CLEVELAND, Ohio – Mark Uyl, a veteran umpire with more than 20 years of on-field experience as well as a background as an athletic administrator, has been named Coordinator of Baseball Umpires for the Mid-American Conference, as announced by the conference on Friday.
Uyl has spent 23 years as an umpire across multiple conferences, including the MAC, Big Ten, and American Conference. Uyl was a member of the 2014 and 2017 umpire crews at the College World Series and has worked numerous NCAA Division I Regionals, Super Regionals and Conference Tournaments, including four MAC Baseball Tournament assignments.
Currently, Uyl oversees leadership, education, and administration of over 1,400 college baseball umpires nationwide as Managing Director at the Collegiate Baseball Umpires Alliance.
“I am deeply honored to succeed Rich Fetchiet as the Mid-American Conference Coordinator of Baseball Umpires,” said Uyl. “The Mid-American Conference is where I got my start as an umpire many years ago, and I look forward to working with our umpires, institutions and conference leadership in continuing to make our officiating program the best that it can be.”
As coordinator, Uyl will select, train, schedule and evaluate umpires assigned to MAC member institution home (conference and non-conference) and Championship games as well as the management of in-season issues, complaints or incidents involving umpires.
About the Mid-American Conference (MAC)
The Mid-American Conference office is based in Cleveland, Ohio as the Conference office serves 13 full-time members and offers championships in 23 sports.
Founded in 1946, the Mid-American Conference is an NCAA Division I, 13-member conference that sponsors 23 championships and is one of ten members of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). With total enrollment of nearly 300,000 students, the league represents institutions of higher learning in six states –Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, and Ohio.
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