West and currently coaches for BNBA Gold and Parkside Junior High in addition to the Wildcats.

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GRADUATE ASSISTANT  – Jared O’Brien

Jared O’Brien (J-Rod) has been helping the Wildcat program for over 20 years in various roles.  J-Rod and his family are huge supporters of all the Wildcat teams.

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