Story Links ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Former Indiana State baseball head coach Bob Warn is heading into the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame as announced by the conference office on Wednesday afternoon. Warn was voted to be a part of the 28th MVC Hall of Fame class that will be recognized as a part of the […]
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Former Indiana State baseball head coach Bob Warn is heading into the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame as announced by the conference office on Wednesday afternoon.
Warn was voted to be a part of the 28th MVC Hall of Fame class that will be recognized as a part of the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Championship in St. Louis, Mo., on March 6-9, 2025. The Friday, March 7, festivities begin with an 8:00 a.m. breakfast, followed by the induction ceremony at 8:30 a.m.
Tickets to the 2025 Hall of Fame event, which will be held at Stifel Theatre — adjacent to Enterprise Center – can be obtained by contacting the league office. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
The 2025 State Farm MVC Tournament marks the 35th-straight year the event has been staged in St. Louis. With 35-consecutive years at the same neutral site, Arch Madness is the second-longest neutral site tenured collegiate tourney in the nation (following only the Big East in New York City). It marks the 31st anniversary for the tournament at Enterprise Center.
“One of the great rewards that comes with representing a Conference with the magnitude of the Missouri Valley is the opportunity to interact with some of the finest practitioners in the collegiate athletic space,” said Commissioner Jeff Jackson. “This class represents the reach of The Valley in and away from the athletic arena. We are all truly inspired by their achievements and touched by their grace.”
The 28th MVC Hall of Fame class features coaching legends Bob Warn of Indiana State; Bruce Weber of Southern Illinois; and Lisa Bluder of Drake; track & field All-American Tyler Mulder of UNI; student, coach, professor, administrator, mentor, and trusted advisor Betty Wiseman of Belmont; and men’s basketball star Marcellus Sommerville of Bradley. Including this year’s six inductees, the MVC Hall of Fame consists of 157 former student-athletes, administrators, coaches, and contributors.
Bob Warn served as head coach of the Sycamore baseball program for 31 seasons, posting a 1,070-745-9 record in his tenure. The three-time Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year (1979, 1983, 1984) is a member of numerous Hall of Fame organizations: Indiana Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame (1990), Iowa Western College Hall of Fame (2000), and American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2003); and Indiana State’s Hall of Fame (2011).
Warn ranks top 30 all-time in wins among of Division I coaches, and his teams earned MVC Tournament titles six times (1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1995) and seven NCAA Tournament appearances (1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1995). In 1986, ISU was Mideast Regional Champion and advance to the College World Series that year.
A total of 126 players were recognized as All-Missouri Valley Conference during his tenure along with 72 players named to the All-MVC Tournament teams, four named MVC Tournament MVP, 97 players being named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete team, 90 players advancing to the professional ranks including 21 in the Major Leagues, 11 players were named All-Americans, and 30 players earned All-Region recognition.
Warn’s 1986 team was inducted into ISU Athletics Hall of Fame (2002), and he served as President of the American Baseball Coaches’ Association (1997). Warn compiled a head coaching record of 1,174-783-9 in 34 seasons.
Warn played collegiately at Southern Illinois University where the Salukis advanced to the 1968 College World Series. He began his coaching career as a player-coach with the U.S. Army at Fort Polk, La. Warn returned to the college ranks as a graduate assistant and as the junior varsity coach at Western Illinois before becoming the head coach at Iowa Western where his teams were 104-38 in three seasons.
At the conclusion of the 2009 season, ISU’s home venue was renovated and renamed Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium in his honor.
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